There Will We Room for Varsity Basketball, Too I TO, CONSIDER BG QUESTIO NS TODAY" VARSItJY BASKETBALL 0 N L Y ONE OF NUMBER OF TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION FINANCIAL REPORT IMPORTANT Football Schedule for 1917 Season Ex- pected to Be Pre- sented Will Michigan's athletic board, go- iug into session this afternoon in what is granted to be the most important meeting of that body in years, make new Wolverine athleric history before its adjournment sometime this even- ing? The question of the establishment of a Varsity basketball team looks like a big problem in itself, but it is only one of the many things which the l:card in control will have to debate today. D. W. Spr ger's financial report is one thing that may have some effect on the board in regard to this basket- ball agitation, as the statement is1 bound to show the athletid associa- tion still behind financially as a re- sult of the erection of the southern half of the new concrete stadium. s Football Only Paying Sport Football is admittedly the only sport which pays for its keep and affords any surplus. Track .and baseball cost lots of money-baseball about twice as much as it ,brings in annually and track about four times as much as it registers in the association's till. Basketball is an expensive sport, there is no doubt of that. Michigan's re- modeled gymnasium, while accom- modating approximately 2,500 to 3,000 people as far as seating space goes, can only be filled with 1,500 people, according to the present rule of the state fire marshal. On the face of it, there would seem to be a lot of ground for imagining that the board will not feel that basketball will come any- where near paying for itself, and the project may be lost on that ground. The competition question has been aired sufficiently in regard to basket- ball, it would seem, but regardless of what ,the average student may think in regard to this question-for, in- stance, that it will be all right to have mediocre or at least institutio ally un- known teams on the list for a time, and that the big schools may be sched- uled for games later on-the board is liable to look at the matter in a dif- ferent light. Track schedules are fall- ing off in their brilliance annually. Last winter Michigan did not have a single indoor meet at home. One rea- son was because the gym was not large enough to accommodate a suf- ficiently large crowd to make it worth while. An'other point in this regard, however, and one that is equally im- portant with the question of attend- ance, is that Michigan was practically up against it in the matter of finding suitable competition. The Football Schedule Michigan's footba' schedule is an- other thing which is to come up for consideration at today's meeting Practically everyone in Ann Arbor knows that Mr. Bartelme was in the east for about eight days a week or so ago, but no one knows what the9 mysterious individual who directs Michigan athletic affairs accom- plished. There are rumors of a game next year with Princeton-the rumor has (not been denied, so possibly there's something to it. After the Har- vard experience it is almost safe to assume that if Michigan does meet Princeton on their own home lot in 1917, that the Tiger will have to be real polite and come to Ann Arbor the following season. Maybe today's meet- ing will decide that question! The Intramural Report. Intramural Director Rowe will have his annual report ready for the board this afternoon, and the progress of in- terclass and intramural athletics will _ . .. F, . i } , I "/aacrad/;? of /igA7tr. v zj i E e .. $ i., A y f Jam .....j' 7Ae Lt70R IS5 Z#G FEET" LU3NG IRCk?riT- 19' JcvQCVEPY- t' out from under me !y i .i, i., 71 1 . arS ofc~ SOCCERITES MEET YPSI NORMAL1 THIS MORNING Dope Favors Michigan as Winner in Lid Prying Clash of Season Unless something happens before 1{' o'clock this morning the Wolverine soccerites .will engage the Ypsi Nor- malites in the long-heralded clash on south Ferry field. Twice before the prospective match with the school teachers had to be cancelled because of the smallpox scare which prevaded the town of Ypsilanti until a few days ago. The Normalites are on the war path in a desire to avenge their double defeat of last year. From indications received from the Varsity camp it looks as though the Ypsi aggregation will receive no better reception than they got last year and are in for a trouncing at the hands of the Wol- verines. In spite of the inclement weather yesterday, Coach Peirsol had his men out for a final scrimmage before I big affair and was more than pleased with the showing of the men. The Normalites are sending a strong team. The coach expects to play a number of his substitutes. Just before the blast of the starting whistle the team will elect the cap- tain for this year. Next Wednesday afternoon a return game will be played "at Ypsilanti. Michigan's lineup: Snyder, 0.1.;' Plummer, i.l.; Kiefer, c.f.; Liu, i.r.; Hecksher, or.; Kaufman, 1.h.; Dom- boorajian, c.h.; Tripolitis, r.h.;-Cohen, f.b.; Brush, f.b.; O'Brien, goal. Referee-Cappy, Manchester United, England. Linesmen-J. Adams and S. Shartel. Time of halves-25 min- utes. Flannel Shirts made to order. G. H._ Wild Company. Leading merchant tailors. State street. tt The Michigan Daily for service. * BID THEY TURN THE * SPOTLIGHT ON A * * Tacoma, Dec. 8.