Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1919 — FOOTBALL IS BEST TRAINING FOR SOLDIER, SAYS COACH FIELDING YOST OF MICHIGAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOOTBALL IS BEST TRAINING FOR SOLDIER, SAYS COACH FIELDING YOST OF MICHIGAN

Why should football be kept on the map when baseball was practically wiped out by* the war department? Coach Yost of the Michigan team gives an answer which will get the stamp of approval from all followers of the gridiron sport in the following: . ~ -—— —— Benefits of Foptb.gU, ; - —— ~ “Because it develops the physical and moral courage of the individual, Reaches him to give and take the shock of combat, to think and act instantly under fire, to sacrifice self for team play, and accustoms him to discipline and to give and obey commands, it is the best possible training for a soldier, as witness the long list of former Michigan players who have won commissions in the army and navy. ! Men in Service. —--y ; - ——— “There’s Redden,” Yost continued as he pulled an envelope from his pocket and started writing names upon it. “He was captain of our 1903 eleven, and is now a major in the heavy artillery with the Rainbow division in France. Tommy Hammond, halfback on the team enjoys an equal rank in the same branch and division. Captain Watkins, also In the artillery, was fullback In 1907-8. In the same arm orihe service, with lieutenant’s shoulder bars, are Bull Dunne end fWhalen, an all-around < man on the 1915-16 elevenßaynesford captain, in 1914, and Craig, the all-American halfback.”

Coach Yost and Two Former Michigan Players.