The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-14

! The West virginia university spent the
evening preparing new plays for the
! Washington AMI jefferson game Satur-
| day. Ice was on tn" sick list ana WAS
EXCUSED from practices. Ills position
was filled by EmSwfll"r. HARRIS ~ still
! on the crippled list with Il had leg. hu;
| there is hope that II" will be in Shar"
: by the last Of the week.
! The men arc preparing TO give their
! best to win and AL are taking things
| more seriously than ever before. rcaiIz-
| ing nothing but victory will hr salts
! factory TO the coaches arL students.
The students held big meeting to-
night to plan for the roofing on the day
/ oc tho game "NVr must win" Is tho
slogan and thry believe that they have
| tho team that will turn The trick.
| The scrubs are busy preparing for
| their game at Indiana Normal on Friday.
! They have not lost n game in tho last
year and arn determined In Keep the
| state clean. although This gam" il the
! hardest that they have ever had.
Secret practice may be the order for
! tho latter part of the week. but so far
, no announcement has been made by tn"
coaches to this effect. This Indicates
! that either there is to b" no special!
prcraration of any kind for tho Wash
|
coaches do not fear any spies from
! Washington and jefferson. 1t is prob
ABLY the former reason. however. be-
! cause il is II we'll known fact that II"
| special preparation has been mad" for
! any game played Sn far this year. AMI
while tho Washington and Jefferson
! game III infinitely more important thAli
| any vet scheduled. II is more than likely
! that the coaches have decided To rel
49,, FNlt ~ ~ a.
: tried plays that have proven their worth
! rather than to hefuddlc the men with Il
! deluce Of new stuff that may or may
not work successfully when put 20 the
! test in the midst of this most crucial
/ battle.
Just as was predicted two or three
! weeks ago West Virginia is coming
! down to her most important games IN Il
! state of preparation. with IA morale. ana
| witlt physical condition that leaves
I nothing 10 he desired The coaches
! have worked diligently and the men as
faithfully as could b" asked. with IN"
! result that n spirit has been "ul!t UP
that auCcrs i'll for Washington and JEFF
fcrson. All through tho present season
g .hc team has hetn 'pointcd' for TINS
mo conflic: and that on IN" following
Saturday with West Virginia Wesleyan
and that the efforts of the coaches !"
bring the team to it's highest state oi
development just IS this time nav"
nrovrd successful IS evident 10 any VIII
have watched the mon in their practlc"
! during the Inst few DAYS.
! Tho great backiic!d Is rounding To in
4 manner that delights every clos" TOT
lower O. the team. In this 0uatt"u'
made u3 Of Rodgers. King. l-"ntz ana
Harris the greatest reliance Will d"
:, great deal stronger than she is de-
rcn.ivcly and this balance Of offensive
strength is largely due 10 the great
worl; OF the backs. Few college teams
. nc recent wears have been able To boast
y heavier hackilrld. and certainly very
few have rouallcd it in all round quail
tication for tho attitude OF things Il
good college football teams hackticId II
supposed 10 do. A. running tM ends
Harris and Rodgers for combination
of power and agility has never been
eouallcd on the local eleven. Harris
| is dangerous at all times and once IN
the oprn he Is extremely dincult I"
got down. With Rodgers. LcnIz and
II,nr. three h!C mcn. blazing tn" way
for him. to-. he is often free and h"
can be counted on for a few thrills Tor
tho crowd Saturday. Rodgers great
| rfrensiyc work Is too we'll known I"
! need common Hc is not so agile as
! Harris but he is SO powerful IN MS
charges that he makes his w"uld-pH
tacklcrs look like amateurs and 1r"'
uucnt!y leaves q half dozen OF them
in his wake. Rodgers IS no; SLOW ana
with his 19c pounds Of weight he IS
ALWAYS TO nc closely watched. k"0ErrS
and l.cntZ do the bulk OF n" lin" r!unS-
ing and how CAPABLE they are IS w"l'
known. Lent: weighs $50 and TINS year
IS JUS, finding" himself. Against Rui-
crrs and Virginia Tech he WAS p2r;ic-
;.lariy effective and was. iittlH less con-
sniruour In this department than was
RudxrrS Kings greatest vaIuc I" no
team Is his exceptionally effective KICK
ing: his almost uncanuy work on IN"
defense against forward passes ana
his good all-rour,d work In making
way for the other backs when ;h'y ar"
called upon to run tho ends or plunge
through thr line. Kin" is not so "f"''-
! I've with the bail as III" others hut h.
docs more than any Of them when II
comes 10 blocking and tho other los
Srcctacular but mons The less essential
things that hacktirld mon must 40 be-
fore they can be considered well round
cd men.
The line will como in for a lot of A.
| trnt.on this week ana IN" St'"uE IN
| movement that has been showing
during tho last two weeks promises well
for Saturdays encounter. Captain Ha'-
lev WAS not seriously hurt 1T Hunting
ION and will he 1T for Saturdays fray.
Seven hundred tickets were sold her"
during the first thiry-siX hours Of the
sale and Immediately big demand went
m for an increased allotment of tickets.
Last year for tho Wesleyan game al
most fifteen hundred people attended
from here and 1t Is f0lt that fully this
number will leave here Saturday hound
for tho Marion county capital,