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.4 -j. HURRY-UP IN 1930 WILLIE HESTON YOST GERMANY SCHULZ tt'- i-! The smile of victory In 1940 the old aces joined for Yost's retirement ceremonies 'Jl V- 11:. i 5 At- It. 1" 1 -V i J-" it V-" 1 irfZ' I fc i 1 1 I I 1 -I THE FOOTBALL BOSS OF 1926 THEN CAME 1938 AND YOST WELCOMES NEW COACH FRITZ CRISLER I VX1 -i It was no easy job trying to emulate the man who made Michigan famous Golden Era Rode In with the 'Old Man' His Love for Sports Didn't End with Grid BY MARSHALL DANN Michigan's "Grand Old Man of Football" is dead, but the name and traditions of Fielding H. Yost will live on at Michigan.

The colorful "Hurry Up" endowed the Wolverines with a brilliant gridiron heritage when he moved into Ann Arbor in 1901. The national prominence which Michigan gained from his football genius never lessened as those who followed carried on in the Yost tradition. TO HIS MEMORY there stands what has been called the most elaborate athletic plant owned by any university in the world a $4,000,000 layout, fully paid for by football profits. The facilities provided there indicate the love which Yost had for all sports, whether varsity or intramural, and for all those who participated in them. The plant includes the huge Intramural building, the Yost Fieldhouse, and two-score acres of grounds for nonvarsity participants in golf, tennis or baseball.

THE GREATEST MONUMENT of all to his vision and energy is the football stadium the stadium which Yost would not allow to be named after him. Football fame first came to Michigan when Yost came out of the West in 1901. In four previous years he had coached at Ohio Wes-leyan, Nebraska, Kansas and Stanford. A glance at the record books shows why Yost became the idol of the Wolverine campus in no time at all. His first football team rolled up 550 points against none for the opposition, and the final game played that season made football history.

Yost took his first "point-a-minute" eleven to the first Ross Bowl game in 1902 and the 49-0 triumph still stands as a record Rose Bowl score. In that game the bewildered Stanford team quit the field exhausted midway in the second half. IN HIS FIRST four years at Michigan, Yost won or tied for every football championship. Those teams, led by the immortal Willie Heston, won 55 games, tied one and lost only one. They amassed a total of 2,821 points to the opponents' 42! With Michigan the "Conquerors of the West," Yost took his teams out of the Western Conference for nine years beginning in 1908.

Michigan competed in the Ivy League during that period, but never succeeded in ruling Eastern football as it had the West. The Wolverines returned to the Big Ten in 1917, and in 1922 Yost began another winning streak. The Old Man coached Michigan to championship (outright or shared) DETROIT FREE PRESS Wednesday, August 21, 1948 Bucs Scuttle "ij ft Bums, 10-0 4 Brooklyn Hurlers If 1 5 Roughed by Pirates 11 1 -C As of TODAY Yost IFiZZ Lire Forever on Michigan's Campus BY LYALL SMITH BY JAMES ZEKILLI Frr Vrrs Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA Shibe Fark was supposed to be a happy hunting ground for the Detroit Tigers, but they found it barren as they dropped the first of a two-game series to the Philadelphia A's, 2 to 0, before 13,893 fans. The setback, only the fourth, in 3 9 starts against the A's this sea-fon, prevented the Tigers from paining on the second-place New York Yanks, who lost to Chicago. HAROLD NEWIIOUSER, in quest of his'twenty-second victory, was forced to accept his sixth defeat of the season.

His teammates could do nothing with Bob Savage, a right hander who yielded only three singles. Ncwhouser gave up seven singles, but his defeat was due to a pair of passes, both of which Elmer Valo turned into Tuns. Pitching elegant games against top-notch hurlers is no novelty to 1 lie twenty-six year old Savage, who was wounded seriously' in three different campaigns in Europe. Before Tuesday, he had scored only one victory in 12 starts, a 4-1 decision over Spud Chandler. Sav-rpe also had dropped 1-0 and 2-0 games to Bob Feller this season.

THE TIGERS had one big scoring chance. With two out in the frfth they filled the bases on singles by Eddie Lake and George Kcll and a pass to Hoot Evers. Hank Greenberg, however, picked on the first pitch and drove a simple grounder to Hank Majcskl at third that resulted in a force play at second. Valo started the A's first by drawing a pass. Oscar Grimes became the first of Hal's 10 strikeout victims, but Barney McCosky, the former Tiger, sent Valo to third with a single to right.

Fete Suuer then pushed a single past Skeeter Webb, scoring Valo. At this point Roy ullenbine came up with a clever play to snuff the rally. Instead of making the orthodox peg to second, Roy suddenly whipped the ball to first and Suder, who had rounded the bag, was unable to get back in time. NEWIIOUSER YIELDED singles to Majeski and Gene Desautels in the second but the A's could not re-ore. After that, Hal had Philadelphia under control until the seventh.

