Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1919-11-05
PRINCETON GAME
SHOWED STRENGTH
OF W. Y. u. TEAM
Vow Preparing For Centre
Game On Saturday.

Morganjo"u, N9g Just LON
clearly West Virginia really out
classed the great Princeton team in
the game which the Mountaineers
won $50 at Princeton Saturday is
best shown by the figures on the
came. These show thar West Yir-
einia rushed the ball for twenty
wo first downs, and a total yard.
age from line plays, end runs, for
ward passes and returning units Of
no less than four hundred and six
y yards On .le other hand Prince
on made but two first downs, one
in each half Of the encounter Prin.
ceton gained but eighty-oue yards
throughout the game Thirty yards
OF this was from returning puntsi
twenty-siX yards came on a brill.
ant dash of Mufray's around left
end and the other twenty-five yards
was gained in small amounts rang
ing from a bare yard 10 FIVE yards.
West Nire.nia's total yardage
has only been exceeded in one OF
her five preceding games this sea
son. Against neither Westminster.
Marietta o. Maryland did the Noun
taineers gain as much as four hun
dred yards. Against BethaxT. which
team was beaten Coo West Virgin
ia gained a total Of $50 yards and
made 80 first downs. 1t is firmly be.
lieyed here that had Captain Rod
gers been kept in the game through
out the score would have reached
festy points and as it was the big
gest score ever made against Priu-
ceton on her home field in the
whole history of her football was
rolled up 1t was truly a remark
able piece of work that the Noun
taineers staged and Walter Camp
and many other noted experts and
critics who saw the game were loud
in their praise of the powerful and
deceptive offensive launched by
Captain Rodgers in the first and
fourth periods. It simply seemed as
though the Princeton line was not
in front Of the terrific charges OF
Bailey, Archer. Harrick Kay and
Ice and when the impact that Hite,
Lent and King gave their runs was
tAbAN ii ~ TIC l1A'I ltltAt " 10 ~
stopping them. Hite's running was a
revelation and Of course, the work
of Rodgers in the open field when
he bruised and battered and sprint
ed his way for one long run after
another. appea-5 certain 20 assure
him an Ail-Ameuean berth at tho
end OF the season. The work Of
Mills and Haser IN thwarting Prin-
cfton's attempts to gain was also
remarkable. once Murray got away
for twentysiX Yards. slipping be
tween tackle and end and on auoth-
e. occasion tho sane player gained
nine yards off tackle but no other
gain exceeded five yards and HaEer
and Mills were able time after time
To throw runners for losses on at
tempts to skirt their positions.
Must Guard Against Center
Oyer-Confidence viii be hard
thing to get out of West Ntrsinia's
team this week ana If the Noun
t2ineers 20 to Esa fleston on satur
day eXpectinz ind an easy op-
ponent and ting in their
strength the likely be anoth-
er of those coe sal surprises that
seem almost to have become a hab
It with football teams this fall. Cen
ire College, the team 10 be met at
the Capital Is playing football that
entities them to rank with such
teams as Notre Dame, Ainois and
other of the best western eleven.
Comparative scores prove il and