The Washington herald., 1920-12-04
PROBABLE LINEUP.
GEORGETOWN

1 Cronin, 49, T. --Ranooiph'
oeorsetown warriors clash with
thu fast Bethany Conege eleven TINS
afternoon at American League PARK
In a post-season battle which win
ring down the curtain on the locai
grid season
Coaches OF both teams had their
proteges out for a long practlce
yesterday. Buland. the West Vir-
ginian's mentor, sent his eleven
through signal drill at the park IN
an effort to get them acclimated and
10 get the kinks out Of their mus
eles- He also sent his squad through
some new open work formations
which he expects to use against the
HiHtoppers, and finished the prac-
tiee by giving the hooters half
hour workout
The Hilltoppers were shot through
everything but scrimmage. New
plays were given their final touch
ing up, old plays were worked again
and again and the coaches drove the
squad through many open field
formations which are expected to do
their part in stopping the classy
;Nountaineers today and ending the
BTue and Gray season with a victory.
Exendine spent some time in
drilling his squad in the art of
breaking up overhead work. The
Blue and Gray mentor evidently
fears the West VirginianS much
touted aerial attack. The Hilltop
pers' coach figures that IL he can
stop the Mountaineers' forward
passing offensive he has the battle
half won.
II Exendine's squad can stop the
West Virginians' overhead attack,
then they will have done something
that no team has fully succeeded in
doing this year.
Buland's eleven started THE season
against the heavy Washington and
jefferson OUTFIT, which, despite its
beatiRgs at the hands of Syracuse
and Dtt. is, nevertheless. one of the
classfest aggregations in the East
this year. The Mountaineers,
against W. and j., took the ball in
the first five minutes of play and
went the entire length Of the field
by the overhead route, failing to
score a touchdown only because the
reteiver on the last down dropped
the heave while standing behind the
W. and ]. goal line.
Stewart, Buland's clever quarter
back, and Kelly, much advertised
star of the Mountaineers' offense, is
the pair upon whom supporters of
D.fh Ixyf-
Kelly can heave, IL necessary, but
Stewart is the boy who generally
is-seen in this role, Kelly, as a rule.
being on the receiving end. In the
Westminster game, three weeks ago,
this pair completed fifteen passes
out of-seventeen attempts in the
first five minutes of play, for a total
gain Of 163 yards and two touch
downs.
Randolph. the Mountaineers' 1885,
pound fullback. is expected to carry
the brunt of the West Virginians'
Hne-plunging work this afternoon.
However. Buland declares his whole
backfeld can buck the line with
the best of them, and adds that even
II the Hilltoppers succeed in stop
ping his overhead attack, his boys
will give them plenty of other work
TO do before the game is over.
The Mountaineers have played
nine games this season and have
won i've Of them The bright spots
in their record are their defeats
of the University of Detroit and
Carnegie Tech, crossing the dope
in both cases
There is little to choose between
the respective lines of the two
teams. The backfield also comes
very near to being a draw. Malley,
Flavin, Cronin and Jim Sullivan will
start-for the Hilltoppers, and Stew
art Elder, Kelly and Randolph for
the West Virginians.
IF the field is in good condition
and dry enough for the Mountain
eers to show their vaunted speed.
then they will have a slight edge
on the Hiltoppers- However, IL the
field is as wet as 1t was yesterday.
the superior weight of the Blue and
Gray will give them a decided ad-
vantage.
GEORGETOWN, IL IL has regained its
early-season form, should have at
least an even chance to win today.
However, II the Hilltoppers are still
in the throes of that disastrous
slump. during which they were
trampled on for four straight losses,
then the West Virginians have a
good chance of smacking them for
their. fifth consecutive defeat and
going back to Bethany with a VIC
tofv over Exendine's proteges.