The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-11
PLAYERS ON TEAM PREPARING
FOR BIG W. q J. GAME.
Expect 70 Hold Own With stronQ
Wsshinstonians-AiI Players
Are Optimistic

Special Dispatch to the sntellixeneer.
BUCKHAN\O<. W. Va. Nov. 10
That the Wesleyan foot ball team
has been In the throes OF a serious
slump during the last three weeks, or
during the last two games played. is
OF the games are borne In on the sup
porters OF the team Wesleyan lost
10 Georgetown University, 27-0. when
she was counted upon as having a
good chance TO win. or at any rate not
70 have more than a single touch
saturday. Wesleyan met Dickinson. a
team that she was calculated to beat
not less than six touchdowns. and
when the game was over her total
was only three. IL is true that in
this last named contest Wesleyan was
unfortunate in that her ends dropped
three forward passes after they were
clear of the Dickinson team and had
an open path to the goal. but neverthe-
less IL was very apparent that the
team lacked fight and pep" and that
the strength OF the Carlisle. Marshall
and V. p. ]. games was lacking.
Georgetown showed that she had a
team OF real class last Saturday when
she played the y. &. A. a NJ. team to
that on which the North Carolina
team had played the Navy to 1914
score at Annapolis. This shows that
Wesleyan's game against the George
, town team was not so discreditable
as the score would indicate. but at
the same time shows that there Ia
plenty OF room for Improvement in
the work of the Wesleyan represent
atives over the form displayed in the
last two games.
II is said. 100. that Dickinson
showed a great deal more strength
against Wesleyan than against either
W. a j. or Pitt. and that had she dis
played the same form against Wes-
leyan as against these teams. Wesley
ans total would have been much
greater. Those who have followed
the team closely contend that the
best form Wesleyan has shown this
year was when she beat the Virginia
Tech team 1870 at Charleston. This
claim is supported by the fact that
last Saturday V. p. |. won from the
reJuvenated Marshall team. which
Wesleyan beat $40. and which West
Virginia beat 200. by the big score of
56-6.
v. p. !. Scored.
V. p. l.. on the Saturday previous to
this and the Saturday following her
defeat by Wesleyan. played the WasN-
ington and Lee team which has been
making the best record OF any team in
NA' SOhtAs anu At ol Edlilt
washington and Lee was found TO be
the lucky victor by the score OF rs.
each team having scored touchdown
and V. p. |. having failed on her goal.
V. p. |. Is the only team that has
scored on Washington and Lee this
year In spite Of the fact that she has
met Georgetown. Swathmore and
other OF the best teams in the east.
In order TO bring the team out OF
this slump the coaches have adopted
new tactics this week and for the FIRST
part OF the week are going back to
fundamentals. IN tackling. charging.
blocking and various essentials. IL is
thought In this way to bring the team
10 itself in good shape for the W q J
contest al Wheeling The coaches
realize as well as the men that this
is 10 be the hardest game OF the year.
and have been pointing the team to
this game. They have complained
somewhat. too. that the men them
selves have built too much toward the
w 4 ]. and West Virginia games ana
have not given serious enough consid-
erGtlon TO the games with GEORGETOWN
and Dickinson. and that they have
suffered reverses on this account more
than any other. This may be to some
extent. true. as Il cannot be deniea
bet that the men have talked. played
and slept with the w. & J. and West
Virginia contests uppermost in their