The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-17
ction After Pitt Game
evident In saturdays
Game
ByLARRY

BY LARRY
fhere are days whom one SHOULD
feel like a million dollars, and yet
one cant get nickel in the bank.
\ That's the story OF the West Viz
gintae Ohio game at Morgantown
Saturday. NshtG only dashing
; run down the held for ~ yards
for a, touchdown by George Hill in
n the opening minute or two OF play
stood between tho Mountaineers
4 and o tie game with the lads from
Athens. Ohio was playing better
football on the whole than they
knew how, as they say. while West
Virginia was playing much less
football than they have been
taught. This condition. together
With the fact that the. Spearsmen
presented rather weakened line
up formed a combination that came
near being disastrous and kept the
good sized crowd out for the game
on Plus and needles from tho first
whistle until the final loot.
1t Is q moro or less accepted
4 fact that there Is a psycholo8i cal
angle to the great gridiron game.
4 II is imperative that coaches OF
the various Institutions of knoWl-
edge point their aggregations for
certain contests which arc 70 call
eaScrucial events in tho season 8
z program. Depending on the ar
rapgement of games, n coach may
llaTe,to work his-men. up to top
notch form once. twice or three
times during the weeks of play
lips to a just.a little higher pitch
IL possible than in the other hat
Ties OF the autumnl periof:-: II is
also accepted among most coaches
Cwho arc supposed to know foot
ball) and the critics twho simply
comment on the passing grtdtron
show whether they know football
otsnoe) that after a game for-whtch
a aeani has been specially pointed
that the following contest is liable
10 show a let-i own. which can not
y be EXPLAINED on any other grounds
than the very difficult to explain
psychological factor. None has
ever explained to the complete sat
fsFactIon Of anybody in particular
or nobody in general why come
poets and msic:ansaEear their 'lair
a-fYIAE AZ "OAAl4lA .ShthAA 49,
s3il IA 81 often or why some pPopt
say ntther and others neither;
hut they do and that settles II.
Also football teams are prone to
let down after a big game, and
that's all there Is TO it.
one week before the Ohio game,
Or. Clarence Wiley Spears. NJ. D..
Fl e. q. Tin case, you don't know
what F. c. e. stands for It is
football coach extraordinary, same
as ESQ. s. is known on the 4. p.
circuItl 2lad the Mountineers all
tuned up like a buzz saw for the
Pitt game. and IL you witnessed
the contest you know they made
considerable saw-dust out OF Pitt
timber before the party was over.
nv st seemed Saturday as. II some
one had extracted their wisdom
and eye teeth temporarily and that
they were imbued with spirit Of
generosity which came near enabl-
Ing them to hand the game to the
Athenites on silver plate with
welcome on the mat, II you VIII
\ pardon the mixed metaphor. They
did numerous things that are not
according to Hoyle or Spears or
Stanabury, three Of the most prom
Inent authorities on things pertin-
ent, West Virginia fumbled rath-
4 er consistently and committed a
y few other boners in geneTalshlp
that sort Of Jared on the rabid
MorBanvillet fans. The line was
very ineffectivve at times. Pail
Hill who startad the game Mt CEN
ter, at timed seemed to be trying
to pass the ball into the hands OF
1 the old town clock instead Of the
man who was standing back Of the
line for a run or punt, at least
the passes were high enough
i that the clock might have got It's
Il hands on them without straining
much or shifting out oS its orbit.
But West Virginia WON.
Please do not over look this TACT.
And fhey probably got enough bad
4 football out OF their syst5I.s 10
last them the remainder OF the soa-
ION, The off days has come and
gone without disaster, for which
We. may be thankful. AND WE
SUGGEST THAT BUCKNELL
BRING "A FEW OF THE COL
EEGD UNDERTAKERS ALONG
NEXT SATURDAY, BECAUSE
wHNHAyB A FEELING SOME
THING IS CONG TO HAPPEN
NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
m AdORGANvILLE.
The showing Saturday was no
reflection on the Spears system at
al. It being simply psychological
con- ingency, in our humble MUD
With which every coach mug; con-
tand from time to time. Il any
of you birds have been thinking
81 getting out the football hammer
\ and doing a little pounding, put 1t
away and get out your horn and
N blow, blow, blow. Any 3acltaes
can bray after a good showing, but
The fellow with hprse senso knows
the. time to stand by and give a
Ihspd ts after M has Aad a
sllppery day.
s1t would be unfair to give the
simpression that Ohio did not put
up q real hght, They fought Ike
tiBerg against a. team that was a
K a ssure winner on the dope
gheet. Many a team after being
scored ON easily IN the first play
o. two, would have lapsed into a
SENT eonsctouBs state and prayed
feisi the !flnal whistle. Not the
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