The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-12

this year as to date less than half
their old men have reported and
that while the Redskins will have
one Of the best teams they have ever
had when they finally get going
! properly, he believes that Wesleyan
| will meet them when they are in no
condition to coype with as worthy an
| opponent as he feels Wesleyan will
be.
Shumakcr. Morrison. Miller, STAINS
bury, WitlIcrs, Vance. BobbittCe, I'm
dcrdonk. Singleton. Garrett, TctricS.
Hcavncr. Curtis, R~csscggcr and Ja-
| cobs had arrived in town up until
! Friday at noon and by the time this
| article is published it is likely that
MS many more men will have arriT-
led. "a mighty good Varsity team
would be picked from tho men named
| above and between this time and
next Wednesday when classes start
it is expected that Captain Ncalc.
KcIlison. O. n. ShumakCr. Cordcr,
MartS, II. Lewis, p. Lewis. llamricE,
Harvey, Gould. Long. lIcnrycttH.
Gibson. Montgomery, Plant. a"l
some ten or fifteen others vii! re-
port for practice. In the list named
here are many high and prep school
linen in addition to some Of last
years varsity and reserve team m"H
who will help to make Weslcyan's
1914 squad the largest in history. II
is anticipated that by the last Of next
week at least fifty men will be on
III" field in uniform every day and
there will he very few Of them hIt
what have had moro OF less of alta
ictEc training. The prospects. thea,
:Ur Wesleyan having a winning team
a"c exceptionally good.
Arrangements are hcinG complCf-
| cl this week for the playing of the
biggest game Of football ever played
Indians CCmc to ~ClarkSburE Sept.
| 26th. The Carlisle team is noted
throughout the country as being II
Of the best teams in tn" United
| States and ranks easily with liar
ward, Yale. Princeton and the other
EhiE teams Of til" cast. Last year
wilcu We ;lcyan played Washington
and jefferson at C~larkSlurE TIN
GROUND" were 0~""rrrCwGcd and In or
k1rr to take care of this overflow as
/ we'll as the additional spectators an
tiCipatcd when Carlisle comes, the
Wesleyan management has secured
two thousand additional seats.
| which will he erected along the side.
limos. These seats are regular cir
| Gus reserve seats. and for til" OK
| press purpose Of dispnSinE Of these.
advance sales of reserved seats will
be held in C!arksburG. t'airmOnt.
HhlcllannOn. Weston. Grafton. Park
ersburg. New Martinsvi!lc and pc!-
haps other towns. Tho seats will h.
marked and ropcd Off in sections
aud plats made Of them so that when
Il ticket is bought The purchaser an
tell his CvacI location with respect
to any part Of tho field Of play. Ar
arrangements will be made whereby
these seats will be positively rcsCrv-
cd and no matter II the holder docs
not com to the game till Il Is lia'I
over his scat will be available. 1t is
.tlougllt that through this arrange.
mcnt much better facilities for hai!
ding the crowd may be had and not
50 much Inconvenience and annoy
ancc will be experienced In Sccur-
ling advantageous seats.
The Carlisle team has been prac-
IticinE for over a week and reports IN
philadelphia and other papers pre-
ldict one of their hest teams when
they get going properly. Guyon.
Busch, Lookaround, WClmus, Wal
cite, Wclch. Vcdernack, Calac and
other names are familiar to tho WcS-
,lcyan players from last year and II
lis very much doubted here as to
whether tho Indians will be slow IL
getting started as the critics predict.
The thing that gives Wesleyan
confidence in its ability to give Car
,lislr the battle of their lives Is th''
fact that Il great deaf of weight Is,
annarcnt in the team from til" vH":%
start. or course. the position of ccn'
ter is predetermined, hut taking tl".;
two guards and tackles, VIC find th%'
Vance runs we'll over the two IuH-
drcd mark, At tackles, WitllcrS has
pickcd m wonderfully in weight
and weighs thirteen pounds NOR
than he did whca he reported f0T
practice last year. K"llisGn. Away
large. appears larger than ever nri
even when down to cu"diti0n SHOULD
not strip less than 100. W"'"lt -
what counts in a struggle such rs
the Carlisle game will he, and frC11
all appearances Wesleyan has 1t IN
abundance. fer in addition to the
men named above there Is much nc"
material, heretofore untricd. that
las plenty Of Nvoirdupois.