Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-23
TWO STRONG Grid.
ELEVENS OF THE
EAST STOP HERE
University of West Virginia
and Pennsylvania State
Teams in City on Way to.
Coast: One Practices

The two most powerful aggrega-
lions Of football talent which have
ever visited Albuquerque were here
yesterday for a short time. In rec
ognition OF the national promi-
nence Of the two crews most Of
Albuauerdue assembled at the de-
pot TO give the husky gridiron war
riors welcome. The two squads
were those Of the University of
West Virginia and of Pennsylvania
State college.
Both squads are on their way
TO California to participate in
games, West Virginia to play Con-
gaga university on Christmas day
at San Diego, and Penn State to
clash with the University of South
ern California, at Pasadena, on
New Years day, in connection with
the tournament of the Roses.
The two squads came in on train
No. 8, which was late and did not
arrive until 1870. Coach Hugo
Bezdek elected to have his Penn
state charges walk about the city
ia timber up and work off the
train stiffness. Coach Spears. how
ever. decided that the West Nir-
ginia men needed more strenuous
work, as their game comes week
before Penn State plays.
Spears hustled his players over
10 the vacant space beside the
Cross Kelly warehouse and put
them through stiff practice. He
opened up with the old army set
tjng-up exercises and then sent the
crew through forward passing and
punting practice. There were sew
eraI huskies on the West Virginia
squad who plucked the ball out or
the air on the dead run, taking
the ball over their shoulder after
the fashion OF Circus Solly Hott-
man clutching a baseball,
The games in which West Nir-
ginia and Penn State will partici-
pate will offer a good line on the
relative strength of east and west.
Neither is considered amongst the
upper set in the east but both Con-
zaga and Z. S. c. bow to California
in Pacific coast football.
University of West Virginia Is
rated in the second class in the
east, being placed behind Prince
ton and Cornell. in a group with
Pittsburgh Army, Navy, and several
other teams. Penn State is placed
on the same level with West Vir-
ginia by some snort writers and
just behind by others.
r. II. Norton, travelling passen-
ger agent for the A. r. & s. T..
railroad at San Diego, met the foot
ball crew here. He came here for
the purpose of accompanying the
West VIRGINIA players to San Diego
Tom Thorpe. New York sport
writer and old time football PLAYER,
accomnanied the Penn State crew.
Tom was one Of the great tackles
at the time he pIaved with Column
hia university in Now York City
That was back in the days when
Bill Morley had graduated to coach
and Harold Weeks was hurdling
the line and bringing victories to
Columbia and when "Artie" Howe
was shining for Yale. Tom helped
Columbia hold Syracuse to a score
iess tie chat year. He has heon
selected to referee the Penn State.
Z S. c. game.
Others in the Penn Stale party
were: Coach Hugo Bezdek and
Mrs. Bezdek, Neil Fleming and
Mrs, Fleming, Trainer Bud Martin,
Anderson, johnson, Provost Ham
ilton, Bedenk, Mcmahon, Artleb,
Palmer, Wentz, Wilson, Patton,
Mccoy, Logue, Elwood, Benton,
Baird Frank, Lafferty, Pheaster
and Gregory.
In the University of West Vir-
ginia party We're: Coaches Spears,
Rodgers and Kay, Trainer Cart
nell, Director Stansbury. Captain
Meredith, Hawkins, Graham, How
ard. Setron, Hill, Mahon, Nardacci.
Martin, Eckburg, Simon, Tallman,
Okey Ogden, Fuccy. Pierre, Hill.
Quinlan, Quarles, Bowers, Davis,
Mcmillan and Barnum.