With one out, he again walked Valo. On the hit-and-run play Grimes singled to right, moving the runner to third. Sam Chapman flied to Evers and Valo sprinted home with an "insurance" run. Savage was a last minute choice. Right-hander Luther Knerr rnd Catcher Buddy Rosar were -eheduled to comprise the A's bat- tery but both turned up sick DKTKOIT riiiLAnri.viu AH II A AH II ft A tHkr.s, i 1 I Vl.rf I 111 liriinrnJJb 1 vr.rf 4 1 MToVl.er 4 I I I II Siiilrr.xn 114 4 MnkTd.lf I I i I h'm n.lf 4 1 14 II I I 4 v.ii..;i.

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W. EDGAR Mrs. J. H. Bradley gained her second straight victory in the Women's District at Plum Hollow, but it was little Sally Sessions, rf Muskegon, who stole the show.

Mrs. Bradley, playing over her home course, posted an 86 despite an eight on the final hole to pace the championship flight. Her score paled, however, when Miss Sessions, the State champion who was playing as a guest, came in with a 77. OUT IN 38, Miss Sessions came home in 39 for one of the lowest rounds ever played by a woman ever the rolling Plum Hollow layout. In spile of her blowup on the last hole, lrs.

Bradley had a two-stroke lead over three others who deadlocked for second at 88. This trio included Mrs. Eddie Bush, Mrs. W. II.

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YOST As a coach or as a speaker, Yost feared i no rivals The "Old Man" really isn't gone. They say they'll bury him on the campus. But should they not, it would make no difference. Fielding Yost will always be at Michigan. He came there 45 years ago to find a hunk of sun-baked sod that was a football field.

The "stadium" had rickety wooden stands that could seat 800 spectators. Now Michigan has one of the most tremendous athletic plants in the world of collegiate athletics. Yost saw it built. His teams built it. There's a fieldhouse bearing his name.

There's a football stadium that has no peers. "It seats 86,000 spectators. Fielding H. Yost built those things for Michigan. But he built more.

He constructed intangible things for the University of Michigan that sum themselves into one word tradition. ItE PROVED HIMSELF a great football teacher. He coached teams with players who sported handlebar mustaches, and made them win to the tune of point-a-minute. He coached teams whose players didn't wear handlebar in t6j, ivzo ana tie was out of action in 1924 when George E. Little handled the Maize and Blue.

YOST DROPPED from active coaching after the 1926 season and turned his attention to developing the athletics-for-all plan which he had begun in 1921 when he was appointed athletic director. In 1941. after giving 40 of his years to Michigan, he retired to his home near the campus. Three of Yost's 14 All-America players came back to coach for him Harry Kipke, Bennie Ooster-baan and Jack Blott. The latter two are still on the Wolverine staff.

Farewell to Yost BY J. FRED LAHTOX So long, you bit of West Virginia hills, transplanted here. They say you've left Ann Arbor town and all you held so dear. They say you've gone from Ferry's sod, where Snow and Schulz and Heston trod. You went away but still we feel you near! Yes, you are gone, but not your plans for Michigan, your dreams.

Your sons and daughters carry on the torch, which brightly gleams. Your giant, effervescent soul can less be stopped short of its goal Than could your famous "Point-a-Minute" teams! Wherever flies the Maize and Blue, your spirit will attend. You will be there, your simple faith, your love of athlete, friend. There we will hear your quiet talk, we'll see your beaming smile, your walk. These memories will be with us to the end! And now, dear Coach, we play "The Victors" low your parting knell.

Let just a strain or two of "Varsity" the chorus swell. Then, for your final, fond adieu, YOUR SONG "The Yellow and the Blue." Farewell, great leader, Grand Old Man, (Copyright, 1946) Htm Major League vj Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE v. PITTSBURGH (U.R) The Pittsburgh Pirates shelled four Brooklyn pitchers for 10 hits and a 10-0 victory behind the tight, four-hit pitching of Nick Strincevich. A crowd of 314p6 watched the Pirates chase iJodger, starting pitcher Vic Lombardi to cover in the first inning by scoring four runs. Jim Russell provided the vital hit of the rally by singling with the bases loaded.

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Barney 2 In 3. Head 3 in 1. PB Anderson. LP Attendance 31,106. Cards Trim Braves to Gain on Brooklyn ST.

LOUIS (U.R) The St. Louis Cardinals climbed within half a game of first place by defeating the Boston Braves, 4 to 1, as the Brooklyn Dodgers lost to Pittsburgh. Howie Pollet allowed the Braves only three hits. BOSTON 8T. I.OVIS AB A 4 2 a 2 AB II A Culler.

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Nicgelinc 9 In 7. Barret 1 in 1. LP Xicseling. Attendance 15.041. Kovaleskie Wins I (U.R) red Kovaleski, of Hamtramck, eliminated John Hyden, of Nashville, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1, in the second round of the National Public Parks tennis tournament.

