The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-06
26 At VARSITY
FOOTBALL CAMP
Husky Athletes Being Put
Through Training Stunts
at Mountain Resort.

MOUNT CHATEAU, Cheat Noun.
tains. Sept. with 26 OF the finest
looking athletes that the State Of
West Virginia has ever produced in
camp at this writing and four or FIVE
on their way. the 1915 training sea.
son at the State school has reached
an advanced stage. The big squad Is
%quartered at the spacious Mount
Chateau Hotel In the heart OF the
Cheat mountains.
The camp started off with IS men,
but late week arrivals brought the
number up to 2s Thursday evening.
Included in this number is the cream
OF the high and prep school stars OF
the State as well as some Of the best
old football players OF the State. The
past week has been an eyentful one
for both coaches and players. aud the
coming m promises to be even more
SO. Two practice sessions are being
held daily at 10 o'clock and 3 o'clock.
The sessions are two hours long and
conclude with a dip in the cooling
waters Of the Cheat river.
Strict training rules went into effect
Wednesday morning. The order ex.
cludes the use Of tobacco In any form,
10 bed at 1880 o'clock and no dissipat.
ing at any time. Blackboard drills are
held each evening in a large room at
the hotel at z o'clock and during this
hour all plays are rehearsed and plans
outlined for the next day. Head
Coach Metzger has direct charge and
is assisted by Tubby McIntire and Ell.
zie Tobin. The coaches meet two and
three times each day to confer on the
coaching with the result that there is
only one system being taught and that
is the Pennsylvania system. The first
part OF the practice sessions are de.
voted to %loosening up exercises. such
as passing and kicking the bail and
special emphasis is laid on the point
that every man catches and holds ev.
cry ball. Then the big squad is divid.
ed into sections and drilled in falling
on the ball and tackling and blocking
the dummy. Coach Tobin then takes
the backf1eld men and ends, drills
them in; starting, ETC., while Coach Nc
Intire looks after the line. After the
session of running down under punts.
two teams are chosen and chased
through signals for a full hour.
The material looks the best ever
with Crawford, a 1s0.pounder from
Parkersburg: Northcutt from Hunt
ington, weighing 230 pounds; Web
ster, weighing 2l5; Brennan, strip.
ping at 1856; Coiebank, at IFS pounds;
Lambert, at IFS; young Brennan,
weighing 1872 pounds; Ice, 175; Bailey,
172; Rowley, ITO, and a half dozen 9th
ers who range from 100 pounds up.
Newman and Henry were detained at
their names. but both are expected
the first OF the week. West Virginia
is also TO get okey Taylor, the big
lineman from Clendenin, W. Va, who
did his prep work at Morris Harvey.
Then, too, Riddleberger Is coming in
from Hinton, w. Va, as well as a
dozen other boys whose names will be
known when college opens.
Backfield material in West Virginia
has never been so good. There Is
evrything from a leet.footed 14U-
FOUNDER 10 a big punting and passing
footballer weighing 1856 pounds. Hite,
Suils ElutSiliSuht athoNSt aAu
Captain Leatherwood are all back
from the 1915 backfield working for
places again. Added TO this list is
Harry Anderson. the speed merchant
from Warrington, weighing 40
pounds; Steadman, weighing 1856
pounds; Stevenson. of Huntington,
who played quarter and half on the
Swathmore prep school team last fall;
Bill Dougher, former Hampden.Sidney
prep school star; Brady. who made the
All.Scholastic halfback team in Wash.
ington. D. c.. in 1913: Fuccy, the Yves.
ton high school star quarter and halt.
back of 1914, and Rowley, OF Ravens.
wood. high school. End material is
plentiful also. Loudin is out working
hard. but he will have all kinds OF
trouble in beating out several others
who are out for the same position.
Lambert looks to have things sewed
up at center owing to his wide expe.
rience. Paddle" jumped right In and
is having no trouble at all picking up