The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-06
STRENUOUS SCHEDULE FOR WEST
VIRGINIA 1921 GRID ELEV.
TEAMS IN RANKING WITH YALE,
PRINCETON AND P1TTaBURGH
WILL BE KEPT ON 'SKED.'
Dame With Navy Also Banked Upon
TWO Eastern Classics Already Ar
ranged with Leh1gh and Rutgsrs.

NIorgantown. Dec. 3.--Th"r'' Will b"
no lct-up in IN" matter OF tn" tp":bali
schedule for tn" West Virginia tut
vrrsity eleven nrNt fail. This matter
was decided al the meeting Of TN" attn
lrtic board last might when IN" Who'll"
schedule situation was gone over cafe
fully.
Tn" past fall. West Virginia took
second place 10 a" other eleven ~ IA"
matter OF = ditficul; schedule. Prime
ton and Pittsburgh. ra.rd usually aS
the topmost teams in the EnSi w'r"
both met. ~ say nothing " la.": RAT
gers Lehigh. Washington y jefferson.
Washington n Lee. Wesleyan and les
ser cI"venS But. Il card OF similar pro
portions ~ being arranged Tor l'2i- Ia
all probability there Will b. n"m'"r
OF shifts IN It's makeup. hu; Il VIII 10
no less strenuous khan WAS III" l"=o
program.
coach McIutirr farurS this sort III =
schedule. II has been his c\i"rirn''
that coach not "Hiy loses te~"" sur
players in contest with SuRpo}S'uIE
big FlcYCnS as Pittsburgh. \ ALE or
Princeton. iN"r in = gam" witn som"
minor e. YEA. but IN" effect at AN
easy victory over i minor "ri'"h'hi -
to generally puff up" the varsity pay
crS and cause them to think that tH"N
are unbeatable because they run up
trrmr ndouS scores on weak opposition.
rittSburg. WASHINGTON " Jefferson.
Rutgers, Lehigh and Washington
Ire are certatntlcS for The Mount Ain""'
card next fall. Two other big Eastcri'
,lrvCnS will also be played. but whether
Yale or Princeton Is To Offer the Noun
tasnceers 4 game HAS not y, hcen an
nounced. There are rumorS OK E3i' ,
syracuse and other teams of nati"n;'I
standing but nothing definite has been
announced from headquarters here
The superstition is that Princeton
will not again De on the West Virginia
. y - H.
schedule, the bass Tor this oe iri,nn M"
Princeton $50 in 1919 and gave IN"
TIGER the closest battle OF her season.
save one this year. Princeton. OF course
regards West Virginia as a MINOR ELEVEN
and cannot be satisfied with Samr'
that are too Close or which may result
disastrously as did the 1919 cnc?unt"r.
Then, too, Princeton ~ enSaE'u IN =
two year agreement WITH 'hicaSo 'lh3
Navy. which games along with Harvard
and Yale as regular teams on ligcr
schedules provides an absolutely leE',
innate reason for not wishing TO aao
the MountaineerS.
yale. however. IS expected TO otter 4
game. The fact is that West virginia
wishes but one more Eastern game
In Rutgers and l.ehigh she has TWO
Eastern appearances contracted Tor. ~
a rule this ~ sufficient hut kutSerS
and Lehtgn had 70 he gwen r" Wnr!
gantown and tho situation that now
Sonfronts IN. local schedule makers
must be made the best OF.
There has been considerable talk OF
Nest Virginia. Navy combination that
would bring the Middies 10 MorSantown
nm a two.SSar agrc .ment. but this Is
not given much eredence IA local cir
rIrs that are supposed TO b. we'll in
formed.
4 western game with some leading
eleven is strongly favored here and an
all probability will be arranged though
no announcement OF the negotiations
have as yet been made.