The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-25
FOOTBALL. T|LTS
STIMULATE PEP
Rival Contest at Bellatre Promises Il
Be Feature Of the Day-Other
High Notes.

There vii; be several football en-
! counters in this section tomorrow and
| Judging from the Interest," taken there Is
t every reason 10 believe they viii bc all
| well attended. Although high school Tits
! have been few Gnd far between. the
! Spanish !ntiGcuza has been The main
! drawback. and ualcSS IL hur"!es ami
: makes is d'tpnrtur., there Wall be gloom
cast upon tn" excsllG>. prospects OF s':v-
rral ot the big schools. Attractive Sched-
! ul"S are being hit hard every week arr!
already many OF tho really important
struggles have been called of Lnsly
! and Wheeling high are having Il hard
I'm" I" get To get 10 play off their hurJ
schedules. and the over-tha-rlVer clubs
are coming along in fairly good condi-
ton. Should matters l.ven up a bit.
there is soinE to be the biggest scramble
for the title this season than ever before.
! All ~ 'hs big schools have excellent or
CARNATIONS and will hattl" IL III. llIa:t
10 Starc of defeat. -i'h"r" - ono con-
, test on the list for tomorrow which
promises TO nutdu anything III the foot
ball line for many weeks
Classic.
All eyes are cast upon the struggle
Slated at the Sixteenth street ball parh
At Bellaire tomorrow afternoon. when
tn" Ferry champions invade that city
These schools are bitter rivals and as
the contest has direct bearing on the
title. all the more interest Is conferred.
Bellaire is all het-up over the chances
OF Il victory and revenge past reverscs
suffered ut the hands OF their rivals.
The Red and BIaGfe has been practicinS
, each evening under Coach Rogers and re
ports have il that all the men are phys.
| icatly tit 10 stand the pace. Captain
| Culbort$on IS proving g most popular
/! leader and as he is quito an athlct,
himself. things look pretty rosy. Ferry
! is silent. Yet confident. and close fo;.
lowers predict victory for the champs.
| while it is said that there will be con-
siderable betting on the tilt. Coach
| Graham is highly enthuSed over the
| chances 10 go through with an unbl"ln-
ished record. and is driving his men
! with this IN mind. Ferry has the big
| geSt, fastest and best team in all rls-
! tory. with q capable" lot Of substitutes
that would make any nrSt-claSs his II
school step TO the limit. Evans IL mere
! youngster, is proving u sensation a.
Yuart.r. and So" the Kid in action Is Il
! ravalati to the students and fclluwrrs
OF the school. Interest is at fever heat
and no teams in the valle.. are more biz
! terly opposed to ono another. With the
staging uf the battle on the l;e!lairc let
! many from Benwood. Shadysidr and THIS
! district will be in a commanding pos
ton to witness the tilt. Cheering is en-
/ pected ~ be one OF tho prcdUmlaatIuS
! features o. the whole works
Wheeling
Coaches Calvin and Johns arc working
on their plans to put out an Old Cold
and Blue machine that VIII honor1 bly,
uphold This popular institution as others
l.,. -, lat nj r0l,t n
| ttul and although Il bit green. 1t Will
! taxa but a few weeks training. ana then
! III" school and it's followers arc III Store
! for some real surprises. Bauer Is prov
| ing q dandy running mate 10 Siobbs il
/ the backtlcid. MunaS runs THE team q
| la Goodwin style and with one OF the
| biggest lines in several years. great fire
! works will be set on fire soon. Clemens
and Howard. former Triade.phia players.
are making a very neat impression ana
! arr proving themselves adept a. the arr.
! Before long the Wheeling CONTINGENT
will come to the front uud those who
had figured her dead horse" Will
sor,,ly miss their guess. Il Is the opn-
! ion OF the critics that the Old Gold and
, F;iuc will be in the final clash for the
| title. With the game tomorrow 1T
! Moundsvillc. the boys are preparing
: themselves for Il victory and biz score
i i"llairc beat M0undSTill" ZS-e and
! should Wheeling do better direct line
I will b. obtained on how to Iigure the
teams On Turkey Day
| Linsly
| Coach Goodwin reports his prldes in
the best Of condition. primed for what
| evCr t.St that might arise Captain
| Schcnerlcin Is proving n dependable On
ample for the remainder OF The team,
and with him the main cog. the rest OF
| the bunch are going strong. Hadorn Is
! considered the Swiftest and headlest lit
tie quarter to don the Orange and SLACK
IN years. and his end running is up to
! tho standard. Linslys line is like bar.
ricr. No game has been arranged for