Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1919 — YOST DOES NOT FAVOR GOLF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

YOST DOES NOT FAVOR GOLF

Ancient Game Requiring Silent Cheering Gets on Nerves of Veteran , . Fielding H. Yost, noted Michigan football coach, was asked why he did not play the golf game. “I saw one and the experience—l—had—was —enough to cure me,” said Yost. “A friend of mine was in a tournament and invited me to watch him in the final match for the championship. It was even u» until the sixteenth hole. Then my friend made a twenty-foot put and was one up. Right away I broke into a first-

class rah-rah cheer for him, but hardly had I let loose when one of the club officials grabbed my arm and said: ‘My friend, please remain perfectly quiet. Remember your golf etiquette.’ “ But,’ I protested, 'that shot my friend just made was a lu-lu and It deserves applause.’ “ 'This is a golf course, and not a gridiron.’ was the answer. ‘On a footiMdl to give loud voice to your feelings, but on the links silent cheering is the rule.’ “From then on,” said Yost, “I decided I was oft any game where a fellow must confine himself to that internal hurrahing.”

Coach Fielding Yost.