Evening star., 1919-10-07
.R|TT-W. Va. GAME
!. BIG EVENT OF WEEK
Contest at Pittsburgh Should
Develop Brilliant Grid Play.
Stars on Both Teams.
BY HI. G.. BYRD.

Most attractive of the foot ball
games scheduled this week is that be-
tween the University of Pittsburgh and
West Virginia University. This con-
test should develop as much real foot
ball as any other during the entire
season. West Virginia desires to beat
Pittsburgh more than any other eleven
on its schedule. and Pitt feels that it
can hardly afford to lose to the Nor
gantown combination.
West Virginia and Pittsburgh have
been working since the second of Sep
tember in preparation for the game.
Both should be in tiptop form for the
contest, and each names in it's lineup
some of the best players in the coun-
try. Rodgers of West Virginia and
DeHart and Hastings of Pittsburgh
have been mentioned many times
among the greatest stars of the grid
iron West Virginia believes it has
the opportunity to accomplish what no
other college team has done in four
being true, it is sure that no stone is
being left unturned to make that op-
portunity good. In turn, Warner has
no particular hankering to lose to
West Virginia, and will not do SO If
he can help 1t, and Warner can help a
whole lot when it comes to foot ball
But no matter what the result of the
game, Pittsburgh and West Virginia
may be depended upon to put up one
of the hardest and best exhibitions of
gridiron sport of the season.
Three or four days ago it was men
toned in this column that Weimer
rf Ufro Srio ID
former Michigan player who starred
on the line for the Great Lakes
eleven last fall. A letter from Harry
Stansbury states that this was mis-
take, as the Weimer who is here
probably never Mas Gutsnds on1s tnf Rish s' he
were the Weimer who was at Michi-
gan"
John OReilly, Georgetown's phys
ical director. says that he is at loss
to account for 80 many injuries to
members Of his foot ball squad this
fall. The only reason he can give
for it is the excessive heat. Says
O'Reilly:
Il have had more injuries, not seri-
are just enough to keep man on the
sidelines than In all the past hve
years together. expect things to
change for the better as soon as
cooler weather sets IN, as IL seems
to me that the excessive heat of the
last two weeks has kept the men in
rather poor condition and prevented
them getting hardened to slight
bruises and knocks"
Plans for a professional foot ball team
to play at the Polo Grounds in New
York have been abandoned. It was the
intention to have the contests take place
on Sunday, but the courts have declared
Sunday foot ball illegal. 1t was thought
that because Sunday base ball was al
6wed Sunday foot ball also might be
played. However, it seems that the law
allowing Sunday base ball referred spe-
cifically to base ball and nothing else
1nasmuch as several of the most deslr-
able Saturday dates have been taken
up by intercollegiate contests it was
thought by the promoters inadv1sable TO
go through with the project.
Riggs, right end at Maryland State,
got his shoulder badly bruised in prac-
tice yesterday. He probably will be out
Of the game for three weeks or more.
Riggs played sub fullback in 1917 ana
did some remarkably good work in the
game at Swarthmore last week despite
his newness at the flank position.
Wonder what North Carolina State