The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-09-22

FOR VARSITY
0N.SATURDAY.
NJ. II. ID. Comes Here At
Noon; No Party After
Game; Back Home

ySsIoRGANTowN, Sept. %. :
Coach EAT" Spears OF the west
.VisEfnia football team which opens
IL season Saturday at Fairmont
aaitiSt fts old rival. West Virginia
SgssfeyaI, Is taking absolutely
nothtng for granted In his prepare.
don for the battle with Wesley an
4 and will send the team onto tue
ieid in exactly the same plrch 81
enthusiasm as he will endeavor 70
secura before Pitt, Wash.Jen ana
the later big battles take place:
Spesrs recognizes every footbail
Gam IS a dangerous opponent and
tskes no stock IN preparing an eley'
en for a hard game. then weak
enc With varying degrees OF regard
for the opponent. The Next" game
cnst the schedule Is always tho big.
pest Of the season" with Spears
squad.
spears believes that wesleyan
has purposely given a misleading
iInuression OF the calibre Of her
football squad this year an idea OF
! tvetting the Mountaineers overcon.
ffaants This has been done by
football coaches before this and at
last twice Wesleyan has success
tally used this expedient in her
game with West Virginia
roster OF the Wesleyan play.
eFs eligible to play against the
Saniyersity has been received here
md the array OF candidates is for.
midable to say the least. Far more
iss disclosed about the calibre of
Qesleyan's material than has been
iEen out in the newspapers and
such men as Dodson who formerly
played at Lynchburg college; Spter,
81 Frostburg, Maryland, High:
Kramer from Rockville, Conn.
High: Lewman, from Howard Payne
COLLEGE in Texas; Hall from Heidel-
burg school; Thomas from Slippery
Rock Normal, to say nothing OF
0Brien, Efdemillar. and other West
Virginia high school grid stars
hom West Virginia would have
heen glad TO enroll under her BAN
Z 81, will figure far more prominent
II IN Wesleyan's lineup and In the
outcome OF the contest than the ad.
vance publicity sent out from Buck
shRnnon would indicate. FELTON,,
who Is guiding Wesleyan's destinies
has been very secretive about his
plans and even his lineup. This is
IA accord with his former policy, to
use his own methods and let the re-
suit only count. Above everythins
else West Virginia expects fight
tng team from Wesleyan and every
body. who follows football knows
That fight counts more In the game
than anything else.
Consequently, Coach Spears has
held secret practice all week, not
20 much to avoid spies from Yves
tsyan, as to give him an opportu.
nifty to drive his men their hardest,
crlticise openly and in plain terms
their shortcomings, and, in short,
10 get the best out Of the men that
sIs.to be gotten.
Practically all o: the football
Body from MorGantown Will leave
hare at twelve o'clock sharp on the
ssB., & o. railroad on Saturday on n
special train. On the rear OF THIS
TRAIN will be attached a private
s steel coach for the accommodation
Of the players and Immediately on
reaching Fairmont the whole squad
Sfof fifty will be rushed tothe Y. NJ.
i G, A. where they will dress and rest
for the game, After the contest
there viii be no scattering, no par
tea or anything Of that sort, but
after quiet dinner at The Fair.
niont hotel, the whole party will
I. return TO Horgantown at 7:15 p. m.
IQhs usual Sunday afternoon hike"
will be taken and everything elsS
wfil go on In preparation for tho
Il other games OF tho season.
* Coach Spears will take practical
IL every man who wRs at training
& camp. as we'll as several who hRVa
B been added to the squad since the
return here, to Falimont, though
is does not feel that he will DO able
% use a large number OF men IN the
anne due to tho cattese 81 too 70
e1stanco Wesleyan Will offer.
Reports from Morgantown give
out figures on the advance dispose!
81 tickets for the state's annual
4 gf!d classic to be staged at South
K side park, on Saturday. The re-
mort shows that till Tuesday night
1890 tickets had actually been sold
Ana paid for, while two thousand
sTiu4e had been laid away by pros
i've purchasers to be taken up
ssiater in the week. The $3.50 tick
cts already distributed does not In
clude $50 tickets given to High
SCHOOL players, or any compliment
tarys tickets to members OF the con-
testing teams, newspapers or others
on the free list" In the mail or
der tickets have been sent to every
point In the state, including Key.
Eer; Piedmont, Wheeling, Charles
ton, Morgantown, Sistersyille, New
AEartinsville, Cameron, Salem. West
& Onion, Pennsboro, Parkersburg and
many others