The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-01

The West Virginia University and.
Bethany College game was called of
ON account OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad feeling that the Morgantown.
team was due for a drubbing, placed.
o freight car sideways on the track
at Underwood and held the Bethany
players behind It., OF course both
teams should be happy. Bethany be-
cause there Is one cipher less on the
years records. And Morgantown be.
cause the rest secured, before the game
be staged at Morgantown two weeks
Hence with the Virginia Poly eleven.
Next week the 5Metzger braves go to
Huntington and meet the Marshall
college squad! Chambers promises
TO make It interesting for the Nor.
eantown bunch.
The Carlisle Indians now know
what Il is to lose a game to a West
Virginia team, but they worked hard
10 win and with a little better ma
terial they certainly should be able
TO make 1t hot for the Methodists
next year. But the game Saturday
was too much for the aboriginees and
another defeat was added totthc list
for the year Of 1915.
Wesleyan showed very plainly that
tte game between West Virginia I'm
iyersity and Wesleyan at Fairmont
on Thanksgiving Is to be one OF the
toughest ever. The Methodists have
4 puzzling system of open plays that
IL will take Morgantown at least the
entire first half to solve. The passes
of the Buckhannon eleven are even
more puzzling than those displayed
by Washington and Jefferson in the
game that ,Wash,Jeff and Varsity
tied.
There never was seen a more spec
tactlar game at Fairmont than that
pulled of last Saturday at South Side
Park by the Weston High and the
lEairmont High. The Sharadin young.
sters played rings around the. Yves:
ton BOYS. and had them completely
baffled all through the game. Every
play worked by the Fairmonters
contained a thrill. The Fairmonters
we're greatly outweightd by the
Lewis county aggregation, aud were
lust suited for open field work against
their heavier opponents. Fuccy, full
hack for the Weston bunch was eas-
ny the star for the visitors, always
Getting through for a gain OF some
Kind, but after working him to death
the Weston lads had to resort to
some other means Of play in which
they failed completely.
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Colgate, the surprise of the year,
cleaned up with Yale Saturday by the
score Of 5 TO 0. So far the bunch
from New York state have not been!
scored on and after the game Satur:
day there 10 not a likelihood that
here will be any scoring, unless It.
comes in the game with Syracuse
at Syracuse The Hamilton eleven
has run up 1923 points to their OPP
ponepts none this year. and after the
Salesgame Of last Saturday. the team
will get into better fighting trim for
the finish of the season. Colgate
should win from Syracuse but they
cannot walk away with the game.
Az usual, University Of Pittsburg
won. This time the victim al the
Allegheny College team, who's doom
was sealed when the contract for
the game was signed last winter.
One significant feature Of the game,
brought to the attention OF dopes.
tiers throughout the cast is the weak.
ness of Pitt In breaking up forward
passes. In forward passing the Fol-
well machine stare. 1t has all sorts
OF aerial twisters and Pitt will have
gtoAireak these up before 1t can trim
The bunch from Washington. Pa. In
the game with Allegheny the Pitt
eleven was taken off it's feet at times,
when the Allegheny forward passes
started.
Greasy Neale's bunch of Muskin-
gum football players scored on the
mighty Washington and Jefferson
team in the first period. on q spec
ttacular run by Montgomery, half
back for Muskingum. Montgomery
Intercepted a forward pass and car
srieu tho taii from the % yard line.
rs yards for Il touchdown. But the
game was won easily by Folwell's
ilen. W~asl.Jetf used q men, givlng
large proportion OF the ecrubS q
chance to get into the game.
Tho Washington and Jefferson play.
crs arc in fine trim for the game
&ith Pitt next Saturday and the Pitt
eleven Is looking forward for anotll:
erSSictim when the Washington team
walks on to Forbes field. This game
should attract more than $4,000 spec.
tators.
Carnegie Tech, tho team that can.
cclled on West Virginia University
on account of Rodgers being on the
Varsity lineup won a game Satur.
day. The victim was Hiram College.
In the first i~ntersectional game OF
the season in which the Syracuse
football eleven defeated Fielding
sHurry;up" Yost'sg Wolverines by the
score Of IA to Z, the old time lead.
ers Of the west fell before the east.
ern invaders. The game vas played
at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Syracuse
was penalized several times but still
was able to come out ahead. Benton
the fast left-end for Michigan made
the wolverines only touchdown on
o tumble. He, then kicked goal. Mich.
igans has had a bad year SO far, los.
ing last week to the fast travelling
Angles"