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fair to be popular, at least on cool days"; and the same paper commended the game as affording "exercise to the whole body of students at a comparatively trifling expense". Of course football in 1870 differed much from the sport of to-day. It was entirely a kicking game, and was played with many men -usually thirty-on a side. Winning consisted in sending the ball over the enemy's line a majority of a previously agreed number of times. Matches between the classes were the chief games during the early years of football at Ann Arbor. The class of '73 defeated '72, and twice defeated '74.
In 1872 the football organization consisted of the captains of the four class teams, W. S. Sheeran, '73, Calvin Thomas, '74, E. D. Root, '75, and E. C. Fox, '76. October 11, 1873, a football association was formed, and it was decided to challenge Cornell to play a match game in Cleveland, thirty on a side. But the Cornell Faculty refused to grant leave of absence to the students who had been selected to meet our men. The names of our thirty appear in The Palladium for 1873-4, on page 73. In 1874 and 1875 the sophomores defeated their freshman foes at football by scores of 7 to o and 5 to o. September 30, 1876, the forty-two sopho- mores who appeared on the field were defeated by eighty-two freshmen; but the result was reversed when thirty picked members of each class met. As a rule the numbers engaged in class con- tests, even as late as 1889-90, were not limited.
Michigan was the pioneer in modern football in the West. Charles M. Gayley, '78, now Professor of English Literature in the University of California, introduced the Rugby game here in 1876. The following team, with Roberts, '77, as captain, was chosen:
W. R. Roberts, '77, E. J. Snover, '87, B. H. Colby, '77, A. C. Angell, '78, D. N. DeTar, '78, W. C. Johnson, '78,
Evart VanPelt, '78, I. K. Pond, '79, C. J. Reynick, '79, T. E. Walbridge, '77 111, Ernest Copeland, '78 11.
In the spring of 1877 the Rugby rules were printed in The Chronicle, and in the autumn of that year another team was selected with Edwards, '79, as captain:
A. C. Angell, '78, D. N. DeTar, '78, W. C. Johnson, '78, J. A. Beaumont, '79, R. T. Edwards, '79, C. S. Henning, '79,
I. K. Pond, '79, A. S. Dean, '80, J. A. Green, '80, F. G. Allen, 81, Everett Marshall, '81.
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In December, 1878, the Athletic Association elected two football elevens, from which a team to represent the University was taken as soon as sufficient practice had been had. On the 30th of May the first football game played by a Michigan team under the new rules, and the first football game ever played by us with an outside team, took place at the White Stocking Park, Chi- cago, between our eleven and a delegation from Racine College, in the presence of about 500 Racine students and Michigan graduates. Michigan was represented by the following team:
RUSHERS.
D. N. DeTar, '80 m, John Chase, '79, '81 11, I. K. Pond, '79, J. A. Green, '80,
W. W. Hannan, 'So, F. F. Reid, '80, R. G. DePuy, '79, '81 h., T. R. Edwards, '79.
HALF-BACKS.
C. H. Campbell, '80,
E. H. Barmore, '82.
GOAL-KEEPER. C. S. Mitchell, '80.
A. S. Pettit, '79, was substitute. Collins H. Johnston, '81, was one of the regular team, but could not go to Chicago. The game, according to The Chronicle, was " the finest game of football ever played this side of the Rocky Mountains." It began at 4:15 P. M., Racine mak- ing the opening kick. In the first inning Pond secured a touch-down for Michigan, and in the second DeTar kicked a goal. Racine could only make a safety touch-down. Telegraphic minutes of the game were posted upon a blackboard which the Steward of the University had caused to be placed THE GYMNASIUM. under one of the trees near the medical building, and "when the last despatch was bulletined those who were present manifested their feelings in the usual student manner." That evening the winners were properly wel- comed at the Michigan Alumni banquet held in the Palmer House, Chicago.
