The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
WEST VIRGINIA RUTGERS CAME
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j Il more picturesque touch to the Army
/ NOlrc Dame game at West Point anu
! the meeting Of the Rutgers and west
! Virginia at New Brunswick due to the
| fact that these Two opponents OF Inc
Eastern institutions have traVelied
some hundreds Of miles for the play.
Because they are supposed 10 repre-
sent different schools OF football the
work OF both Notre Dame and west
; VIRGINIA will be closely watched.
Whether this belief is based upon fact
| or nor. there can be- no doubt that inc
! Army and Rutgers are in for exceed
ingly hard games
Norrp Dame has played three I'M
tpresSivc contests 10 date and although
winning but one. has shown both an
; OrfenSe and defense which appear
capable Of forcing the Cadet combl'
nation 10 The limit OF its power TO VIII.
Wisconsin was held 10 no-Score tlei
| The powerful University Of Nebraska
eleven had great difficulty in defeat
ing the Indiana players I 10 0 and
last week Notre Dame won from
South Dakota 40 10 0.
In This particular contest tho TiCtors
cavr.n remarkable exhibition of forward
ImssiuS both 1T long AMI short distances
whIrh completely drmpralzed their OPP
prnrnis N"Irc Dame has previously
mncpSrrcd this same form Of attack AT
WnSi Point with brilliant success. The
Soldiers have Il team Of great strength
md ability This season with - powerful
nrIrnSr and defense and il is not at all
certain that III" invaders can win unless
g. ,Iil -
puird offensive play.
WrsI Virginia * und"ulI eddy one or
M. leading southern cI'ycus Of the Sca-
son hut lis record h"-S. not indicate that
j; is inNin"ihlc E"Ih Pittsburgh and
rarlInnulh iaN" already defeated III"
combination fr"m N"rearnown hut
whrihcr I:tIre'r$ can durin'it" This feat
remains t.. j." s"rn. Pittsburgh de-
fratrd Syra.:uS" " T." II. set Syracuse
won frum Rutgers II t. 4. and while
rvInparntiv" scores ar" not always Il re-
liable working basis the figures arc OF
interest 1T his time. Til" southern
eleven possesses Il terrific line plunginG
and fast rnd-ruunlnG hacl:-llcld. pro-
f,,.rcd hy a heavy linz nf forwards. Ru,
x"r: Will need tu h" 1T lis best t" hold
lh.. visitors in chrcH while scoring. II
ifr. hume combination IS ~ win.
\ ;lirh a:rnr at III" day which, al
though lacking int"rs""Li"nal feature.
promises IT, 10 ON" al IN" best Of the
;ft"rH""u. ~ that /" l.' played at PrnVi-
Il, ne b.tW""n Brown and Syracuse. The
l:rununIHuS have yct L. he defeated and
their ,irlrry over colgate last Saturday
STAMPS tia. team MS ono Of the best in
til" Last. SErIcuS" )" represented by
ono If 'hr strongest rf"S"ns which has
worn ia, Orange III s"."rai years and.
, fSht TOTth
eamr. has played winning football. So
FAR rs ran be- Judged in advance there
- littI.. cilj'irc IN IT,. power and ability
f Tie iwu teams and the game should
result in y close. hard fought struggle.
cornell ana Dartmouth appear in have
slight advantage over Carnegie Tech.
nj Penn Stat respectively. bu' IN
,."lIh"r cas-, i his margin sufficient 10
warrant rNaSsrrat"d hopes of victory
unless In" HON" teams play hard. con-
sist"ni foot ball from start TO finish. The
same can b" said Of nns:lrania- Lafhy-
ct" game although the Quakcrs are Ger
tain to II" the favorii"s after their splen-
diI exhibition OF lighting spirit against
Sburgh week ago.
&C the other more important games
Pittsburgh should win from Weslminis-
tor: tulrat" defeat dorchester and Navy
ont Scor" Western Reserve. Several in
t"r-r1litary camp games are also carded
Cor The afternoon rild as all these clev-
cns are composed OF former college play
crs many Of whom were Sridiron stars
~ their undergraduate days. the play
should b. fast and high class.
The lisi Of he leading games for this
afternoon in the East together with the
1915 SrurrS whore tn, same institution
;"snlS met. are a. follows:
al,sIt, tFl - ri,rht
hanna. n In II.
M"advilir. Pa-Allrshcny vs. Thicl
did not meet.
Boston, Mass. Boston I'ui ". r.. J.
STATE. 50 "a Il.
ErunSWick. Me Euwdoiu ~. my. o!
Maine, 10 :.