The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
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GIVE VICTORY
TO LAFAYETTE
Panther Suffers Lapse In
fundamentals Of
Game
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4 - S9iN
fhe biggest surprise OF the pres
! ent neagon took place Saturday at
Eayton, when Jock sutherlands
Lafayette eleven defeated Pop
warnsrs Pitt Panther so in a great
football contest. The surprise
party Is not 50 much in the fact
that Pitt lost (fot 1t was a $3.50.
proposition before the game start.
edl but It is the manner in which
the game went away from Pitt. Ac-
cording TO reports 1t was lost on n
couple OF plays that give evidence
Of. a lack OF fundamentals. which
isb rather odd from Pitt angle.
Lafayette scored the only touch
down OF the game via tumble anu
bad pass on Pitts side Not only
this, but with two minutes to play
Pitt rushed the hall to the four
yard line and then was penaliZed
five yards just at n time when
touchdown seemed certain because
It Is alleged q Pitt substitute did
not make the proper report as no
went into the game for Hewitt.
This IS SO foreign to the Warner
policy that it is beyond the scope
OF Pitt fans imagination, and
off hand we are inclined to believe
that Referee Maxwell, generally
competent, fozzled bit. Tiny"
Is getting so big he can't hear for
stomach, and he must have imag
med that the Pitt man did not re.
noFt. But be that as 1t may. the
game Is over. and al!bis are never
In order from q. defeated team.
q Statistics on the game show that
Pitt gained twice as much ground
from scrlmmage and made nine
first downs against two for La
Eayette, SO that there Is consosa-
t!oh for the Pitt follower who
might have thought that the team
had lost Its punch.
Some one told us last week that
Z Coach Chambers of Cincinnati was
a. foxy bird and had good team.
80. NE went to Morgantown Sat.
urday. Score 500. Foxy like fish
sIgood. night nurse. II he had been
real foxy he would never permitted
West Virginia to get on the SEIZED.
,ula. He had a fat chance. Wen
say, however, his team was game
and fought bard and was In good
physical condition. They have a
nasty habit Of '2;linEuP" and seem
I'D to get away with II Saturday.
West Virginia looked great but the
haIuva OF It Is there was no real
Opposition, either on Otfense or
defense so we walt one more week
tor a real test for the Mountaineer
With the Cincinnati game out
Of the way, we presume DR.. Clar'
ence Wiley Spears won't object to
Us saying that the next game is
With Pitt; and we trust West VIZ.
E;hia will do the unexpected and
taks the battle.
makes the Mountaineers task next
Saturday even harder than before.
Had Pitt defeated Lafayette, they
might have been bit over conf.
dent next Saturday. but 8 1t Is
there will be hi in the Pitt camp
this week and the Warnerites will
come on the Held with an extra
drop Of blood in each eye.
we have all the faith In the
world III Coach Spears and we
know West Virginia Is going to
play football. Tho team that plays
the better football will win.
Barring injuries in practice this
week, west Virginia Is going to put
the most aggressive and we'll train
ed team on the field against Pitt
she ever did.
- AlI We have to say now is from
the words OF the Klwanis song:
.HoEdy do, Mr.. Spears
Us E3owdy do.
We. are with you to q man
We will helR you all we cam
Howdy do.