The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-17
PRESIDENTS PLAY
LAST GAME NOV. z

w ASntn8ton. IA NOV io'~~-ffN
football teams have proven as great
a stumbling block TO Washington
and Jefferson in football as West Vir
GINA Wesleyan which is met here
next Saturday in the concluding game
Of the season. The Mountain State
McthodIsts have been played Ave
times since gridiron relations were
Instituted .in 1913. and with the eN-
ception of the contest In 1914 when
the Presidents, were next to Har-,
ward. at the top of the intercolie-
Eiate football hear. every game has
been an encounter that has foreea
the Red aud Black TO go at top
speed.
The first game between these
teams played at Ciarkshurg, w. Va
in 1919 resulted In a victory for Boo
Folwelrs great eleven by Is TO 0,
but the score does not indicate by
any manner OF means the terrthc
struggle that was engenderea'
Greasy" Nealc. right fielder Tor the
Cincinnati Reds, later coach Of Wee-
ieyan and this year tutor OF ths
Marietta college eleven. was the most
troublesome factor for washington
and Jefferson that yerr. lie PLAYED
an end and he was one Of the nnsS
wonderful men on the receiving ena
Of a forward pass that W. and j. ever
me, He had TO be absolutely COW
cred all the time to prevent soorsn-
and frequently he got away. Johnny
SpieEel, the sensational Washington
and Jefferson fash, won the game
that year almost single-ha handed ny
his brilliant dashes around ths
TANKS. But 1t took every ounce OF
cooperation by his peerless team
mates TO get him across the goal line,
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II the most thrilling battles ever
fought by football teams on West
Virginia soil.
President. WIN Again.
In 1914 the game was piayes ~
wheeling. and resulted in an easy
victory for the Presidents. Folwells
men romped through the wesleyan
eleven for gains almost at VIII. hnt
the West Virginia Methodlsts APP
pearcd to be satisfied when they Ro'
/, tumble and raced for touehdown.
one Of the few scored on FoiweHs
steven that year.
An the games since have been al
most nip and-turk affairs. In l21a
when W and J. had a very Eocd
tear-an eleven that had defeated
Yaie--the best w. and J could 90
was 10 register n victory by I 10
and the Presidents were glad TO g@t
away by that margin, That cou'eet
WAS also played at Ciarkshurs, In
1918 wesleyan sent its usual good
team to Washington and played
great uama IL was beaten BY II -
q. bet II lived un to it's usual stand
and by forcing the Presidents Al
eyer% stage Only good playing CAV"
the Red and Black its margin
In 1917. the last year previous %
this in which the teams met as OPP
ponents. w. and J. had one of tire
greatest rights of the season. Wes-
jeyan was not regarded as = partiet-
larry strong team that year but II
made Metzger's men fght every inch
of the way to tally a victory by ~
10 6, w and J that year played
noth West Virginia Wesleyan am
Vest Virginia university, II WAS
apparent to Red and Black expefts
tina. wesleyan showed n1orr than the
state university although the Nor
gantown team defeated Westminster
and Jefferson. Manager Stansbary' o'
west Virginia. was warned that hts
team would have to pay better foot
ball than 1t did against Washington
and Jefferson to beat the Bnekhan-
non institution, and the warning WAS
unrre OUT as an honest prediction by
WESLEYAN trimming the university
in. The. .garpe stwhieh. settled the state
championship.
VIII Have Hard Game.
So when Wesleyan comes here next
Saturday for the finai home game OF
Inc year. Coach Morrow looks for
one Of the hardest tits on his list
As matter Of fact he fears Wes-
leyan as much as he does the pow err
full West Virginia university team.
lie realizes that the buekhannon
eleven plays its best here, and he
also knows that he wants 10 conserve
hts PLAYERS as much as possible Tor
the big game at MorEantown on
THANKSGIVING. The contest Is re-
rarded ar a splendid finale for the
home season and liz expected TO drstx
one Of the largest crowds that col
lere feld has seen in years.
W. and J. has scored "a points in
the ave games to IS for Wesleyan.
The scoring records follow
isis--w. and j.. IS; West Virginia
Wesleyan. o,
1si4--w, and r.. SO; w. Va wes-
leyan. s.
lsi5--w. and ], I; West Virginia
,sis-w- and J, al: West virginia
isi7---w. and J., Ia; West Virgins
Totals-w. and j., 1876; West vir-
xinia wesleyan. Is.
while the West Virginia Wes-
ieyan game Is the immediate ohjec-
tive, IL is no secret that Coach Nor
row is pointing his Red and Black
oroteges for the great season wind
M with West Virginia university a.
Morgantown on Thanksgiving day.
The defeat of both teams by Pitt. and
particularly the registration of a vic
scry by Centre college over the
nountaineers week ago. have
eliminated both from championship
ccnsideration just as Pitt was bcwled
ont when II lost to Syracuse. team
which the Presidents defeated hand
lily. The dope is all SO scrambled
that neither team knows exactly
WHARF, II 70, hut the fact remains that
West Virginia would rather win
from w. and 7. than any team In
the country--would be willing almost
to sacrifice its entire record with
ottsar teams to beat the Presidents,
Next to Pitt W. and j. prefers IT.
seAt the Morgantown crew above all
others. And II II not questioned that
In many quarters the Red ard Black
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