Our football team in the autumn of 1879 was the same as the one which had played at Chicago, except that C. H. Johnston, '81,
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and F. G. Allen, '81, replaced Campbell and Pond. A game was arranged with the University of Toronto, and of it The Chroni- cle gave this account:
"The first day of this month the 9 A. M. Kalamazoo Accommodation pulled out from our station with four cars cosily filled with students bound for Detroit to see the match at football between the Toronto eleven and our own team. The day was clear and bright, though a little cold, which seemed to stir the blood of the boys, causing them to open their mouths and pour forth their joy, like tuneful owl-
eagles. All the college songs were sung and resung. Toronto took the wind, giving our boys the kick-off, and from the time De Tar sent the ball fly- ing toward their goal to the close of the game our team had the advantage, except once or twice, and then only for a few minutes. Why this was it is hard to say, for Toronto played a strong game, and in almost every individual point excelled. It was a particularly close and exciting game. The excitement was especially in- tense when during the last few minutes of the game the ball was kept within a few feet of the Toronto line, our boys trying to force it through or get a drop for goal. Then the crowd seemed determined to take a part in the play. But no goal was made, and when time was called it all went up in a long, hearty cheer for Toronto and Ann Arbor. Our boys seemed satisfied not to have lost, and well they may, considering their youth in Rugby, and the high standing of the Toronto among Canadian teams."
In this game the Toronto men showed superior running ability. De Puy and Hannan made fine runs for Michigan. Neither side scored a goal or a touch-down, although several times . our men had the ball within a few feet of the goal line. The Athletic Association lost $150 on the game; but this did not lessen football enthusiasm. Said The Chronicle of February 28, 1880: "The students of Ann Arbor need no argument to convince them that Rugby is the better game".
Another contest between Toronto and Michigan took place November 6, 1880, on the Toronto Lacrosse Club's grounds. The following was the make-up of our team, John Chase, '81 m, being captain:
John Chase, '81 m2, F. G. Allen, '81, W. S. Horton, '82 Z,
FORWARDS. R. G. De Puy, '81 h, W. H. Graham, 'S2, W. B. Calvert, '82 h,
C. H. Johnston, '81.
QUARTER-BACK. E. H. Barmore, '82.
HALF-BACKS. R. W. Brown, '81, FULL-BACK. E. P. Hathaway, '82.
R. M. Dott, '85.
De Puy was injured during the game, and F. B. Wormwood, '83, took his place. Michigan won, making two touch-downs and a goal, while Toronto failed to score.
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The failure of our football management to arrange a game with Racine College led The Chronicle to express the hope that there would be enough interest manifested in athletics that spring "to enable us to attain that consummation, so long sought and 'devoutly to be wished for', a game with some of the Eastern colleges; " and in the autumn of 1881 the following team was sent East to play with the chief elevens of that region:
FORWARDS.
John Ayres, '80, P. G. DeW. Woodruff, '81 7, F. M. Townsend, '81,
C. M. Wilson, '83 Z, Harry Bitner, '84, T. W. Gilmore, '84. QUARTER-BACK. W. S. Horton, 'S2 l. HALF-BACKS. R. G. De Puy, '81 h, F. B. Wormwood, '83. FULL-BACK. W. J. Olcott, '83. SUBSTITUTES.
R. M. Dott, '85,
W. O. De Puy, '83 a. H. S. Mahon, '82,
Michigan was beaten by Harvard 4 to o, by Yale II to o, and by Princeton 13 to 4.
During the college year 1882-83 football at Ann Arbor was dormant. A challenge sent to an association in Detroit was not accepted, and only practice games were played. In 1883 a number of students joined in forming the Rugby Association, which was incorporated in May, 1886. In November, 1883, a second Eastern tour was made, the team selected being as follows:
E. E. Beach, '84, Harry Bitner, '84, H. G. Prettyman, '85,
FORWARDS. H. J. Killilea, '85 l, H. P. Borden, '84 Z, R. M. Dott, '64 l. QUARTER-BACK. T. H. McNeil, '85. HALF-BACKS.
