The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-05
SPEARS IS NOT
WORRYING TEAM
NOT CONFIDENT.
FEAR OF "ovERcoNFIpENcE" Elk.
PRESSED. BUT COACH SAYs
NOTHING DOING
Realizes Painters Arc Stronger Than
Saturdays Game Showed-Trains
Hard
Special to the Intcllisencer.


Moreantown. Oct Some football
fans Of the alarmiSt variety went 10
bats Spears Saturday night after
litts Go loss TO Lafayette and the
M0untaincers great exhibition against
cincinnati and started hcw&!ling the
fact that he would have a hard job on
his hands 10 keep the West Virginia
eleven from being uvercoraGcnt when
/, meets the panthers at Forbes field
on Saturday,
Fats gave his interviewcrs little
time but he ventured the suggestion
that since 1t was IS years ago. In tho
fall Of 1903. to be exact. when West Fir-
Cinia last gave Pitt a beating. and that
the nearest she has come to achieving
this much. to be- desired result was In
1909 when the score was 90. that no
had l!ttle 10 fear OF his men getting
uverconfidcnt OF their ability to cope
with the ranthers Saturday. That SUBJ
conscious fear" OF tho strength OF the
Pittilcs will endure Tor considerable
period even after an actual victory Is
achieved over Pitt. in the estimation OF
Spears.
Spears realizes better than any Of his
players. and better than the fans, Just
what n situation Is created on the Pitt
squad by their hard-luck defeat by Laf-
ayette. West Virginia Will meet n team
with its back to tho wall. and instead
OF having to combat "ovcrconfdence"
Spears Is rather laying his plans To try
to avert Stagc-fright on tho part OF his
players that will result in their being
rushed clear out tho gates OF Forbes
field by tho lighting Hanthers on tho
first kickoff Saturday.
MouotaJnaer rana GrHAt I'M
West Virginia fans 10 the number of
about six thousand who gathered to see
the Mounta!nccrs trail Boyd Chambers
University Of Cincinnati team in tho
dus; 10 a 500 tune on Saturday. evil
IDENTITY saw what they had been waiting
for L. inspire them with the necessary
confidence 10 go TO Pittsburgh again
next Saturday.
The result has been that yesterday
and today almost as many tickets for
the Fit contest have been disposed OF
as were sold IN the whole four days OF
last week when the sale opened and tho
rush IL still on \. Wheeling. Farmont
clarEShurr and other a""n"ses the on
tire first assignment OF tickets has been
sold uIt ana more ndN' NrCn sent IN L.
take care OF the demand. In addition
to the tickets 'UlSrus"d uf at parkers-
burg, Fa!rmont. tErksSurE, Wheeling,
ManninGton and MuundSv..ie where reg
u.ar agencies were established last
week. over zoo tickets lave been sold
10 PITTSBURGH Alumni who plan TO at
tend the game IN body. and tho ritts-
burg sale. Of course. will not reach its
crest till the Fit Athletic Associations
advance sale in the city itself Is well
under way. 1t Is believed that near
four hundred West Virginia graduates
In T.;tsaurEh Will witness the contest.
Mail Orders Large
The orders for .~LtS by mail. have
fur exce".lcl .aSl year indicating wido
E?rcau interest in lie game. Small
y: r!rrS from rhiiippi Charleston. Terra
Ala, Huntington. Grafton. tniontown,
New Cumberland Stcuhrnvillc (Ohioi.
and scores of other Joints have COM
hined 10 account Tor six hundred tickets
G:.trjbu:"i through the mill IN addition
20 all these sold here and at other
l:"nrtcs.
The biz Tush In Mnrg:.1town just
strrtrd yesterday following the opening
grid contest at hone which gave tho
Tins rud Students their FIRST Chance TO
sac up Spears outfit.