The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-25
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MEN PRACTICING DAILY IN SIG.
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BUCKHANNON. Sept. rs. = The
West Virginia Wesleyan football
squad are in daily practice both in
signals aud scrimmage work. Since
the return of the men from Rock
Cave trainings almost week ago.
daily practice has been held on Col
lege field. From the results of the
practice so far 1t certainly looks as
though a better team will result
than represented Wesleyan last year.
Many now men are out TO practice
and all of them seem so be made Of
the real football stuff. The Varsity
as constituted so far is made up o.
the best men on the field. The sec.
ond string seems to be better than
ever before. Two backficlds, either
one of which is the equal of thai
which played last year are available.
Sonc rain has made the grounds sog-
gy, but even under the trying con
ditions presented so far much ad-
vance has been made with the work
Of conditioning the team.
The old men who are odt for the
team are Captain Lambert, center;
Stansbury, quarterback; kellison,
tackle; NCalc, end; Morrison. end;
Shumaker aud Morgan, halfbacks;
Young, guard. and MichaCls. full
back. The last years second string
men available are Garrett and Ja-
cobs for the backfield. and Vance,
Heavier, Snodgrass, Hammer, Tcct-
rick, and Inowthcr in the linc.' This
bunch of men gives seventeen ca
Dcricnccd men around which to build
Il team and with the promising new
material there will no doubt be In
creased effectiveness evident in Yves
lcyan's work throughout the year.
Several new men have reported for
the team, the most promising 81
these being Miller from New Mar
tinsvilIc high school; Harris, from
Williamsburg high, and Basic, from
Fairmont normal, in the backficld,
and Berger, from New MartlnsVille,
Alien, frcm Williamsburg; Morris
from Glenvillc normal; Merrels.
from Buckhannon high; Moore,
from Marshall College, and Curtis
and Lewis, both of whom were IN
College last year, but did not play
football, in the line.
1t is not yet definitely known
whether or not any OF the old men
will be replaced by the new ones
Kellison and Lambert in the middle
of the line look good while Young
is showingf his old time speed
Morrison and Nealc on the ENDS
have really already "cinched" then
positions as they have peculiar quail
irications that will enable them to
stick throughout the year. In II,
the backfield with Stansbury, Nor
gan, Michaels and ShumakeT. OF tue
last years team, still on the firing
line and with Jacobs, Garrett, Mil
Ter and Harris trying for the same
positions, it is easily seen that this
is where the real competition for the
varsity is going to take place. Heav-
rer. Vance, Snodgrass and Hammer
from last years second string, are
all making determined efforts and
Vance is right in the forefront OF
those trying for guards His weight
is valuable asset to him as he tips
the beam at EOS. Heavier was ill.,
jured last year and did not get to
show the ability that he really pos
scsscd. He is very aggressive and
looks as though he will makc'a reg
ular position either on the line, at
end. or. IN the baCkrield as he has
had experience in almost every posi-
ton.