R. G. Gemmell, '84, A. I. Moore, '84 m. THREE-QUARTER-BACK. W. J. Olcott, '83. FULL-BACK. T. W. Gilmore, '84. SUBSTITUTES. R. W. Beach, '86,
H. S. Mahon, '84 l,
E. W. Wright, '84 l.
Prettyman was manager and Olcott was captain of this team, which was beaten by Yale 46 to o, by Harvard 3 to o, and by
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Wesleyan 14 to 6, but which defeated Stevens Institute 5 to I. From these games it was seen that Michigan could not compete with the Eastern colleges until the opportunities for practice in the West became greater. The Rugby team for the autumn of 1884 was made up of the following students:
RUSHERS.
E. L. Dorn, '86, E. E. Beach, '84, H. G. Prettyman, '85,
H. J. Killilea, '85 l, H. G. Brock, '85, Dwight Goss, '86 l,
G. C. Schemm, '85. QUARTER-BACK. T. H. McNeil, '85. HALF-BACKS. W. J. Duff, '85 m.
W. J. Olcott, '84 g,
THREE-QUARTER-BACK, J. M. Jaycox, '87. GOAL-KEEPER. E. F. Duffy, '84 l.
This team, after defeating Albion College by the score of 18 to o, played at Ann Arbor a brilliant game with Chicago, in which the latter club was beaten, 10 to 18. In the Chicago game Duffy played instead of Brock, and Olcott and Jaycox were the half- backs. In April, 1885, the Rugby Association became a member of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Early in the autumn of 1885 the University team and the Windsor Club played at Windsor, Ontario, a game according to the old Rugby rules, Michigan winning, 10 to o. A return game resulted in our favor, 30 to o. Thanksgiving Day our eleven met the Peninsular team of Detroit, and defeated it 42 to o. That year J. R. McCammon, '87, was manager, and H. G. Prettyman, '87 m, was captain of the team, which was constituted thus:
FORWARDS. R. W. Beach, '86, C. N. Banks, '87 l, J. L. Skinner, '87,
F. G. Higgins, '86 Z, W. M. Morrow, '90, H. G. Prettyman, '87 1, F. F. Bumps, '87. QUARTER-BACK. T. H. McNeil, '85. HALF-BACKS. J. M. Jaycox, '87, J. E. Duffy, '89. GOAL-KEEPER, J. L. DUFFY, '88. SUBSTITUTES. L. F. Gottschalk, '88,
C. D. A. Wright, '87 m, H. G. Hetzler, '86.
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The first football game of the season of 1886 was played with Albion College, October 16, and resulted in an easy victory for Michigan, the score being 50 to o. In the return game, October 30, Michigan won, 24 to o. The team for the year was as follows:
FORWARDS.
H. G. Prettyman, '87 1, F. F. Bumps, '87, F. G. Higgins, '86 l,
George Higgins, C. D. A. Wright, '87 1, A. C. Kiskadden, '89.
C. N. Banks, '87 l. QUARTER-BACK. W. M. Morrow, '90. HALF-BACKS. J. M. Jaycox, '87,
J. E. Duffy, '89. GOAL-KEEPER. J. L. Duffy, '88. SUBSTITUTES. W. R. Trowbridge, '89 m,
W. W. Harless, '90, W. C. Malley, '90 l.
On the 12th of November, 1887, our team defeated, by 30 to o, the Albion College eleven. Soon afterwards Michigan defeated Notre Dame 8 to o, and, at Chicago, the strong team of the Harvard School. In April, 1888, our team again defeated Notre Dame, the score being 26 to 6. The football representa- tives of Michigan for 1887-88 were the following, John L. Duffy, '88, being their captain:
W. W. Harless, '90, E. M. Sprague, '88, Fred Townsend, '88 Z, J. T. Scott, '91,
RUSHERS.
J. H. Duffie, '88 l, G. H. Wood, '89 Z, Lincoln MacMillan, '89, G. W. De Haven, '90. QUARTER-BACK. R. T. Farrand, '90.
HALF-BACKS.
J. E. Duffy, '89,
E. W. MacPherran, '89. FULL-BACK. J. L. Duffy, '88. SUBSTITUTES. Mulford Wade, '90,
R. S. Babcock, '89,
Leverge Knapp, '88.
