The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-12
General Grant in the Civil war, and
we trust he Ia as successful.
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We trust he Is as successful.
Halt, Who oees7
"stsm" Wlnder. the best orator
IN the university, told US the other
night he had bet 500 that syria.
onSe would defeat Pitt this week.
We told "stem" we thought that
was q good bet. Whereupon Mr..
Wfnder warmed up to the subject
and declared: PITT is not much.
They have not got a thing. They
never can win a game away from
At which point we had to correct
"Stem" by saying that Pitt had
never beaten any team away from
home, except the Syracuse nggre.
cation, Cornell, the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA and few other
minor colleges like that.
Buy Tickets.
How about buying some tickets
for the big home games OF the Fair.
mont high school football team?
Frank Ice Is working hard with the
football lads at the high school and
the team Is making a good show.
ing. Victory, Buckhannon and
Huntington high are coming hero
for games soon. The team needs
the money and needs the support
Of the public. Buy a ticket to-day.
Hard Game.
Parkersburg high school made a
great showing against the Pitt
Freshies on Saturday. Pitt Fresh
les won the game 1870, but 1t was
a hard fight all the way. The final
touchdown was made In the last
few minutes OF play on break"
OF the game. The Pitt people were
loud in their praise Of the Parkers.
burg team, and said that 1t should
make great record in scholastic
circles this year.
Play kiski.
Ward Lanham's Freshies down
at Morgantown will have their
hands full this Saturday when they
tackle the Kiski team ut Salisbury.
one OF the fastest prep school
teams in the country. Yesterday
the FIiski outfit downed the Wash.
JeR Reserves 10 in wonderful
battle, which shows that the Salts
burg lads are no small time organ:-
cation.
Great BackfieId.
. That the Panther baclifield is
one OIL lHG IuubL lOh 6l Lh1 D1Ai-AN-
vancing combinations in the coun.
trv today, was the statement made
by AL Wilmer, q member Of the
Princeton varsity squad, after see
ing Warmers men in action against
West Virginia Saturday. Witt
mer was looking over the Noun
taineers, who play the New Jer-
sey eleven the latter part of the
month.
While the Blue and Gold showed
many imperfections in their first
hard tussle Of the fall, the fact that
the hackfield Is u hummer was
early apparent. The abundance of
material that Pop" has at hts
command ut the behtnd:the-lipe po-
sitions is very gratifying to Pitt
men and followers OF the team.
Davies. McCracken, Holleran
Hewitt, Anderson, Laughran. Hart.
nett and Byers are the eight who
will be counted on to do the most
of the ground gaining, ind all OF
them are showing such excellent
form that 1t Is tOss-up for several
places
When Hewitt left the game last
Saturday, big Anderson took his
place and the team lost little II any
In at quarter and did equally as
we'll as Holcran. Speedo Laugh.
ran, who did not report until late.
took McCraCkens half. and his per-
Torrance shOne, while Byers in for
Davies, noted a touchdown. The
Panthers are indeed fortunate III
having u bundle OF excellent mate
rial this fall, men who can step i'll
and play practically as good games
as the men taken out.
Pittsburghers who saw the Penn
State-Dartnouth battle at State
College report n gridiron classic
the like of which has very seldom
been seen In the country. It was
anybody's game until the last few
minutes OF play, when the Nittany
Lions took the offensive and scored
the winning touchdown.
That the Hanoverians have a
crack quarter back in one Bowers
was the consensus of opinion. 1t
appears that this little chap was
practically In class by himself
when advancing the ball. KILN
ger was the only man on the State
team who could stop him." one fan
reported, land incidentally Pitt
had better watch this chap, for he
is certainly bearcat on defensive
play"
May End Today.
If Cleveland can take the game
with Brooklyn, the Indians will
have won the world series, and we
won't have to worry any more
about baseball until the birds start
back from the southland in 1921.
This thing Of playing a ntne.game
series is TOO much, and we trust
next year II we are again inflicted
with SERIOUS" it will be Of the
same number Of games as before
the new program was adopted.