ire, the time-honored fake run, Prettyman, '85, the manager of
the team, started off with Killilea, '85_l_, as his interference _behind
him_, as the rules then demanded. The opposing full-back was ready for
them, but just before the tackle the ball was passed to Killilea, who
went on for the touch-down while Prettyman went head-on into the Harvard
full-back, calling "down" in accordance with the plan. The Harvard
umpire insisted that the ball was "down" where Prettyman had been
tackled, and the referee ordered it back to the middle of the field and
then called the game on account of darkness. The Michigan team arranged
immediately to stay and play another game the next day. But instead of
playing, Harvard pleaded faculty interference and paid a $100 forfeit.
An eleven that could play Yale one day, Harvard the next, and then be
ready for a third game, made a profound impression, however, and created
great respect for Western grit and sportsmanship.

After this venture into the lime-light there came several years of
comparatively minor games, due largely to the fact that few teams were
available as competitors. For many years Albion had a regular place on
the schedule and was regularly defeated, save in 1891, when it won for
the first and last time. The Chicago University Club, the Windsor Club,
the Peninsular Club of Detroit, and Notre Dame were the principal
opponents until the first game with Cornell in 1889. The result of this
contest, 56 to 0 in favor of Cornell, was discouraging, but in a second
game the following year the Varsity managed to score five points against
Cornell's twenty. This score came as the result of a long field goal by
James Duffy, '92_l_, who three years previously had won the first
Varsity medal for breaking an inter-collegiate record, with a drop-kick
of 168 feet 7-1/2 inches, surpassing Yale's previous record of 157 feet,
five times before he was satisfied.

A new era in the history of football at Michigan began in 1891, when
with a fair schedule and an experienced coach, Frank Crawford (Yale,
'91), '93_l_, the systematic development of a team began; though it was
not until several years later that football assumed the undisputed
supremacy it now holds as a college sport. Cornell won twice that year
and gave Michigan her first experience with "real interference and fast
play." Michigan took her first Western trip the following year. The team
was coached by Frank Barbour, a classmate of Crawfor