Thanksgiving Day, 1888, the Rugby team played at Chicago the University team of that city, composed largely of graduates who, while students, had belonged to their respective college teams. A cup valued at $300 had been offered to the team which should be the winner for two successive years. The game was attended by a great number of persons, among whom were more than two hundred Michigan students. Chicago won by the score of 26 to 4.
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The weakness of Michigan's rush line was largely responsible for our defeat. Michigan's team was as follows:
RUSHERS.
H. G. Prettyman, '87 272, R. W. Beach, '89 l,
James Van Inwagen, '92,
W. C. Malley, '90 l, S. S. Bradley, '91, N. C. Paine, '92.
E. W. MacPherran, '90,
QUARTER-BACK. F. L. Smith, '90. HALF-BACKS. J. E. Duffy, '90. FULL-BACK. Lincoln MacMillan, '89. SUBSTITUTES. E. P. Coman, '90 l,
W. D. Ball, '90,
E. P. de Pont, '94.
In the autumn of 1889 Albion College was beaten at Ann Ar- bor, 33 to 4; Cornell gave Michigan a severe defeat at Buffalo, the score being 56 to o; and the Chicago graduates won their second game from our team, 20 to o. The following constituted our eleven for that year, E. W. MacPherran being captain:
RUSHERS.
S. C. Glidden, '93, David Trainer, Jr., '90, G. M. Hull, '90 m,
W. C. Malley, '90 l, B. J. Boutwell, '90 Z, H. G. Prettyman,
Benton Strait, '91 l. QUARTER-BACK. H. T. Abbott, '91 l. HALF-BACKS.
J. E. Duffy, '90,
E. W. Mac Pherran, '90, FULL-BACK.
James Van Inwagen, '92. SUBSTITUTES. H. F. VanDeventer, '92, F. L. Smith, '90, W. D. Ball, '90,
J. R. Sutton, '90 l, H. S. Haines, '91 l.
In 1890 Michigan defeated Albion 56 to 10 and 16 to o, the D. A. C. 18 to o, and Purdue 34 to 6, but was beaten 20 to 5 by Cornell at Detroit, November 15. That year there was no game with the Chicago graduates. The regular team, of which W. C. Malley, '90 l, was captain, was as follows:
T. L. McKean,
David Trainer, Jr., W. C. Malley, '90 l,
TACKLES.
ENDS. Roger Sherman, '94. H. G. Prettyman, W. W. Harless, '90.
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GUARD. ยท Clark Sutherland, '91 m. CENTRE. T. L. Chadbourne, Jr., '94. QUARTER-BACK. G. S. Holden, '91. HALF-BACKS. L. C. Grosh, '94,
J. E. Duffy, 92 l.
FULL-BACK. G. H. Jewett, '94 m.
In the autumn of 1891 Frank Crawford, Yale '91, was secured to coach the team, which was greatly in need of efficient training. Of the games played that season Michigan won three and lost five. Olivet was defeated 18 to 6, Oberlin 26 to 6, and Butler 42 to 6. Our eleven was beaten by Cornell 12 to 58, and, in a game at Chicago, o to 10. A team from Cleveland won a game from us by the score of 8 to 4, and the Chicago graduates, with the aid of extremely unfair umpiring, laid us low 20 to o. At the very opening of the season Albion took a game from Michigan, 10 to 4. The team that year was composed of the following men:
ENDS. TACKLES. GUARDS.
C. W. Southworth, '93. W. W. Pearson, '93 17. Virgil Tupper, '95.
R. W. E. Hayes, '95, H. J. Mowrey, '93 Z, E. D. Wickes, '93, CENTRE. A. W. Jefferis, '93 Z. QUARTER-BACK. Roger Sherman, '94. HALF-BACKS. C. F. Rittenger, '93 l.
James VanInwagen, '93 Z,
FULL-BACK. G. B. Dygert, '93.
