The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-09
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when no met O'Dowd in tho return
match last winter.
The secret Of Il was that he suffered
an injury TO his nose which Was more
serious than many understood. Tha
slnous proCess WAS broken. half dozen
minor operations made necessary. and
the effects o. tho Injury will never
leave him. he has large nose, tho
size OF which Is Increased by his In
juries and II Is easily hurt rncon-
sciouSly tho injury to hi1 noue changed
his lighting methods. Probably he does
not realize evep now that IN boxing he
unconsclously uses one hand chiefly TO
protect tho nose and puts himself out
Of position for fast hitting and practi-
cally becomes 4 one-hapdsd fighter.
Besides that tho injury to his nose I'M
pedos his breathing. and after being hit
there no loses his speed and strength
through difficulty in breathing. With
such . handicap Il Is small wonder he
failed to develop and Improve as he
promised to do whom he first Won the
uUe.
Dick o'Ar1en Comes Home.
Dick" O'Brien came home tho other
day and up at Williamstown the little
mountain bound college town won't Into
mourning The brought back from
France tho body Of tho boy VINO was
hero Of the school and who led the
plunge against tho line in the ArsonnA
and after the limo had boon smashed
and a new first down made for the allies
the news came back. KILLED In action
Lieut. Richard O'Brisn.
He was Wtlliamson boy, and he
won his place on the team In 1915 and
became the star halfback OF the 1918
team. II was his work that won for
Williams that year. and he wss msn-
roned az = sure All-Amertcan back the
next season, but when II came he was
In tho officers training camp At Platts-
burg. He went overseas with tho 3o2nd
ana was killed in October leading his
mon In an advance. lie body Came hnck
tho other day and rests now on tbs hill
side looking down upon tho h"'d on
which ne learned In play the things that
pnde him a leader In var.
Coast Keen on Football
III. collsTss OF the PAciho coast ere
more wildly enthusiastic over football
than the older eastern schools can get
In these days OF cyntciSm and borndn"ss.
The EAms 10 newer out there. and the
remarkable success OF the California,
Oregon and Washington athletes In
competition Win me f.SSl HhS Nl'tio"
the students 10 n pitch OF enthusiasm
which follows such unexpected ability.
From being considered just fair In foot
hail the coast has Jumped Ia the con-
clusion that II can develop teams mat
will make tho big Eastern schools look
sick
California Washington. oregon,
Southern California and Leland Stan
ford see tho sport oloominR and This
yssr Rsdlands 10 entering tho lists WIN
serious intsnt NJ PROVING that the rN"t-
hills can produce a team that can meet
tho tid.water sohocls. R"dihndS ms
engaged F1rnsr Oliphant to coach IFS
team and has turnud ovor To his charge
tho biggest nsssmhlaEs Of huskies ever
assembled in the school. There Ter
h9rs have boon greater football TaY'Ts
than O!iphant. hut they are row t'ht
n Indiana he was whiriwina. ana
vhcn ho w~r, aar, 10 Join he army ne
sas hcralI"d as tho best The West had.
he liv~d up - tha, name whl!a with
Army. am after leaving III" FONT lie
acrl.v.d more FAM while In active
..r.ice r'lth p,iphart coaching the
p.r'.rss ,ca,n becomes 'nnra serious
r.,n . prsrttcH rama aver for ti'r"r-
T., I'D I, 49, dispute IN" supremacy
80 =. .i,F,-,r ,,,l'"rrin. 900. th's a"a '"n.
tr.r,..~.rN. incl 'No Nay No"t
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