The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-11
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PITTsBURG; Nov, II. - The hes,
football team West Virginia univer,
sity has sent 70 Pl,tsburg In years
n:,s beaten by the University OF West.
nrn Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon
at Exposition park, 10 to 0. The West
Virsinians were gradually worn dou,,
In the final half. Well on towards the
end Of the contest It WIS an ever. at.
fair. in which the y's.t';s dlsplayea a
d,hh3g spirit. and ash ,St,. no & Il
2. Oh nnent mas .;.n"n on the sSpus!.
'am Geld this :rsr.
Ounce Banbury and Springer made
the touchdowns, and the latter came at
j time when West Virginia was having
its line pierced to pieces. but Its fight,
ing spirit never left It, and at the
wind.up the team was fighting so cour.
aseously that it gained the admiration
Of the large crowd present.
The W. U. P. eleven played ane foot.
ball. 1t did not expose its assortment
of trick plays. but us West Virginia
was playing straight football, SO did
W. U. p, and with the exception OF
the superior West Virginia ends work
neither side having an appreciablc ad.
vantage in the first half.
W. U. P. Finishes Strong.
But In the final period W. U. P.
proved to have the better staying
qualities, and this, combined with an
element Of luck, which always goes
with the winner, brought the locals
out ahead. rs
When Shelton. the West Virginia
quarterback, was forced out Of the
game BY an injury In the second half
the strength Of the back field depart
ell. Shortly following his leaving
West Virginia fumbled or misjudged
punts and the local collegians began to
gain most appreciable advantage
Shelton Offset the W. U. P. on side
and straight kicks by his rcnnine
back Of punts. and his tackling In the
open field was fine. Gaffney. mere
youngster who was sent In to relieve
him. apparently had stage fright"
The day was almost ideal for foot
ball. The sun shown resplendentl.
throubhout, but strong wind wa.
blowing across the field aud towar,
the north. In the first half West vir
ginia was kicking against the wind
After few kicks Shelton began t,
gauge the wind and to get them Of
well and the fastness Of his ends
Year'lley and L. Hutchinson. wcr'
strong factors in keeping W. U. P
back from its goal line.
Van Dorm is a Star.
The visitors brought q large crow,
OF students along. They were In TIL
east bleachers with band and the,
made merry during the afternoon.
W. U. P. students were on the ives
side and they had we'll organize,
force of rooters, who yelled in unisol
and use up.to-date yells and songs
The grandstand was well filed witt
people smartly dressed.
Capt. Marshall and Van Doren, til,
tackles, played magnificently. Thei
work stood out above all others, an,
they played Saturday as they neve
did before this year, Van Doren espe
cfalIy making brilliant plays at criti
cal stages. The West Virginia attacl
could not bulge him and he otter
leaked through the line and broke u
plays and nailed tacklers, sometime:
for big losses.
Swenson put up a fine game at quar-
terback. too, but he did not have
much chance to- show his running
back punts prowess, particularly Ii
the first half, as L. Hutchinson ant
Yeardley were down the field lIk,
hounds, and ready to tackle as sooI
as the ball was caught.
Chiffon. the center, was taken gu
Of the lineup at the end Of the frs
half. and Yeardley was substituted
This brought B. Hutchinson into tn,
game at end, and while he did al
right, he did not show up as stronl
MS Yeardley.
WI. P. had a fine defense. Yves
VIrptnia was ranntaJ IN h,ya /, u,.