Jim's" Lame Explanation

A correspondent of the Detroit .Touinial bas t'his to say oi the TL oí M. footta.ll team aml irte trainer : "Jim'" Ilobinson, wlio trained the MioMgau foot hall tea.m, is buey explainiug' to tlie &astrn papers that tlie Michigan pigskin chaseirs were the beöt teaan in tilO couiitry, ;uul lie is confident that tliey ooufld have beateu Prhioeton. "Jim" mig-ht spend hls time to more advantage iu exptaiuing whj tliis team kept pdaying a poorer game as the season progressed. A. lootbaji team ls usually seasooied and expected to p4ay its game in November ; but it waa hard íor Michigan supporters to lind one encouraging' game tdrat niomth. The team did win same games, but not as they ehoxtíld have been won. The M-inneeata game was won tliirough the inabi'lity oí the opponent to kick an easy goal. Next the O. oi M. tackled Obeiïl'in, and alter scoring 10 pointe, thiis second olass football team tore the eupposed invincible line to pieces as thougU it were a l-ig-ht picket femce. It was just Luck th-at the Oberlin team did not score, as it had no troubïfl in saiuing ground tiürough the line. Wittenl)tM-i;'s eleven did not amount to mnieh as a cintorion, and they were pnaotfcally unknown on the sïridiovn, and MicMgan'B 28 to 0 with that tram does not eouirfc in summUig np tbeiir 6trngth. At CWoago, the eame thlng was sliowt. ■ the toam ooníd not piar al hard game. It woultí carry the ball down to neaniy the Chicago goal, onlly to lose it on downs. All Michigan had lor the hard games was a 'Lot oí cripples and stale playens. Tbey had lost the dash and spirit that eliaracterized their previous work. The Journal asked "Jim" after the Oberim game, what was the matter with the team, and, li the boys had broker, training, as ramored around Aran Arbor. He eald that the team was ail right, and that the poor playtog was owinig to some new signáis they were usiing that day. It migbt be wöll, if the Journal comld make a suggestkm to the genial tnainer, to study the sei-iee of hard luck etories and experienee of the Harvard football team isn lts last season of misfGrtimes. There seems to be considerable likenees in these two teams. Both seemed tol have killed off ptayers in practice.