The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-13
WEST VIRGINIA
DOES BATTLE
WITH RUTGERS
OLD RIVALS COME ToGErHER AT
MoRaANTowN THIS AFTER
NooN-BoTH ELEvENs IN
CONDITION

When Big Bill" Holcnback. the
great plunging fullback of the Uni
vcrslty Of Pennsylvania a dozen years
ago. blows the whistle Tor the mira MIA
football game here tomorrow afternoon,
, he will start what Is expected TO De onS
OF the most spectacular contests even
staged in Morgantown.
The MountaineCrS are just hitting
their stride and while the West Nlr-
Cinia eleven Of this season can never
hope to rise to the heights attained pE
the team led ny Ira Rodgers last tti
! II Is nevertheless 4 much better cIcNsn
than il has shown itself to be In any
games in Morgantown or nearbN~th'S
season. The West Virginia team mas
never played football here sl'ch as was
exhibited at Princeton two weeks asT,
, II is the Judgment of all who have FOL
lowed by the Mountaineers that the inc
huncn or material including as ~ does
one or the finest halfbacks in the game
in tho person of Captain Lentz; WI,
Gsrful runner IN t nInnS SerSG and excep-
;Ional passer in Homer Martin ana az
least five really great linenen III lta.
rick, Setron. Kay. Merideth ana Io .tn.
son. has finally got gong anu '. ,Se
tomorrow Rutgers VIII recos"'|e '"0
; truth OF the contention:
! RutRers in Shape.
! But Rutgers should also be IN inc 5 TS
shape she has reached TINS year. ne
Scarlet undertook q huge assignment IN
playing Cornelrs powerful team on Sat,
urday and the remarkable NeprSska
University eleven on the IueSoHy io,'oM
: ing. The Nebraska game was plaseu Gu
eIection day at the Polo Grounds IN
Wv York and Rutgers has rested Tor
tho Mountaineer struggle since. roster
Sanford who coaches the KutEerS 1870
would rather win over west Hs.ita
! than any team on his schedule TOT 1ne
reason that in the three engagements
! between the teams sipce he mas coachtu
! AZ Rutgers not one game mas soHe "a
the Scarlet, two resulting in yes any
ms, years contest being won by west
! Virginia by q remarkable coinep"0N 40
! the second half.
Tho Rutgers eleven arrlXea toody
at noon and at 2:3Q stageT Ign tan, foos-
ed fhllv the equal of the Mountaineers
In weight and speed and from physica.
standpoint is apparently gooa nraeIn
for the old Gold and biIe, Ca iPpisit.
ing eleven attracted the most attenti9n,
though Raub, the 2:30-pound tackle VINO
ts the biggest player to appear on tne
, local field this year, was also S'''''
conS'aeFS Big Crowd Promised
crowd that will push the W: J.
1yest Virginia contest or last Thanks-
giving for attendance records is pr nt
Used, The sale of seats opened mere i"S.
Wednesday with an unprecedented rush
and the demand has been steady ever
since Tonight only four hundred re,
! served seats remained and oetere saIns
time W IL IS be ee out 1t is ossibie that
Special train will be operated from rom
F., EsIrmont for the benefit OF the Central
West virginia fans. but this viii not be
decided till the brand OF w Sss,m at eeSo
M. and In addition to Hollenhreke as
r r. ere walter Eckersall Of Chicago
University and G. A. Reed Of Spring.
heid college. will be the officials as
umpire and linesman respectively