The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-04
REAL
BATTLE FOR
N.V.U. TRIBE
lineup Uncertain; Team
Will Be On Fighting
y + Edge For Game

MoRGANTowS, Oct. 4..-So-
!, hody realizes more fully Than the
Individual members OF the West
Virginia football squad that Pitts
co. defeat at tho hands Of I>afay.
cite last Saturday makes the tas!;
OF the Mountaineers dOubly diff
cult for next Saturday at Forbes
4t.sld.
twill be Pitts opening game at
home before thousands Of fan"
curious to see whether or not War
ner Is slipping; anxious to see
/, how the PSther compares with
former Pitt teams Of national
. fame, and a very critical crowd
witha1.
4 The effect Of this environment
On the Panthers is that they viii
+ be out. there like go many real ma
meu, fighting to establish fhHn
.Eelyes with the home crowd as the
( great team they really are. West
/ Virginia will get the rebound or
their Lafayette defeat in a fash.
ion that is distinctly NrtavorahlH
to West virEinia's chances for
making good showing.
q But, even whom this is all ad'
mitted, and when It Is known that
Tom Davies. who played only ton
minutes against lafayette. will he
! n the lineup from whistle to whiH'
tie, against West Virginia, mem
3bers OF the Mountaineer team 90
no even concede defeat even oy
the narrowest OF margins.
8 Every man on the Mountaineer
VARSITY squad Of tortye'ght play
er5 knows, II he is veteran. that
no previous West Virginia eleven
has possessed the fighting qualities
with which the present eleven Is
endowed. Fight, n a football game,
Is more than half the battle, and
whila, after most OF the members
of.the Pitt team have had one. two
and even three years OF Warmers
coaching, 1t is unreasonable to ex.
.pect that the Mountaineers would
know as much football as the Pan
thars, the West Virginia is not ex-
esllsd IN tle matter OF spirit and
that Is where the main fault has
been In former West Virginia down
falls
/, Most any local fan can tell you
: more OF the probable West Virginia
, lineup Saturday than Spears can
! tell himself. He has big Injured
list, and while he Is physician
when not coaching football. he Is
unable to diognose the injuries vel!
enough. to tell whether or not
Hawkins, Nardacc!, Simon, Joe
.HarrIck, Pierre Htll Flanagan. and
others who might be called upon.
are going to he able to start. or
play IN, the Pitt engagement.
The doctors say Nardacci will be
ready for Saturday, but Spears
doubts It and is relying on Cravcr
and Lyle. both OF whom showed
wonderful form against Cincinnati
Saturday while running the team
from quarterback position, Theirs
Is little doubt about Pierre, Hill.
Simon and Flanagan being ready
for Saturday, barring further aG-
.gravation OF their Injuries this
week. Hawkins and Joe Iiarrick,
however, as we'll az Nardacci, may
tust as well he wiped out Of the
probable lineup, unless. Of course.
there Is some unexpected turn IN
their condition.
Good as this trio is recognized
as being, Spears Is losing no sleep
about their incapacity, because.
while his material may not be up
to his expectations, Spears himself
admits that there Is little to choose
betwe cen his first twenty five or
thirty men and his main concern
ia, to get eleven of them going at
top speed for Pitt with at least
eleven others ready to step into
any breach that occurs without
diminishing the efficiency OF his
machine.