The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-11
.Fairnaonf Men
On The Varsity
Football Team
COLEBANK AND STRICKLER
WILL MAKE THE BIG
SQUAD.
TEN DAYS OF PRELIMINARY
PRACTICES SHOWS PLAYERS
IN GOOD CONDITION.

CAMP F%AVORITE. Cheat Haven,
Pa, Sept. 11.-After ten days OF pre-
liminary training. the candidate Tor
the West Virginia Varsity eleven
nave reached what may be termed
mid-season shape this applying only
TO the physical condition OF the men
land not the organization of the
team. The past week at the tram
ing camp has been Il severe grind ana
many of the men are nursing sore
muscles and lame joints as a result
of IN %cstrenuous work they have bceH
mt through by Coach Sol S. Metzger
and Athletic Director George Pyle.
Tho work during this week was car
led out in the most systematic way
possible, Coach Met2ger carrying out
the program he had previously work
led out to the minutest detail. Sew
cral new faces appeared in camp dur
ing the week, new men coming in al
most every day. Twenty six men
Iarc now working out daily and prac-
tically all Of them are in excellent
condition. Two practice sessions
lasting two and three hours each
were held every day, both workouts
being followed by a swim in the
Cheat rivre.
The work this week was devoted
almost solely to the fundamentals OF
the game and no preference was
shown any of the old men. Hours
we're spent in falling on the ball.
starting. blocking, forming Interior
cnce. tracking the dummy and for
ward passing. Punting with ends
going down in pairs was taken up
during the latter en- dof the week and
the first steps towards pcrfecting a
first team organization was taken
on Thursday. Only 4 few simpleI
plays were given the men but theyl
were run through twenty or thirtyI
times during the day. Football
school is being held every evening
from 1880 until $3.50 o'clock and the
rules are being gone over iii detail.
The plays to be used are ~rehearsed
every evening and cvry man Is told
lust xactly what he is expected to do.
The black board work is in charge
OF Head Coach Mct2gcr and he is IL
Illustrating all the fine points of the
game.
Several players with statewide
regulations arrived during the week
and they were put to work immcdi-
ately. One of the widest known play
crs to come in was Burns Webster.
all state guard who captaincd the
Bethany tea mlast fall. Webster
came in from his home in Scio. Ohio.
en- Thursday and went to work i'm
Imcdiatcly. He is 6 feet . inches tall,
and weighs 210 pounds stripped. An
other man whom the university has
been after for some time came in dur
ing the latter part Of the week in
the person of II. p. MullcneiX of FL
.kins. MullenciX has been everything
in athletics at Davis and Elkins col
.lcge for five years hut decided to
cut away fro mhis old love to get an
4. NJ. degree at State. He weighs
275 pounds stripped and stands .
feet and II inches. Blake Strick-
Ter who starred at Morris Harvey in
the backfield last fall will be in an
Old Gold and Blue uniform this fall
having arrived Tuesday. He weighs
40 pounds now and is going up. Ar
mold Loudin, football and basketball
star at Davis and Elkins for three
years is another man who will re-
port to tue squad upon the return to
Morgantown. Arnold is an end or
a backfeld man and weighs 10
pounds in playing condition. He IS
Il bear on the defense and will make
a strong bid for an end position.
Spud Spears got in from Wheeling
the first of the wee kand he is do
ing everything that is claimed OF
Kim. He is light but is fast and
strong and is showing up well.
John Z. Brennan of Grafton
Weighing IFS pounds and a lineman.
is a new addition to the squad, he be-
ing a brother of Dorsey Colebank, of
Fairmont Normal fame, Joined the
squad this week also. He is weigh
ing 1855 pounds now and will be
rlayed on the line owing to the
deartlI OF line material. 1t was nee
cssary to rent another house for
sleeping, quarters this week owing
tc the hotel being over crowded.
Twenty men are located at Camp
Favorite and the other six or seven
in an adjoining residence. Scores Of
alumni and other interested persons
from Morgantown visited the camp
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