The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-01
VARSITY IS
READY; WILL
Fight HARD
H4WIzins May Not be Able
to Take Part in Sat
urday's Game

doRGANTowN, Nov. Il Soc
i ondary in Importance only to that
great Thanksgiving classic with
". & J. here, is the grid battle
which tho MountaineeTs face at
charleston, the State capital, Oh
Saturday OF this week with Wash.
Ington and Lee University.
This game goes deeper really
than mere grldiron engagement
7because for years past Washington
and Lee and West Virginia UntveT-
stiles. as educational institutions,
have waged an unceaslng battle for
prestige with southern West Vir.
ginia high schools and their pro-
duct. Washington and Lee Ia Older
than the Mountain State UniVer'
sity and her alumni are widespread
! and Influential. They are also loyal
and while West Virginia University
now holds the upper hand in the
number Of students from the South
ern counties, Washington and Lee
81 by far her most formidable rival
and this rivalry is crystalized or
the football field.
Il The contest at Laidley field next
Saturday, then, Is of extreme I'M
portance not only to tho athletic
{ interest sof these two great univer'
Stiles, but to their educational IN
! terests as we'll, because the win
ming or losing OF the annual foot
bail game between the teams Is the
barometer by which the ebb and
I flow OF the tide of high school
& graduates next June is guaged.
Realizing this, the Mountainous
are ready for the Generals" as
washington and Lees fotball team
iis called, and one OF the most bit
! ter and most spectacular football
games that has ever been fought In
West virginil can be expected
/ The West Virginia team is right
bots mentally and physically. The
! prolonged letdown that followed the
4 Pitt game has finally been rene
died and against Lehigh Saturday
the team showed the return to form
!, which bodies Ill for all future oppo'
nents. There is no denying the
fact that West Virginia followers
think the Mountaineers can trim
washington and Lee. Comparative
scores indicate that never in his
tory were tho two elevens more
closely matched, but with Eat
Spears driving the MountalneerS
! there is supreme confidence in the
ability OF the eleven to drive
through to victory.
West virginia's players realize
when they play at Charleston that
they, are watched by a semt-hostilq
crowd that Is always with the win
ner no matter which team 1t is
barring, OF course a limited mum
I her OF loyal alumni and they know,
I therefore, that there is something
real to fight for, and can be do
pended upon to take advantage Of
1.-THE only one Of the West Wiz
glnia squad who Is likely to BIO un
available for the w. & L. gamo ts
sBob Hawkins, steller left end
Hawkins, while q star, Is under
{ studied by an extremely capable
man in Graham and we'll as Her
bert CARED, the former Charleston
!, high star who has recently been
usd to some extent in the backfield
!. Homer Martin, another Charleston
product, who has been injured dur
ing the early games Is in the best
condition of his career and hi
plans to emulate the great game he
put up last year at Laidley field
when he dashed through the line
with iresistable force for the touch
down which put the MountaineerH
ahead Of w. & L. in tho final quar-
der. Barring injuries this week II
can be said that the West Virginia
team was never in better physical
.condition because the severity Of
a.Spears' training program always
Keeps the squad well supplied with
cripples-