Twelve games, seven of which were won by Michigan, were played during the season of 1892. The opponents and the scores were the following: Michigan Athletic Association, 74 to o and 68 to o; Wisconsin, 10 to 6; Minnesota, 6 to 16; De Pauw, 18 to o; Purdue, o to 24; Northwestern, 8 to 10; Albion, 60 to 8; Cor- nell, o to 44 and 10 to 30; Chicago, 18 to 10; Oberlin, 26 to 24. In the game with Purdue four of our men were disabled, and the game had to be called because we had not a fourth substitute. W. E. Griffin, '93 l, was the football manager for 1892, and Frank
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E. Barbour, Yale '91, did the coaching. Dygert, '93, was the captain of the team, which was made up thus:
ENDS.
Paul Woodworth, '94 l,
TACKLES.
W. W. Griffin, '96.
Virgil Tupper, '95,
CENTRES.
C. L. Thomas, '95.
C. T. Griffin,
F. F. Harding, '96. QUARTER-BACK.
E. L. Sanderson, '93.
HALF-BACKS.
L. C. Grosh, '94,
G. H. Jewett, '94 m.
FULL-BACK. G. B. Dygert, '93.
In the autumn of 1893 Barbour again coached the team. Charles Baird, '95, was manager, and George B. Dygert was cap- tain. Ten games were played with outside teams, as follows: Detroit Athletic Club, 6 to o and 26 to o; Chicago, 6 to 10 and 28 to 10; Minnesota, 20 to 34; Wisconsin, 18 to 34; Purdue, 46 to 8; De Pauw, 34 to o; Northwestern, 72 to 6; Kansas, 22 to o. Of the ten contests Michigan lost three. There were scored 272 points for Michigan, 102 for opposing teams. The team for the year was made up thus:
R. W. E. Hayes, '95, H. M. Senter, '96, TACKLES.
W. W. Griffin, '96, G. R. F. Villa, '96 7,
C. H. Smith,
James Baird, '96, HALF-BACKS.
R. S. Freund, '96, L. P. Paul, '94 l, A. C. Bartels, '95 l,
H. L. Dyer, '95 l,
ENDS.
G. H. Ferbert, '97, Roger Sherman, '94.
W. I. Aldrich, '96, J. L. D. Morrison, '94 l.
CENTRES. C. T. Griffin.
QUARTER-BACKS. G. F. Greenleaf, '97. L. C. Grosh, '96 m, J. W. Hollister, '95 l, H. B. Leonard, 195. FULL-BACKS. G. B. Dygert, '95 l.
During the season of 1894 the football team had the advantage of excellent training. W. L. McCauley, Princeton '94, was the coach, James Baird, '96, was the captain of the team, and Charles Baird, '95, was the manager. Games were played with the follow- ing teams and resulted in the following scores: Orchard Lake, 12 to 12 and 40 to 6; Albion, 26 to o; Olivet, 48 to o; Adrian, 46 to o; Case School, 18 to 8; Cornell, o to 22 and 12 to 4; Kansas,
R. W. E. Hayes, '95.
Frank Decke, '93,
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22 to 10; Oberlin, 14 to 6; Chicago, 4 to 6. Eight games were won, two were lost, and one contest was tied. Captain Baird was badly hurt in one of the Orchard Lake games, and hardly recov- ered in time to take part in the last three meets. The game in which Michigan defeated Cornell-played at Detroit, November 24-was the first victory gained by us over the Ithacans. Follow- ing are the men who played in 1894:
ENDS.
R. W. E. Hayes, '95.
H. G. Hadden, '95 l,
G. R. F. Villa, '96 l,
GUARDS.
F. W. Henninger, '97,
B. M. Carr, '97 272,
D. B. Ninde, '95 l, W. S. Rundell, '95 l.
CENTRE. C. H. Smith.
QUARTER-BACKS. G. F. Greenleaf, '97.
G. H. Ferbert, '97, H. L. Dyer, '95 l, J. DeF. Richards, '98,
HALF-BACKS. H. B. Leonard, '95, J. B. Freund, '97, J. A. LeRoy, '96, G. B. Dygert, '96 l. 1 FULL-BACK. J. A. Bloomingston, '96 l.
