The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-25

Saturday was II rulny and Disagree
able day, keeping many enthusiasts
away from the State Fair grounds,
where the foot hall elevens OF West
virginia University and Washington *
Jefferson College battled for suprcm-
acy. In college town OF one-half the
population the crowd would have been
twice as large. The trouble In Wheel
ing is that those with an athletic turn Of
mind haven't been aroused to the pitch
81 enthusiasm that braves colds, wet
feet and the other dlscomiorts that at
tend foot ball games on afternoons like
that OF saturday. The quality
OF the two teams should have
brought out double the six hundred
who attended, notwithstanding the bad
weather
And maybe It wasn't n battle TO be re,
rnembered Washington Il JEFFERSON
Ind il all on their side from the start,
Their Tooters outnumbered West Nir-
cina's, more people wore their colors,
they won the toss, they We're lucller,
and finally made their only score by
The unwilling work OF Wheeling po-
lice officer. With anything like an
even start the old gold and blue would
have won In caRter AS II Is the re-
suit Of the game is practically west
Virginia University victory.
Had the game been played under the
Harvard Pennsylvania rules,
the code under which both teams had
before played. nobody has the temerity
TO assert that Wcgt Virginia would rot
have won; and this shows Just how
cute" the Wash -Jeff, manager was In
insisting that the Tri-collcge rules be
laid on the shelf and those OF Yale ana
Princeton substituted, with the mass
plays. and placing back OF ends and
tacklea us they had been accustomed
TO doing, the West Virginia advance
would have been unbroken from starr
10 finish.
When the PennsylvanlanH succeeded
in geettlng the rules fixcd according TO
their desires, they recovered some Of
their lost confidence. and Saturday
morning they possessed loads OF u,
which oozed out In Wash.-Jeff. Offers 70
bet being made to wearers OF the old
yold-blue at almost every street corner,
BEING pinned down to an estimate OF
the score, Inglis said the Wash,-Jeir
boys would be satisfied II Il were IS or
20 100. Probably to o. therefore, Is not
satisfactory
In the first half the people from
Washington were treated 10 surprise,
For Ave minutes West Virginia showed
IN In remarkable form. making gam
after gain on mass plays. Finally at
the twenty-yard line Wash. -Jen. made
u desperate stand and soon had the ball
which was sent around the END FOR a
gain OF twenty yards. This was FOL
lowed by punt for q gain OF twenty
I'VE yards. putting some life In the half
parnlyzed Wnshingtonlans. who had
gone 10 pieces during the first fifteen
minutes OF the game. For n time the
ball was desperately fought over In the
center OF the field, but two gains
brought II to the forty-tlye yard mark.
from which II was pnted for thirty
bringing Il dangerously close TO West
Vlrginlas goal Al this stage n foul
tackle was perpetTatcd by one or the
Wash. -Jeff. players, allowing Frye TO
90 over the line for a tuuch-dOw This
would not have counted but for the
fact that the umpire did not see the
play. being at the time engaged IN an
argument with police officer who In
sisted he was no official and had no
right on the Held. Inc ItIcTee "
knowledged that the tackle was FOUL
hut his duty was not In that depart
ment Of the game and Wash'-LeiI' Il
score went"
During the remainder Of the FIRST
half the bali was In WoFh. -jcn. terri
troy, except tust before time was called
when 1t was In West Virginia UnlYer9-
ity's domain.
The second half WINS IcsntlcsF In
scores. At the start West virginia
again made heavy gains on wedge
piays getting the bail very near 10 the
Pennsyivanians' goal. Here WG7h. def.
got the pig.skin on n tumble and sent
Il 10 the center on a corklnS Kick BY
lIrownlcc. Here the battle WAS dcSper-
ate for time. hut gradually. wash
JEFF. pushed II along toward We5t VIZ
ginia's goal, until. when time was call
ed, 1t was at their twcnty-ynrd mark