Practical English Composition Part 12

Craig L.H. Smith, L.J.

Carpell} R.H. c.o.x Huebel }

Thomson F.B. {Wright {Willaman

_Officials_--Referee, Thompson, Georgetown; Umpire, Hoagland, Princeton; Field Judge, Lieut. Nelly, West Point; Head Linesman, Macklin, Penn. _Time of periods_--15 minutes.

III

MICHIGAN, 9; VANDERBILT, 8

Michigan was played to a standstill in the game with McGugin's Vanderbilt eleven on Ferry Field Sat.u.r.day, Oct. 28, and it was by the closest of margins that the Wolverines won out by a 9 to 8 score. A field goal was scored by each team and each team made a touchdown, but Michigan was more fortunate than her southern rivals in that McMillan made a perfect punt-out and Conklin kicked goal, while Captain Roy Morrison of Vanderbilt fell down on the same play and lost his team the chance to try for a goal from touchdown when he overkicked on the punt-out. Yost was far from satisfied by the showing of the Michigan team.

The summary:

_Michigan_, 9 _Position_ _Vanderbilt_, 8

Conklin (Capt.) L.E. K. Morrison

Bogle L.T. {Freeland {Covington

Quinn L.G. Metzger

Paterson C. Morgan

Garrels R.G. C. Brown

Pontius R.T. T. Brown

Wells R.E. E. Brown

McMillan Q. R. Morrison (Capt.)

Craig L.H. Hardage

Carpel R.H. {Collins {Curlin

Thomson F.B. Sikes

_Officials_--Referee, Bradley Walker, Virginia; Umpire, Eckersall, Chicago; Field Judge, Lieut. Nelly, West Point; Head Linesman, Heston, Michigan.

G. E. ELDERIDGE.

_Michigan Alumnus, November, 1911._

V. Queries and Topics for Oral Composition

1. What knowledge is necessary in order to report a football game?

2. How old is the game of football?

3. Wherein do Rugby, soccer, Canadian, and American football differ?

4. Describe the field on which American football is played.

5. Describe the shoes, costumes, headgear, and ball used in the game.

6. What is a stadium?

7. Describe the functions of each player on a team.

8. Explain the following terms: "kickoff," "tackling," "end run,"

"line buck," "interference," "blocking," "holding," "off side,"

"punt," "drop kick," "forward pa.s.s," "fair catch," "downs,"

"scrimmage," "touchdown," "touchback," "safety," "goal from touchdown," and "goal from field."

9. How many yards must a team carry the ball in four downs in order to keep it?

10. How much does a touchdown count? A safety? A field goal? A goal from touchdown?

11. How would you go to work to find out the past history of a team and the character of its personnel?

12. What method of taking notes is recommended?

13. How long should the report of a game be?

14. In what style should it be written?

15. How many words does each model contain?

16. Observe how the writer seizes on the one or two salient points of each game, omitting what is unessential. This requires judgment and the effort to do it is a good training in judgment.

17. Tell whether each sentence is simple, complex, or compound.

18. Explain why each mark of punctuation is used.

19. Find a metaphor in the models.

VI. Exercise

Write a report of Sat.u.r.day's game.

VII. Suggested Time Schedule

_Week I_ _Week II_

_Monday_--(a) Review past errors. Queries.