The season of 1895 was one of the most satisfactory in the annals of Michigan football. W. L. McCauley, '98 m, continued to coach the team, which was captained by F. W. Henninger, '97. The manager was Baird, '95. After an unbroken series of vic- tories (over Orchard Lake, 34 to o; Detroit Athletic Club, 42 to o; Adelbert, 64 to o; Lake Forest, 40 to o; and Oberlin, 42 to o), the eleven played Harvard, on the grounds of the latter, and suffered defeat by the honorable score of o to 4. Then followed three successes: Purdue, 12 to 10; Minnesota, 20 to o; and Chi- cago, 12 to o. The total score of points was 266 for, and 14 against, Michigan. Our team contained the following players:
H. M. Senter, '96, J. H. Farnham, '97 e. TACKLES. G. R. F. Villa, '96 l, GUARDS. J. H. Hooper, '99, CENTRES.
ENDS.
G. F. Greenleaf, '97,
F. W. Henninger, '97 e,
B. M. Carr, '97 m,
F. M. Hall, '96 l. Edwin Denby, '96.
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H. M. Senter, '96, G. D. Price, '95,
TACKLES.
J. G. Yont, '96 l, F. B. Reynolds, '95 l.
James Baird, '96,
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QUARTER-BACKS.
James Baird, '96, J. DeF. Richards, '98, W. R. Morley, '99 e. HALF-BACKS.
G. H. Ferbert, '97, W. H. Holmes, '96 h,
J. W. Hollister, '95 l. FULL-BACK. J. A. Bloomingston, '96 l.
Aspirants for football honors were more numerous in 1896 than ever before. Four elevens appeared on the practice-field, and the range of selection was wide. For that year the coaches were W. L. McCauley, '98 m, and W. D. Ward, a Princeton graduate who had entered the medical school. After winning nine games, in which only four points were scored against the team, our eleven was defeated by Chicago, in the finishing contest of the season, by a single point. The schedule was as follows: Michigan Mili- tary Academy, 18 to o; Grand Rapids, 44 to o; College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, 28 to o; Lake Forest, 66 to o; Purdue, 16 to o; Lehigh, 40 to o; Minnesota, 6 to 4; Oberlin, Io to o; Wit- tenberg, 28 to o; Chicago, 6 to 7. Michigan's total score was 262 to II. The captain of the team was J. R. Hogg, '99 l, and the following players took part in the games:
ENDS.
H. M. Senter, '98 m, G. F. Greenleaf, '97,
G. R. F. Villa, '96 l.,
T. L. Farnham, '97 e, Loomis Hutchinson, '97 e.
TACKLES.
F. W. Henninger, '97 e. GUARDS.
B. M. Carr, '97 m, J. W. F. Bennett, '98 e, F. L. Baker, '98 e. CENTRE.
J. D. Wombacher, '97.
QUARTER-BACKS.
T. J. Drumheller, '97 Z, J. DeF. Richards, '98,
Howard Felver, '98 e. HALF-BACKS. H. S. Pingree, Jr., '00,
G. H. Ferbert, '97,
W. H. Caley, '99 l. FULL-BACKS. J. R. Hogg, '99 l,
I. M. Duffy, '98 d.
In 1897 it became necessary to construct a football eleven almost wholly of new material. Fifty students subjected them- selves to training, and a band of coachers from the alumni-such men as J. E. Duffy, '90, W. C. Malley, '90 l, James Baird, '96, and G. H. Ferbert, T. L. Farnham, and F. W. Henninger, all of '97.
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-assisted in the development of the team. New features adopted that year were the training quarters, an alumni game, and a system of home " coaching ". Victories were secured over the State Nor- mal School, 24 to o; Ohio State, 36 to o; Oberlin, 16 to 6; Pur- due, 34 to 4; Minnesota, 14 to o; and Wittenberg, 32 to o. The Michigan team was tied, o to o, by Ohio Wesleyan, and was de- feated, in the last game of the season, by Chicago, 21 to 12. Ward Hughes, '98, was the football manager in 1897, and J. R. Hogg, '99 l, was the captain of the team, which was organized thus:
ENDS.
