Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-11-23

every point, HunlIldteu, undUle u
back up their loud Boosting, beaten
fairly and squarely by an eleven
against which they had howled fan
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 a col
lege there, disgrace to intercolli-
giate football wherever it is played
and fan insurmountable barrier to
the popular favor enjoyed for sc
long in this section by the athletes,
hired or otherwise, of the Presbyter-
ian 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 a game of football as no
team from the University ever play.
ed il before. Nobody but the plav-
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. q j. eleven wall occupy boxes at
the theatre tonight 1t took only a
few rushes for them to find out that
W. Y. 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 cume.
After twenty minutes play w. &
j. carried the ball over West Vlr.
ginia's goa! line for the first down.
They scored by hard straight foot,
ball mixed with lot of smuggling, off
side playing, holding in line and
similar tactics. But the Varsity
had learned Its 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. & Us.
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 %
yard line. Simmons got the oval
and make a beilliant twenty yard
run that caused the W. & j. howlers
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 that
swept the red and black players off
their feet Simmons and Smith car
ried the ball most of the time. Core
was hurled against the wavering
line for Dig gains and Teas tore
holes through Hayes big enough to
drive alumber team through. Ludes
crashed into w. q j. 8 end and tack
les and helped the backs around the
ends for long gains. Waugh, Mutton,
Hay mond, Post, and Williams held
the opposing line like stone wall
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 off
one man Who attempted to tackle
and hurdling W. & Us backs, tell
on the touch down side of their goal
line.
For lev secanl., the West Vri-
GINA rioters hardly realized what
hid happened. Then with one i'm
pulse they rushed m the field,
laughing, crying, yelling, hugging
each other like mad Smith lay on
the ball hugging it beneath INN for
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. & J.'s 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