The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-30
MARSHALL TEAM
IS CONFIDENT
coILEoiANS ARE SURE THEY
CAN WIN FROM STATS
ON SATURDAY.
Coach Johns Is Just as Sure About
The Local Boys, and Great Prep
arStions Are Being Made.

Coach Boyd Chambers Is working
over time TO whip the strong Marshall
college into championship form as
he expects the Stats TO be the hari-
est game on the Marshall schedule.
After the stats game the Hunting
ton team Will have comparatively
easy sailing until they meet Wesley
an on Thanksgiving day Marshall
has sprung 4 great surprise in col
lege football circles this season. nav
ing only fair team last year Insy
met with three defeats, but this year
they are showing championship form.
having won all their games 10 date.
including Georgetown university.
While Marshall has always had
fast team. they have been -arri-
capped by lack OF weight This year
they have team which Is almost
equal 20 the Stats I'm weight and II
is needless TO say they Will be drilled
tor speed and fast playing through
out
The team has been showing sucn
good form that the supporters OF the
southern school are already Offering
TO place even money that they WI
win from West Virginia Wesleyan
when they play them for the state
Champ ionship.
In Cooke. Brackman. Ollom and
Peters. Marshall las a bsckheld that
is equal 10 any school In the state.
Oilom will be urtonder for the all
state scholastic quarterback position.
Ollom viii be- a contender for the ai!-
10 ten second man. lie is known as
one Of the heaLIost and fastest quar-
fRwhufh. u Fha
Dig fUllback. was the FIRST man 20
score on stats last season. His line
plurginE and mass on tackle plays
make his feared more than any other
man on the team. Harper. the or
200 pound tackle. Is tower or
strength 10 the Marshall line.
Just how stats will keep him
from tearing holes throush their 'or-
wards is a question thar las not ye,
been decided. Captain Callahan. the
versatile center. as deadly tackler
and Is in every play. He is las:
Elan on lea iing his Interference
Besides being Couttudors for the
West Virginia scholastic champion.
ship they VII meet Kentucky Stats
COLLEGE November II for the cham
pIorsh.p OF Kentucky Coach Johns
lFol - IkdA IT. VI SNAIL f0lIf@F N.S
team VIII meet a dangerous foe ana
he IS WORKING over time = ar encr'
20 get bis big local squad into form
Tor next Saturday. Gardner. .ae
great fullback. Is r-tung away very
fast and has been given several new
plays which VIII test his speed ana
stiff arm qualities
The stats ends are showing great
form. both Chambers AMI Games ars
being drilled ~ a series OF forward
passes which will baNle the collcci-
ans a. all stages Cf the same Sol.s
and Green. the big halfbacks. arc
showing more clearly every pracfice
that they are finished players and VIII
play their best game AGAINST Mar
shall. as they arc just ro'ting INTO
form. Upon them will fall the bur
den ~ breaking up tho series Of DIT
liant forward passes that the Hun.
tnetor lads have been working on
tho colleges they have met so ar
this year. an OF whom they have ie-
f"at"d br the sen sa.ionaI wav thcv
have pulled Off this pass Critics 81
Oh" game compare tine two teams as
about on par with each other I'm
every department The Stats lrc
oyeranX.ous fo win tho contest be-
ievine that Marshall VIII win rne
state championship and IN This cas,
they would put themselves In a posi-.
tion 20 claim this coveted honor.