The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-11-25

every point, Inundated, unable to
back up their loud boasting, beaten
fairly and squarely by an eleven
against which they had howled far
and wide that they would play their
SUBS" called to account at last for
the dirty foot ball of dozen years,
unable to check Tor single down
the irresistible rush of victorious
eleven that grew stronger and more
effective at every rush, with sure de
feat staring them in the face, the
Washington and Jefferson football
eleven resorted to tactics on their
home grounds Saturday that will be
blot on the 'scutcheon of the Red
and Black so long as there is col
lege there, disgrace to intercolli-
giate football wherever it is played
and an insurmountable barrier TO
the popular favor enjoyed for so
long in this section by the athletes,
hired or otherwise, of the Presbyter
lar college at Washington.
The story of West Virginia's long
hoped victory over w. and j. has
been told over and over again and
still again, until it is familiar to ev-
erybody. The Varsity eleven went
over to Washington to play the Red
and Black game of football es no
team from the University ever play
ed it before. Nobody but the play
ers and Coach Trout knew the
strength of the Varsity eleven
Every body knows it now.
W. and J. went into the game sure
of victory. So sure were they that
hand bills were thrown about the
streets announcing, The victorious
w. & j. eleven wall occupy boxes a,
the theatre tonight" 1t took only q
few rushes for them to find out that
w. V. U. was no easily proposition.
Then began the smuggling, kicking
playing for time and dirty football
generally which will make the game
and example for years to come.
After twenty minutes play w. q
j. carried the ball over West Vir
ginia's goal line for the first down
They scored by hard straight foot
ball mixed with lot Of smuggling, of
side playing, holding in line and
similar tactics. But the Varsity
had learned It's strength. Instead
OF being disheartened by the score
they were jubliant over the know
ledge that the eleven was as strong
or stronger than the Red and
Black.
| Three minutes after w. d J's
score that thing for which all fol
lowers of the Varsity elevens have
hoped for during a dozen years Of
defeat occurred. Want had kicked
the across w. d Us. goal line and
they had punted out from their q
yard line. Simmons got the oval
and make beilliant twenty yard
run that caused the w. q J. bowler,
to at once declare he was Heston
Michigan's famous half.
In the march down the field, every
man in the W. V. U. eleven played
like Big Four veteran. There was
snap, whirl, dash and go thai
swept the red and black players of
their feet. Simmons and Smith car.
ried the ball most of the time. Corr
was hurled against the wavering
line for big gains and Teas tore
holes through Hayes big enough tt
drive alumber team through. Ludes
crashed into W. q Us end and tack
les and helped the backs around the
ends for long gains. Waugh, Mutton
Raymond, Post, and Williams hello
the opposing line like a stone wal
and Want with cool quick, accurate
Judgment, called off the plays which
W. & j. was powerless to stop.
| Down the field the Varsity team
raced passed the twenty yard
line. Smith was given the ball and
sent around the end. The Varsity
backs and ends rushed into the in
reference. Smith himself shook of
one man who attempted to tackle
and hurdling W. & J's backs, fell
on the touch down side of their goa
line.
| For few seconds, the West Vri
ginia rooters hardly realized what
had happened. Then with one i'm
pulse they rushed on the field
laughing, crying, yelling, huggin g
each other like mad. Smith lay Oh
the ball hugging it beneath him fol
an instant. Then he got up with
| tears in his eyes. He had made the
first touch down ever scored by
West Virginia against W: d j. He
had crossed W. & Us line for the
first score made against them this
year. No one on the team could
have better deserved this honor than
Smith who for three reasons, fought
the Varsity gridiron's battles with
all his strength and skill. The play
ers were seized and carried up and
down the field on the shoulders OF
the West Virginians. Want was
holding the ball for the trial for goal
and was tramped on by several hun
dred pairs of feet but came up smil
ing. He failed to kick goal.
1t was in the second half of the
game that W. V. U. played football