The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-10

VARSITY
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oRGANToWN. Nov. lowest
Sifginia University and Rutgers
College aEe scheduled to meet hero
satprday afternoon at football and
lew contests scheduled here in re-
cent years have aroused so mucn
local interest. Rutgers is easily
one ofs the most widely known
teams 6rthe east and under Foster
Sanford, the old Yale player ana
star, allt round athlete, has occu'
d place near the top rung in
football. Three times the
lGauntaineers have met the Scarlet
aud two, ties and d victory for West
wiz ifii has been the net result.
VEST Yirginias season, in spite
OF the Victories over Wesleyan and
Washington and Lee, two OF the
meats bitter rivals that appear on
the schedule, has been only moder-
ata1y successful, but with a green
eleven nothing more could have
been expected. The Rutgers game,
however, finds the Mountaineers at
the top OF their form and Coach Nc
y Tnfire's aim Ia. to keep the players
there till after the w. & j. game
Witch closes the season at Wash
ington on Thanksgiving day.
The development OF team-play
has been especially slow and tedi-
Gus this year for the reason that
s three distinct groups OF players had
fo7he moulded into machine. Cap
tain Lent Harrick and Kay, three
varsity men Of this season played
Regularly on the eleven last fall; ;
Dawson, Martin, Setron, Emswel-
!. ler and Kiger were substitutes on
fIte 1919 team and seldom played
MI IA the three Varsity men named:
While Beck, Johnson and Meredith,
we're IN effect, new men on the
fearn though Meredith had played
one year ut a guard four seasons
ago.
\ 10 weld these three distinct
eroIpa OF players into machine
was u task that Coach Mclntire
laced resolutely, but this has not
Been his greatest burden. To go
forward with the development OIL
the team In the face OF the con-
slant criticism Of those who thought
/ that west Virginia, in spite Of the
: loss OF Rodgers, King, Hite, Bailey,
Ice. Mills, Hager and Archer should
- right ahead establishing records
NE that made against Princeton
sIast year, or against Rutgers or W.
has been tremendous job,
hit the fruit OF the veteran coach 3
Iabors s. about to be plucked and
AGAINST Rutgers, Bethany and W.
he thinks the results Will
Those who have followed the
various newspaper critics IN their
4 comments on the Mountaineers THIS
fails must have had a great deal oil
amusement. In one game Mclntire
M criticised for relying too much
on Beck and building his plays
around this flyer who has been in
jSiped and taken out on one or two
{s,01a ions and who has always been
yTat ched closely by the opposition.
IN anut der game he has been crltl'
5Ssiaeti tof not making the best use
"A Beck's wonderful running. In
1ne game, too, it has been SAID
that the players do not fight marc
enough, and In another they iisnt
too hard and get penalties for IT,
Some newspapers have openly
idoVtied for McIntire's job and II IS
I Ilarfl To- 20 anywhere without some
b6dp making the suggestion that
fhn west Virginia team is poorly
coaohe,1. but, these criticisms are
nj made without knowledge OF the
5Tns facts that West Virginia has
anaw team In the making which IN
1921 may make q wonderful record
I'D certasily In 1929 will be fully
4 formidable as was the 1917
Mountainous.
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