The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-07
IFW. Y. U. BEATS
T.& ]. ALL IS WELL
That Feeling Will 1nfIu-
ence the Playing To-
morrow Night.

4 MoRGANToWN March T.
Washington & Jefferson College oc-
cupies a really remarkable position
when considered from the standpoint
Il west Virginia Uniyersity's rivalry
Fhe present basketball season at West
Virginia which ends tomorrow night
With a conflict with the Red and
Black OF W. & j. here is acase in
point, Aftag starting the season in
BhiflWind fashion and winning seven
5 81 the first eight games played from
tFong teams, the Mountaineers struck
slump. They went east and five
Games IN row were dropped. This
MAS excusable and probably would
lave been forgiven but the team
came back home and after having de-
ieated Pitt at Pittsburgh in rather
Easy fashion early in the season sue
oumbed to the same team here in
came In which Pitt played well, but
/ "a which the play of the Mountaineers
was nothing short of rotten. Especial-
IL Is this so, when 1t is considered
that no other Western Pennsylvania
or West Virginia team had beaten
Pitt at home and the Pitt-W. V. U.
zane here offered the Mountaineers
chance to absolutely sew up the
sectional title. But. instead of playing
: as IL the contest in which they were
engaged was important, the whole
Mountaineer aggregation played Ike
I High schoo' boys.
w. a j. Victory Will Excuee All. ,
Now, to get to the gist of the story,
NV. & j. can only be beaten here
on Saturday night, you cannot persu-
ade.a West Virginia fan but that the
team this year is the "best ever A
Fictory over w. & j. will atone for
the losses to Colgate to Allegheny, to
Syracuse, to Cornell. to Rutgers and
even to PITT. In fact it will atone
fdlly for al OF them in the eyes of all
true West Virginia fans and every
student who takes an active interest
in basketball and every local fan has
been trying this week to pound this
knowledge into, the Flesh men team
that this year represents til Univer-
sity. II the men who make up the
Varsity basketball squad could only
imhibe some tf that old Anti-W. 81.
spirit that every West Virginia Alum
MS has, there would be no question
q tthe outcome on Saturday. West
Yirgnia's players are good enough.
No college in the country has bet.
ter looking material, and few men
come from high schools as mature
and well rounded as Martin. Behep
iger, Hill Dawson, Alleman and
others on the Varsity squad.
The only thing we repeat, that
West Nirginia's team needs victory
Saturday night is the proper West
Virginia feeling toward w. & j.
The game will be no pink tea. w.
g ~. feels very much the same to-
ward West Virginia as old West Vir-
infa men feel toward W. & j. ERlry,
Carroll and Garbish of the basketball
teams first five participated in that
memorable football engagement at
Eairtnont in the fall of 1917 in which
West Virginia won such great bat
tie and these three, Of course, are
thirsting ;fortrevepge. They only part.
~ secured 1t last year by giving West
Virginia double durbbing at basket
bail and seek more complete saisfac-
\ ton here on Saturday night.
West ViFGinia's five should play
basketball Saturday night if they have
ever played. They will be watched
ana encouraged by the biggest crowd
that has ever been insid the ARK"
Every person will be inside who can
possibly crowd in side without en-.