The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-26
INTEREST INCREASING

In saturdays foOtpbll ,NlAlne yH+
sweeney's Effective CoaGhIHg Yes
Icrtlay, Ia First west Virginia
MISUNDERSTANDING i6FctiVc.
interest is Increasing IN Saturdays
foo, ball game at the Island ball park,
and as the colIegians are better train
ID than the recently organized Wheel
ing team, the game Is likely TO be con-
tested closely at all stages. This Will
h. the first game OF the season and
the bethany college col6rs, green and
white, will be seen freely In contrast TO
the red and blue OF Wheeling. Ladies
will be admitted free and they are due
10 be out in force. for college boys are
magnetic. ,,..n,,d
by the absence of many candidates
who turned out the previous day. Cap
tain Kincheloe- was one % the aesen-
tees, but Jim Sweeney, the crack full
back, put the boys through In good
style He used the First West Vlr-
ginIa code OF signals and they were
easily learned. There was q great deal
OF material on the field, and scrtm-
images were going on in various parts
OF the lot by the Cathedral cadets and
Junior teams. One OF the spectators
was Bob" Edwards. WAC is spending a
few days at his home In AetnaVllle. He
Is suffering from a slight illness and
couIdn't he prevailed on to take part
In the practice.
owing to their Inability to leave their
work, three or four Of the players will
not be able to practice this week be-
fore Saturday morning, but as they
know the signals this drawback IL part
iy discounted. They are Allen Blake,
PROT. c. Z. CaFrigan and Homer Ed
wards and Frank NOrrlngton.
The candidates out yesterday were
Jim Sweeney, VIII Edwards, Harry
Gordon. Clyde Coss. ]. j. Slippner, WIN
Mathis and Harry Prosser, Besides
these are klncheloe, BOnnell and 9th.
ers. John Edwards hasn't recovered
entirely from recent injury, but he
and Bob may be on the sldellnes SAT-
Urday as subs.
There win be another hard practice
this afternoon at the ball park.
The following to the IntelligenceE
shows the preparations at Bethany for
the game:
Special Dispatch to the lntelligencsr.
BETHANY, w. Va, Oct. 25.-Mana-
ger Cochran sprung surprise on the
team to-day In the shape Of Harry DUFF
~. .Lafayette's star tackle, who has
been engaged to coach the team for the
remainder OF the season. Coach Duity
is well known in the football world,
principally through his brilliant work
on the Lafayette team. the year they
caused the sensation OF the season IN
crossing u. of P.'s line, 1t Will be re.
membered this game nearly killed Old
Penn and the next day their manager
offered Lafayette $4,000 for another
whlrl.
Duty has also played on w. & j., and
was captain OF the famous Tenth regt-
ment foot ball team On his arrival he
was given complete charge OF the mem.
bers, and after playing them against
the scrubs In two short halves put
them through some fast signal work,
Winding IN the afternoon with the eX-
PLANTATION OF some new plays which Will
he used against Wheeling. II his work
to-day can be taken as a criterion. he
will be one OF the most successful
coaches Bethany has ever had. ais
presence infused new life into the team
and their work was very gratifying
Things are very enthusiastic here and
large number OF rooters will accom-
pany the team to Wheeling.