The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-04
WILL PANTHER ELEVEN REBOUND
NEXT SATURDAY? IS THE QUESTION
oVE1 P1OBLEN OF NEXT
SATURDAYS GAME.
Announcement Of Pitt-Lafaystte Score
thought Chssrs-Tom Davies
u Peared.
Special to The Intelllgencer.

Special to The In~tellIgencer.
Morsantown, Oct. 3.-The score LA
fayette s, Pittsburgh O." announced by
tho West Virginia cncer leaders at
Saturdays game hero between Cincin-
natl and the Mourtatneers brought a
great shout from half OF tho six thous-
and Mountatneer students and fans
gathered to watch tho local battle. This
cheering. however, was not sustained
and the other throe thousand did
not Join in. The cheering. no doubt,
was caused by reason OF the fact that
West Virginia herself had been trying
for years 10 beat Pitt without success
and there vas Joy when anybody else
could do It,
But. the thought that entered the
minds OF the other half OF tho crowd
VAS that the Lafayette licking would
mako Pitt that much harder to Hex
next Saturday. The rebound Of a real
good college football team, following q
defeat. Is far more to be considered
than It's normal gait and MouRtaineer
followers who may have been en-
c~ouraged to place their <hckels mex:
Saturday on n low score with Pitt will
do we'll 10 think twice in the Judgment
OF the wise local fans.
Tho Mountalneers have not yet faced
a real clever runner with the ball. Mo-
body who even approaches Tom Davies
class as an open field runner has been
met on either the Wesleyan or Ctncin-
natl teams. In fact. neither a runner
or a plunger has been met. and Pop
Warner has in Byers, Anderson. Hewitt
and Davies, four backs who are the
superior Of any either on the Wesleyan
or Cincinnati teams, or on tho Mour.-
taineer squad Itself.
Stopping some mediocre runner such
as some who have opposed the Noun
taineers thus far, and stopping the
rushes OF Hewitt or the sclntillating
open feld dashes of Tom Davies. are
tasks that cannot be fairly compared.
Ar Optimistic.
There f. not much doubt In the
mind Of any West Virginia followers
that West Virginia IS going to make It
better showing than she made at Forbes
neid in 1919 or 1920. when score Of
$50 and 1914 we're run up by the Fan
Tiers. Fats" Spears would have all
Of Ward Lanham'S freshmen players In
there before he will permit the kind OF
displays that have been made at Forbes
feld In :he past. and there Is every con-
fdence in Captain Bob Kay and his
mates holding the Panthers to u low
score.
But, nobody has rs yet ventured to
even suggest that Pitt might be beaten.
1t Is not impossible. Of course, he"ause
each team has 4 chance In u football
game. but Pitt has about four chances
to West Ilrginia's one.
Tom Davies only played ten minutes
Of the last quarter against Lafayette.
II must be remembered. and previous
experiences Of the Iounta!neers against
have shown hat the PANTHER cap !
Ia Just about the whole works"
It comes to big gains against
West Virginia. :
However. there IL going 70 he an en-
odus Of Mountain State football fans 70
on saturday that Will rival :
the record trea king crowd of 1912.
great display Of strength
against cincinnati. is we'll as f!t's .
loss 10 Lafayette will hcarten hundreds
Of wavcring fans 10 take n chance or
another rilsrimaSe and Il is expected
futtr NV" thousand Monntatn""r
rooters will he In the stands when tho =,
begins at Forbes field. 1,