-eff Ch * man, a boxing student, bee * so excited over his profess * debut last night at Spanawa * C. that he forgot to put oi * tights. He hopped into the * wearing a brilliantly co * bath robe. When the s: * came for the bout to start, * flung off the robe and he * about the most embarra * boxer who ever rubbed * on his shoes. Jeff stood it * ring for one instant adorne * nothing but a pair of bc * gloves. Then he made a * dash for the dressing roon * ** * * * * * * * * * Ann Arbor's progressive me use the Miehigan Daily as theli tiasig medium. How about some of T'HE GYMNASIUM IS REOPENIED. - NEWS ITE3 be set forth in his communication. New improvements are needed in the work of this department, and un- doubtedly the request for these new features will be included in the re- port. The popularity of the tennis courts almost insures a request for funds to improve tennis conditions and the building of new courts. Rowe's report, too, will show the number of men engaged in the various intram- ural activities during the year 1915-16. Chairman's Annual Report Prof. Aigler, chairman of the board in control, is expected to make his an- dual report to, the board today, and this report will later go to the regents. There may even be other things to come up, which haven't leaked out from headquarters, but even the things mentioned look like a big enough job to keep our athletic heads pretty busy during this afternoon and evening. There is a whole lot more behind athletics than the mere playing of games on Ferry field and foreign lots, and we are all tickled to death that the responsibility of formulating pol- icy and a few other things doesn't have to be settled by the referendum. BROWN ANTICIPATING GREAT TEAM NEXT FALL Recent Football Season Witnesses More Upsets Than Any in History SO-CALLED MINOR ELEVENS HAVE SURPRISED THE GRIDIRON WORLD AND HAVE INFLICTED REPEATED DEFEATS- UPON BIGG ER TEAMS SWAIN'S ARTISTIC VIEWS in and around Ann Arbor f XMAS PRESEN' Over 150 to choose from, fil in various styles and sizes actly two-thirds of the ful plates in the fore part of th Only Five Men Will Be Lost Through Graduation in June-Ex- cellent Material Providence, R. T.. Dec. 8.--Brown will lose only five men from its foot- *all squad this spring by graduation- Sprague, Wade, Ward, Jimmy Murphy, and Ormsby. Of these Sprague was the regular center and 'Wade a regular guard. Ward would unquestionably have been a regular tackle had not in- juries kept him on the hospital list a greater part of the time. Jimmy Mur- phy was substitute quarter back and Ormsby substitute end. With 55 of the squad of first and second string men returning, with three men of tried Varsity caliber in Shaw, Kowalsky and Gordon becoming eligible, and with the usual amount of good material from the freshman class the prospects for "1917 appear the brightest in the history of the college. Despite the setback of Thanksgiving day the season just closed was the most successful Brown has ever ex- perienced. Both the Providence and Boston alumni have arranged dinners for the players, and at the first of these. to be given Tuesday evening in this city, gold and silver footballs will be presented to the players, the gold ones to the men who won their letters and the silver to the substitutes and second team men. New York, Dec. 8.-In a whirl of blinding dust the football season of 1916 passes into the far reaches of gridiron history, and the thousands in whose lives it has played a part peer after it sprawling and confused, with much the sensation of one whose Pull- man car has suddenly left the track and taken to the woods. It is gone, but it will not soon be forgotten, for its trail is deeply blaz- oned on unaccustomed byways, and it scattered its sweets and its bitters with no regard whatever for the sanctity of precedent. The prophets, perhaps, fared worst of all from the vagaries of this aut- umn's football. A winsome band, bright of eye and confident, they were in September. Now they are haggard and gray of face, and an approaching football sends them up, an alley. They were gluttons for punishment, but too much was amply sufficient. No One Guessed Correctly. As for the experts, those who must diagnose and explain, reason and con- clude, and from the still bubbling cauldron extract the spun gold of team and individual rankings, their plight is peculiarly sad. Out of midnight oil, mental perspiration, and abstruse mathematics they must compound logical conclusions from utterly il- logical occurrences. They must rate the teams only to 1e berated them- selves. To a most ,perplexing riddle they must evolve an answer whicb cannot be riddled. There will be, doubtless, general approval of the practical unanimity with which writers and students of football place Glenn Warner's remark- able eleven on the apex of the east- ern pyramid. Even upon this point, however, those who find bliss in lining up always with an opposition party will not be devoid of material for ar- gument. They will call attention to the poverty of Pittsburg's schedule in so-called "big games," to the team's narrow, escape in the Navy game, and to the scoring achievement of Car- negie Tech against Warner's machine. However, an eleven which has rolled up 81 points against Syracuse, Penn- kMAS GIFTS FOR ALL YOUR FRIENDS Delineator Everybody's Woman's Home n Companion L American Magazine Each subscription may be sent to a different address. Good Housekeeping, 2 years for $2.00. Cosmopolitan, 2 years for $2.00. Send for Booklet of Special Offers. JNO. P. SLOAN Phone 1412- 1009 E. Catherine sylvania, and Penn State, while keep- ing the ground behind its goal line terra incognita for three such potent adversaries, can reasonably well af- ford to smile, remain silent, and 'point with pride. Pitt Should Have Met Colgate. As a result of the surprise pack- age opened in Providence on Thanks- giving day, Pittsburg may regret the failure to arrange a game with Col- gate. As things are, however, it would be eminently fitting for the Western Pennsylvania institution to rechristen (Continued on Page Six) * GEE, WONDER IF IT WAS * A GOLD BRICK, HITH? * * A construction company which * * is erecting a new building near * * the Michigan athletic quarters, * in on the war-path. Assistant * Athletic Director John Edmunds * * is the goat. * * Edmunds made a journey * * down to Youngstown for * * Thanksgiving, carrying with him * * an ordinary brick wrapped up ' * in a newspaper. The confiscat- * * ed object was hidden down deep * * in John's traveling bag. No one * * around the Wolverine quarters * * admits knowledge as to how it * * got there. * * Edmunds swears that he did- * * n't take the brick willfully. * * How about it, Sherlock? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . , . , . N r I f=Through Sleeping Cars Every Day from Detroit to Jacksonville Fla Beginning December 9th, 1916 Leave Detroit 10:45 p.m. daily Arrive Cincinnati 7:40 a.mn. 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