The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-17
Charleston Assistant Coach
Says Wheeling Has No Claim

tai City mentor dopes It ont. Wheeling
has not played hardly any West Flr-
gin!a teams, that is true. but has she
not beaten the best teams IN ONO.
which teams have defeated the best
in West Virginia?
claim a championship on was the meth
cd worked out in the Marlinton games;
Charleston did defeat Marlinton 99-O
while Wheeling was SATISFIED win
45-O victory. Looking back to the sum
mary OF the game, one finds that Coacn
Ross sent every substitute on the bench
into the game. Six players, VINO nave
just entered high school,. with hardly
any experience in football. were sent
into the fray. Among those were Rob
inson, Heincr, Watkins, Bruner. Ulrich
and others, none Of whom had played
in previous games. .
Besides. ut the time Char4es.oh met
Marlinton, Coach German was wei
aware of the fact that Charlestons
chances for the state championship
would be boosted considerably shoulu
they defeat the down-Stnters ny t p,s
worked out all right. and German blind
ed the public with this scheme lay
ing the claim TO the championship He
nut everything he could in the Game
against Marlinton, in an EFFORT TO score
q great victory, and he Succedcd'
Would German. 4 football coach with
experience ever let his team run up
such a score on weak team, II ne mao
not had but this on point In view? or
course not, for any coach knows that
It has tendency TO make MS team
ovcr-coEtldent for the Following contest
and that disaster Is liable 10 happen.
Charleston's game here with Wheel
ing was never taken seriously by fol-
lowers Of the down-State elerens, as
hardly any team not acquainted WIN
Wheeling. really knows how the COLD
and Blue suffered from INJURIES GTts IN ma that
CHARLESTON lost her best backheld man
in Childress right at the start. hut was
Wheeling not shy the services OF EIue-
miller? Eldemiller did not participate
eligible, and one who has seen the Gold
and Blue pivot man work, Will agree
that he is an equal TO Childress, both on
defense and of1ense. 80
six regulars during the fray, and ~hen
the final whistle had blown. the Gold
and Blue eleven that was on the ficid at
that time, included six substitutes
Hewitt, who suffered Il bad bruisc TO his
side in the first half. was replaced by
Mott, an inexperienced man At the
tackle position. during the second half.
Brinkman. a choice for an-stat~ end
was taken out OF the game during the
third period. Front was trampled upon
while stopping line PUSHES several times
and his injuries were 80 painful ana
distressing that II was found necessary
10 null him out IN the second quarter.
snyder received a broken rib at the out
set Of the game. but weathered the four
quarters. In the backiield MOycs, who
had practiccd with the team at quarter
back oil week. was injured on tho first
play, and never fully regained MS
senses for the remainder OF the half.
Munas was then sent in at the heIm.
HiXenbaugh, Whcellng's big ace OF aces,
was in a bad condition at the very start
Of the game. With his finger broken
and we'll bandagcd the big star ran the
ball well, punted. and passed, but was
suffering from knocks received on the
broken bone.
And this is not all for in the above
statement the writer claims that Wheel
ing had tho ball once in Charleston Ter
rItory, while tho DOWNSTAIRS carried IL
thres times within the locals thirty.
Charleston never carried the ball below
the thirty-yard mark but once. ana the
same with Wheeling. Both teams urea
field goals from their nearest point 10
tho goal and had Charleston come near
the goal three times she would nave no
tried more field goals.
Why can Charleston say that Wheel
me is not entitled to 4 postscason game
or a right to the championship. she haS
no right to claim the championship Tor
first-Iet the best authority on fooihaiI
in West Virginia and the leading nlgii
school authority, who Is neutral, LOOK
over the situation of the Whecilns-
Charleston game which resulted IN u
90 score. and have him render 1a'r
decision.