J. W. F. Bennett, '98 e,
N. B. Ayres, '99, C. T. Teetzel, 'oo l.
W. B. Steckle, '01 12, W. P. Baker, '98,
TACKLES. R. S. Lockwood, '01, C. F. Juttner, '00 l,
GUARDS.
W. H. Caley, '99 7, H. E. Lehr, '98 d.
CENTRE.
W. R. Cunningham, '99 m.
QUARTER-BACKS.
Howard Felver, '98,
J. R. Hogg, '99 l, G. D. Stewart, 'OI,
F. C. Hannan, '98,
J. DeF. Richards, '98. HALF-BACKS. H. S. Pingree, Jr., '00, C. A. Barabee, 'oI.
FULL-BACKS.
L. J. Keena, 'OI.
For the season of 1898 J. W. F. Bennett, '98 e, has been chosen captain and H. T. Heald, '98, is football manager.
During the past few years football has been rapidly increasing in popularity at Ann Arbor. Every autumn more than two hun- dred men are candidates either for the University team or for some of the class elevens. Last fall all the classes in the literary depart- ment, and also the law class of '98 and the medical class of 'oo, were represented by teams.
The history of boating in our University covers the period from 1873 to 1878, when the country was interested in the great regattas of the Eastern colleges. The advocates of this sport aroused such enthusiasm among the students that an association was formed, boats were purchased, and the limited facilities of the Huron River were enjoyed to the utmost. Professor Tyler was reported to have said that the water facilities at Ann Arbor are as good as those at Oxford or Cambridge, but a series of consci- entious trials proved that the Huron is better adapted to canoes
M. B. Snow, '99,
J. E. Egan, '99 7,
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SPORTS AND GAMES
than to shells. A picture in The Palladium of 1877 shows the difficulties under which the oarsmen labored. An attempt to deepen the river with one of the two shells owned by the students was a disastrous failure; the boat had to be sold to pay the expense of repairing it; and in 1878 shell-racing at Michigan became a thing of the past. In the fall of 1896 interest in boating revived, and at the present time canoeing on the river is one of the favorite recreations of the undergraduates.
As far back as 1881-82 the sport of lawn-tennis was men- tioned in the college annual. The Chronicle in 1883 noted a large increase in the number of players, and on the 5th day of November in that year an association to take charge of the inter- ests of the game was formed. In the spring of 1884 a vacant space in the southwest corner of the campus, and room for one court in the southeast corner, were set apart for the use of the association. The sport, though enjoyed by many students, has not with us been carried to the degree of excellence attained at certain other colleges. The following undergraduates have won the University championships in tennis singles:
L. M. Dennis, '85, Charles McClellan, '86,
V. M. Elting, '92 l,
L. H. Paddock, '93 l,
C. T. Miller, '88,
W. D. Mckenzie, '96,
J. R. Angell, '90, B. E. Page, '91,
W. D. Herrick, '98, C. W. Seabury, '98.
The championships in doubles have been won by the following:
E. O. Grosvenor, '85,
S. F. Hawley, '85,
J. C. Hamill, '85 l,
L. H. Paddock, '93 l,
J. M. Jaycox, '87,
H. P. Dodge, '93,
W. H. Muir, '88, T. H. Gale, '88,
H. W. Suydam, '94,
H. E. Chickering, '94,
C. T. Miller, '88,
W. D. Mckenzie, '96,
J. R. Angell, '90,
C. W. Seabury, '98,
G. P. Codd, '91,
B. E. Page, '91,
T. N. Jayne, '90, W. F. Slocum, '92,
A. S. Brown, '93 l, R. M. Shaw, '92 l,
W. D. Herrick, '98, L. M. Harvey, '98, R. S. Danforth, '98, Butler Lamb, 'oo.
In 1893 Lewis H. Paddock, '93 l, won the Northwestern T. A. A. championship in singles, and he and H. W. Suydam, '94, won that year the championship in doubles.
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