The Washington herald., 1920-12-03
HILLTOPPERS MUST
STOP KELLY TO WIN
Exendine Drives G. U. Squad Through Hard
Scrimmage, Preparing for West Virgin
ians-Malley and Flavin to Start.
BY r.. N. HELGEsEN.

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Bethany's grid waDiors, twenty
six. strong, arrived In Washington
early this morning. primed for their
battle with the Hilltoppers tOmor-
row at American League Park.
Kelly, the West Yirginians' great
little halfback, lIO pounds of speed
and drive, Is at top form, and will
probably cause the Hilltoppers n
heap of trouble before the game Is
over. He Is fast as a flash and.
though extremely light, will almost
certainly lead the attack against
the Blue and Gray.
There Is nothing. according to re-
ports, that this boy Kelly can't do.
As an open-field runner few can
compete with him. His speed en-
ables him to circle the ends with
ease, and once past the line OF
scrimmage his lodging ability els
such that the secondary defense has
10 hop to stop him. He Is also an
adept at the overhead game. and
is able to throw or receive them
with equal ability.
kelly's lack of weight doesn't
stop him from taking his turn at
hitting the line. "The boys light
ness" explains Bland. the Noun
taineers' coach, does not stop him
from plunging, for the simple rea-
son that he is put together like a
stone wall. He Is stocky, and he
hits the line Of scrimmage so low
that he rarely fails to gain"
The major part of the West Vir-
Einian's ofTense is built around
Kelly. and the Hilltoppers will have
to watch him tomorrow. II the Blue
and Gray stops this boy. whom
Grantland Rice has evidently over
looked in his hunt for triple
threaters. then they will have gone
a long way in their effort to end a
more or less disastrous season with
a victory. (NoteA-we forgot to
parts.)
Coach BuIand. despite the Noun
taineer's record this year, which Is
good. to say the least, is not optim-
istic regarding tomorrow's battle.
That he is not Over-confident Is
shown by the fact that instead of q
light drill today. he will drive his
squad through a long Workout,
shooting them everything except
scrimmage work. Buland saw the
blue and Gray beaten by Boston
College last week. but believes that
the Hil1toppers have more drive and
-pswer than they showed in that
game.
However. Exendine is even less
confident than Bulahd. He sent the
Hilltoppers through a long hard
workout yesterday and gave them
plenty of scrimmage work for the
first time this week and the only
scrimmage they will get before the
battle. Most of the scrimmage was
devoted to line bucks against the
Scrubs, though some of the new
plays for use against the West Viz
ginians also received some attention
The condition OF the field. muddy and
sloppy, was such that few open plays
were tried but they will be devel-
opcd this afternoon in a light work
out
The makeup of the ,Hilltoppers'
backfeld is undecided as yet though
it is certain that Nalley and Flavin
will be two of the starters. The
other two positions are still open
with Legendre. Leary. Leighty. Gro
min. Ward. Jim Sullivan and Carlin
fighting for the vacant jobs. Cronin
and Sullivan appear to have the edge
but it is considered certain that
Legendre, Leighty and Ward will
also get chance before the battle
is oyre.
The Mountalneers. in the light of
their record this season. and their
recent layoff. not having played for
two weeks, are figured to start the
game slight fayorftes. They are
sure to have the edge on the Hill
toppers, who are badly in need of
rest following their last four
games, everyone Of which were
heartbreakers.
The particular bright spot in the
West Virginian's present season is
their recent defeat of the fas,
and powerful University of De-
troit aggregation. Buland's pro-
teges trimmed the Northerners, 9 to
s. in one of the hardest games of
the season. This in spite of the
fact that the Detroiters had been
touted to be 'at least two touch
downs" better than the Noun
taineers.
The University of Detroit beat
Fordham 80 to o the week after
the Hilltoppers had trimmed the
New Workers 40 to 16. Bethany
then came along the following week
and won their to victory over
the Detroiters- According to this
dope" the Bethany team is eighteen
points better than the Blue and
Gray. However, comparative scores
have been worthless all this year
and are Of little value in this par
ticular. In any event, the game f.
sure to be a battle from start to
finish and both teams will know
they have been some place when