The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-18
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spscIal Dlsnatch 10 Tho Intelligencer.
N,rgantown, Oct. II Two weeks
ago, West Virginia fans aid not regard
the gucknrll Eume AZ q tough assign
mont TOR the MuuntalEecrs and many
predicted an easy Victory. hut these
Same fans nre not 70 confident now
The Mounr,ineerH haVe not 'one back.
hut the over Crnddsrt stage. which MI
Wes: Virginia tennis pass through o"er|
sea son. las ret In. and 30 mr. Coach
Fats" Spears han boen unable TO check
x; Chcsty over the remarkable SNOW
Ing they made against tho Pit Pan
theirs. the Varsity played below thoir
usual standa I'd asalns, Ohio University.
and barely escaped with victory.
just now tho Burknell samo Is caus-
Ing Spears ard his R>sisfants TO do n
lot OF worrying. Newspaper writer's
hnYo already predicted another victory
for tho Mountainous. but spears, WHO
is on tho inside" Rni knows cond'-
tiena ~ they o.list 10 far from conn
dent Of a victory. He realizes his men
must play better football than they did
against the buckeyes. II they expect 10
turn In victory over the Le~isourH
outfit, and he also know" that unless
O great Improvement IL shown within
tho nGII fGNoEhi oA1hv hAbS sS-'~A ." 49,
capable OF doing this
Euoknell got off to 4 poor start, but
have been going great ECnS' lately,
and last Saturday. held tho strong lA-
fayctte machine 70 COT score Cup
thin Bowser 10 gradually forming an
eleven that will be heard from before
the preeeut season IL over. Everyone
who has seen the Lewisburg agYrego'
uon play! claims that the team has I'm
proved a hundred per cent, since the
opening game with Washington md
Jefferson. and could make better
showing against the Presidents no"
then they did then. The LewisourSerf
had the misfortune 10 b scheduled "a
Ray their hardest games hrst and die
not have an opportunity to correct thel'
early season mistakes In preliminary
games with teams OF secondary raune
Byery mistake Ducknell made in the
opening encounters, were costly. and
consequently. se"eral struggles wore
lost when il VAS apparent that they
would have been victorious had they
been PLAYED later in the season.
SATURDAYS game will be the last home
came for the Varsity until Thanksgiv'
tyr. when the annual clash with Wash
ynvton and jefferson will be the attrac'
ton Following tho BucknriI lr"cns
the Mountainccrs Will play four straight
games on {, reign fields. and their a.
rearances here will he limited to prac'
t!ce sessions. II Will be the last op'
portunlty for many to see the tea ~
IN action before the W. and J. game and
the largest crowd Of the season Is ex'
pccted.
liuckncil comes here highly tonted
and in sptte 81 defeats, has always
forced her opponents to play hard and
ras. from the first until tho last whistle
IN CAPTAIN Dowsnr the team has one
OF the greatest backs in the east. nhd
he Is often mentioned for All-Americhr
honors West Virginia docs not possess
an individual star Of Rowsers calihre
hut 81 will "a Interesting 10 watch this
star. match III. Wig with George Hill
Red" Craver and the other MountaineeI
lunIinaries.
West EireiHIa's prospects OF Victory
ara not 50 good rs they were. but fans
here have the utmost confidence ir
Coach Spears. and they believe he VIII
have his outfit in shape by Saturday
n,h Hawkins. Homer Martin. Toe S"t-on
and others who have been out Of the
game because Of Injuries. will get back
into the harness against BuckneN.