September 3o, 1916 THI, IvIICIIIGAN DAILY Page Three LINE AVERAGES 190 POUNDS SQUAD LOOKS LIKE REAL OLD BATTLING PHALANX "Maulie," Smith and Raymond Make Up Back Field; Yost Wearing Smile According to Old King Dope the Wolverine line should average just about 190 pounds, and according to the way it is holding, pounds sterl- ing. Taking the men who have been playing consistently on the Varsity squad all during the fall season and averaging their weight according to good slide rule eti- quette, the result was 190. The squad looks like a real batt- ling phalanx this fall. The line is holding like a quarry and with Captain Maulbetsch, Smith and Raymond to carry the pigskin as they have been doing we almost x feel sorry for Cornell, et al. (Continued on Page 6) INTERCOLLEGIATE BRIEFS Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 3o-Ohio State has started the regular daily 'varsity freshman combats. Karch, 22o-pound veteran, has just report- ed to Coach Wilce. Champaign, Ill., Sept. 3o.-Coach Zuppke has his Illinois gridiron men performing in mid-season style and Saturday afternoon the 'varsity will meet the freshman team. Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 30- The first clash between the Indiana 'varsity and scrubs ended in a 77 to o victory for the first-string combination. Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 30.-Albert Baston, 1916 Purdue captain, was injured in a recent scrimmage and he will be out of practice with a broken collar bone for at least a 4 month. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 3o.-Uni- versity of Washington prospects were, given a set-back this week, when "Bud" Youngs, star quarter- back, announced that he had ac- cepted a teaching and coaching po- sition and would not return this year. * * * * * * * * * * * * * VARSITY SCHEDULE * * Oct. 4-Marietta College at * Ann Arbor. * Oct. 7-Case Scientific School * * at Ann Arbor. * Oct. ti-Carroll College at * Ann Arbor. * Oct. 14-Mt. Union College * * at Ann Arbor. * Oct. 21-M. A. C. at Ann * Arbor. . * Oct. 28-Syracuse University * at Ann Arbor. * * Nov. 4-Washington Univer- * *- sity at Ann Arbor. * * Nov. it-Cornell University * at Ithaca. * * Nov. 18-University of Penn- * sylvania at Ann Arbor. SISLER A BIG LEAGUE STAR Michigan Grad Ranks Among First Ten Players; Working With Browns George Sisler, '15, former Mich- igan pitcher and captain, has been the most talked-of youngster to break into the big league in the last five years. Sisler went to the St. Louis Browns immediately af- ter he graduted from the univer- sity, and has been the king pin in the Browns' attek from the first day he joined the club. This year Sisler has ranked among the first ten players in the league, his batting, has runnitnc and fielding being all of a very high order. The former Wolverine star has been used regularly on firat base, but his two appearances in the box this season hve been im- pressive. Less than a month ago he outpitclied Walter Johnson in a brilliant hurling duel, allowing but three hits and scoring a shutout. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 30.- Harvard has 94 candidates trying out for their 192o football team and additional men are renorting dai'y HEAVY SCHEDULE OUTLINED FdR 1920 FOOTBALL TEAM Michigan Freshmen to Meet Five Schools, Playing Four Games Away From Home Michigan's freshman football team will have one of the best schedules ever given a yearling eleven this fall, five hard games being listed for the first year men. Coach McGin- nis' men open the season with Ypsi- lanti Normals on Ferry field on October 14. On the following Sat- urday, the freshmen go to Olivet where they will meet one of the strongest elevens among the state colleges. On October 28, the freshmen go to East Lansing to meet the M. A. C. All-Fresh, this game coming just one week-after the M. A. C. varsity meets Yost's eleven on Ferry field. The following Saturday takes Mc- Ginnis' men to Chicago for a game with Evanston Academy. Heidelberg University closes the schedule on Ferry field on Novem- ber j, when the Varsity plays its only out-of-town game at Ithaca. BARRETT TO CAPTAIN "PRO" FOOTBALL TEAM Cleveland, Sept. 30.-Charley Bar- rett Cornell's all-American quarter, has been engaged to captain a pro- fessional football team which will represent Cleveland in contests aginst other professional elevens this fall. Ithaca Coaches Pleased Ithaca, N. V., Sept. 30.-Optimuis- tic reports regarding the prospects of Cornell University's football eleven are coming from the train- ing field. Sixty men have been in practice and the coaches, departing from their usual pessimistic atti- tude, have announced themselves more pleased than they had ex- pected to be.