Mary Hernando, of Detroit, lost her first-round women's match to Wilma Smith, of St. Louis, 6-1, Pet. Boston 83 36 .697 New York 67 49 .578 DETROIT 64 50 .561 Washington 58 60 .492 Cleveland 56 63 .475 Chicago 53 64 .453 St. Louis 50 65 .435 Philadelphia 36 81 .308 News of Friend's Death Fills Alonzo Stagg with Sadness BOB ZUrPKE Bucs Reject Guild in Poll Pirates Vote 15 to 3 Against Unionization PITTSBURGH (U.R) The Pittsburgh Pirates rejected the American Baseball Guild as their collective bargaining agent by a vote of 15 to 3 Only 19 of the 31 eligible players had voted before the polls of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board closed at 7:80 p. after being open nine hours.

The vote of Catcher Leroy Jarvis was challenged, BOSTOX-BORX Robert Murphy, organizer of the Guild, who earlier had filed charges of unfair labor practices against the Pittsburgh club, issued an angry statement declaring that the setback was brought about by "the pretended fairness of the owner-dominated 1 a r-management committee." Murphy said, "These illegal committees, set up as a smokescreen by the owners, are both a sham and a farce, and lack both the permanence and the strength to represent the players adequately." The anti-Guild stand was a victory for Truett (Rip) Sewell. The "blooper ball" pitcher has been the team's most vocal opponent of unionization in baseball, and was one pf the player delegates to the player-management conferences. Michigan Boat Leads Visitors CHICAGO (P) Fleet Star UI, piloted by R. J. Miller, of the Cresent Sail Yacht Club of Grosse Pointe, outsped the out-of-town entries in the Great Lakes Star Class championship series.

The races are scheduled to conclude Saturday: Tuesday's race was won by Bert Williams, of Chicago Yacht Club. He sailed his boat Kathleen over the 10-mile windward-leeward cours In 2:25:19. Fleet Star III finish" wiH GB 14i 16 i 24 Vi 26' 29 31 46 -Games behind leader. TUESDAY'S RESULTS Philadelphia 2, DETROIT 0. Boston 5-4, St.

Louis 1-5. Chicago 9, New York 2. Washington 5, Cleveland 4. WEDNESDAY'S AMIES DETROIT at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Washington, night. Chicago at New York (2).

St. Louis at Boston. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet. Brooklyn 70 44 .614 St. Louis 69 44 .627 Chicago 61 52 .540 Boston 55 55 .500 Cincinnati 51 63 .447 New York 50 63 .442 Philadelphia 47 64 .423 Pittsburgh 45 63 .417 GB 13 19 i9; 21 Jj -Games behind leader.

TUESDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 5-10, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 10, Brooklyn 0. St. Louis 4, Boston 1. New York 4, Cincinnati 3. WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.

New York at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Chicago. j-ouis (night). THE STADIUM THAT YOST BUILT mustaches teams that played in the so-called "Golden Era" of sports and he made them win, too. He lived like he taught.

Simply. After his official retirement in 1941 he still could not keep away from his campus. On his better days he would stroll down to his little office in the fieldhouse to fuss around with his trophies. He'd amble out to the football field and watch his successor, Fritz Crisler, run his gridders through their drills. If his advice was sought and it often was he would give it willingly and thoughtfully.

His office is a treasure house of Michigan football lore. The door is closed now but it was always open when the "Old Man" was there. THE STADIUM HE BUILT will be jammed this autumn when Michigan plays one of its greatest home schedules of all time. A year ago it was proposed by a group of alumni that Michigan Stadium be named Yost Stadium. The proposal met with universal favor until it came to Yost.

"No," he said firmly. "I don't want that. I've had more than my share of glory from Michigan." Now that he no longer can protest, the name change will be sought again. This time it should be made. Somehow the name of Yost will be just that much closer to the football tradition that he bin'.

at Michigan which he was instrumental in building." OSU Athletic Director Lauds Yost9 Role at COLUMBUS (JP) L. W. St. John, veteran athletic director at Ohio State University, asserted that the late Fielding H. Yost had been a "tremendous asset to intercollegiate football." "I feel keenly the loss of a fine friend and valued associate," he said of the former Michigan football coach and athletic director.

"Mr. Yost's advent at Michigan as coach in 1901 sent the Wolverines off to become a foremost power in football a role which was never relinquished." Yost Great Influence, Tug Wilson Declares CHICAGO Commissioner K. L. (Tug) Wilson of the Western Conference expressing sorrow at the death of Fielding H. Yost, said that the former Michigan coach "left a stamp on intercollegiate athletics which will be felt STOCKTON.

Calif Another "Grand Old Man of Amos Alonzo Stagg, now coach at College of. the Pacific here, heard with sadness of Fielding H. Yost's death. "We were fine friends all the way through," he said. "As we mellowed with age, we had many delightful meetings." OF YOST'S sports career, Stagg said: "Fielding was a great coach.

He had creative ability and he had the power to inspire his men. He was an excellent psychologist and a good businessman and promoter. "In his respect he compared with Knute Rockne (late coach at Notre Dame). He was what you would call a great enthusiast over football. He became utterly oblivious of other matters when he was discussing the game." Stagg said that one of Yost's most important contributions to sport was "the fine athletic plant.