The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-02
WEST VIRGINIA
CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME VIII BE PLAYED By STATE
UNIVERSITY AND IVES
LEYAN TEAMS
Contest wan BE STAGED In fairmont oc-
toeer le-Rscord-Breakin
Crowd Expected.

special Dispatch TO the Intelligence.
fAlRMONT, w. Va. Octo. That the
game between West Virginia UniverElty
and Wesleyan. which j. 10 be PLAYED M
South side park. Fa!rmout. October Is
viii ne inc bag game Of tho year AZ far
as tne state Championship Of West Viz
gina u concerned. Is foregone conclu-
sion just now. OF course. the strength
81 Marshall college. Bethany college or
Motifs Harvey Is not known. but as none
or hese teams play West virginia Uni
yersity. aud since Wesleyan does NOT NAV
Motifs Harvey. there can really be no
Se,tteneht OF the question OF Who's
VIC. IN West virginia except on the
outcome OF the struggle at Fairmont be-
tween Wesleyan and the university.
LAST wear was the FIRST time that any
1ther team In West Virginia really chai-
Ienged the night OF the state university
10 the state honors IN West Virginia. but
"hen Wesleyan went to MorgautoUn
early In the year and lower the univer-
sity's colors. new compleXion was
placed on the football situation irr-yvosf
Nlfsinla From this time forward II *
prohable that the annual struggle tina,
eNery West Nirginian will look - win
more or less Interest will lie that be-
tween wesleyan and West virginia.
us year game will or course At
trsct more interest than any contest ever
rtakeu IN the state. FOR the reason, ~ q :
u - the first time that a real cNanDtor,
snip game has ever been plaved 10
9ouot a. 20 tho outcome has ever been
telt before this year. hut with me r,r,j
rise OF the Wesieya1 teams a., - -, ~,
.t'c N'rld every sportsman IN the Ffate
~ taxing slices with one or the ofhs- 80
ne institutions. and when the game Is
staged In this city IN the middle %. o~.
tober u Is probable that the larrcs,
crowd mat ever gathered around a 20,
pal reid IN West Virginia viii be
Strength Unknown.
tHl@ Imc nothing can be said as
- NE relative strength OF the two
1rains, Wesleyan has mot the CarIisie
p
I ,oI'. 10 defeat by the rather satisfac
toty score Of IS 90 o. Will. IN.
cC%re may seem large. stiu when 1T /.
TT,,hSidered that last year Carlisle won
10 OFT OF IL games played losing oul.
~ tlnsy Nanis University bv ~,
L.b ,y oi 8t,ss a.i winning from Brown
Fiisoargh; Georgetown. Syracuse. To
r,.'I Dlcklhson and several Other
: .E teams and all by Lawyer scores
,nan that ny which she defeated yye4.
irNsn u Is seen that the showing %,
NtSIeyan was really very c~edita he
cGspsscially when. II Is considered that
team 49,. To- e;kht OF last years variety
West Nitginis's team IS also an IN.
mo ano"n quantity She has played onI,
on" game. this being with Davis .r,ft
IN college az Norgantown. Septa-,ho,
lH This contest while her .rt...,
tion may have been mediocre. suii m,
tiliS F"ar a powerful SCORING machine
Snd one that will Far outrivaI thar of
utSt year IN the scoring or points orr
thing that may BE- IN W,sI-va-4 f,.,,
~ Inc gafne october j. So tho fact -.
sh" has "a good long stretch o. aIrlls,
Uninterrupted practice with only IN.
game with Davis- FlktnS coltere 49,.
ctedlng that with the Urntvo-si-,.
while West Virginia has one az ~,
har1eAt games or her schedule irnf1adf.
at"ly preceding tho game WITH We
I.y2n West Virginia meets t-rivereit,
or fittsnurgh at Pittsburgh tho Satur.
Gay bef"re the game 70 Fatr,nont ana
or course viii be anxious 20 win tbts
Eame which viii probably have a de-.
teriosung effect on her play At Fair.
mont. While this may not prove to bs
We case. still there f. n strong poSsi.
Arrangements for the staging of th,
DIE game Ia Tairmont have been com.
pleted Tor "a long while Il viii Fa
play 80 az South side park and th.
wesleyan mana cement viii hay. cor.
trol or all the ARRANGEMENTS rcra-Ni-.
The sale Of seats ard tho securing ot
Officials Wesleyan rooters viii coma
o. ten special cars OF the MonCrr. ho ia
valley Traction Co. from Clarkshftrr
having "a Special train 90 ten ro4rh..
over the z s. .. from guckharrun fa
that CITY West VirEinia's onti-e s.us.
ent body will probably come on a 4raa.
TAI t-air ana the surrounding ,.-,,-.
VIII contribute enough more rennle D..
make the crowd hy @ar. tho l.rr..-
ever gathered ON a football. field .r
West virginia