The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-02

Since the punt out and goal kick from
WHARF, the hall crossed the line has been
abolished a particle OF the lootpai n
thrill. In fact great deal; mas pen
true TO reason, when fan who attenos
a great number Of games stops to th!hK
OF the quivering in his bones and the
thrill that goes through his BODY wnen
his favOrts team or S.s tomcb d 5ry from
a very difficult angle; nil
The present day rule allows the ball
to be brought squarely IN 'front.' OF the
uprights and gives the kicker straisne
on boot, which can hardly miss going be-
tween tho bars, II the kicker is anything
brilliant in his work. We will admit IL
10 GA sy. as stated above, but even though
eridders consider It tough JOB TO KICK
the goal, II should be abolished as rams
are taking II more as an oFer-1na-oF'f
lob OF the kicker.
Why not do away with the goal KieK
after touchdown altogether. or DrlhS
back ths old system. where the tnrlii
was great, when a punt out was trleo'
or the goal kicked from difficult angie:
Think K over Doesn't the punt out add
n little more interest to the game as II
il played? When the team Is only one
point behind and has a hard angle AT
which to cut the posts, isn't IT more eX-
cItinro When one team has walk
away does the goal kick Of today arouse
your interest? Isn't .here little more
thrill in the game in the old system
than the now, when tho game Is one
sided?
Taking all Of these questions into con-
alteration, one can easily see that the
public IL demanding the reinstatement
OF the old goal kick rule OF former
years.
Reports from Washington indicate
that there will be general shakrup IN
the Wash-Jcff football system Tor next
season, Dave Morrow won't be back as
head coach and Graduate Manager }. 1.
Miller Is also through. There seems 10
he a general feeling that Robert M. Muir
INV Who for many years guided the Red
and Black TO football success from the
managers side and under whose regime
the Red and BLACK had the greatest
success, will come back AZ graduate
school will take up the 1921 football
program within week or two and de-
side several vital matters. Many Red
and Black fans and followers hope that
forces of the Little Washington instltu-
ton.
Too EARLY
While It is too early to say much
about the schedule Of the Mountnineers
for next sea son, II is underSt TODD that
the University or Nebraska has been
offered q very good Euarlntc" to ZONE TO
Morgantown for game next season. nut
the CornshuckcrS have not yet made re-
ply TO the proposition. Two year con-
tracts call Il or West Virginia to make q
trim to the home Of Lehigh early next
October and to New Brunswick about
the middle Of November to take on the
Rutgers outfit. while 1t seems certain
that Pitt will be played Mt Forbes Field
again some time In October. The Pitt
and West Virginia teams have been
meeting from year to year. hut there Ia
no standing contract between the two
schools. However. It Is n SURF thing
that Pitt will want IN" Mountainous 70
come down again next season. M they
arc r. very good attraction. Wash -Jcff
viii he played at MorEantown next Tur-
key Day, according to the present plans.
FOR It, Brother
AnthinE that can be- done to turn out
| first class officials to work In high
school football and IN Skntball games has
our approval IF having school for Of.
Metals ut Wesleyan and West Virgin, IA
will turn the trick, we'll and Eood.
Goodness knows. we can use many more
good officials. The fact Of the matter
is tho supply Of really Class a officials
is far below the demand. and during the
football season there are not enough
good men To sltlsty all the colleRAS, "a