The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-11
UNIVERSITY WILL
ySENUD.GLEATS
IN|PITT CONTEST
No Prediction Offered as TO
Outcome Of Game Saturday
at Forbes Field.

.lMoRGANTowN. Oct. 11,--lt,
has been nineteen years siucs
West Virginia University achieved
4 victory over the University of
Pittsburgh at football. Proceed ing
on the assumption that every foot.
ball team expects to win when itI
charges onto the field for its pre-.
llminary signal drill, then It is evi :
dent that the Mcuntaineer players
and fans should be pretty well fed
Up on ,pre.game victories.
And, in fact, this is the case. So
many times has a victory been
hoped for. and so many times has
bitter defeat been the lot Of
the Snakes" that with respect TO
the game which Is to be played at
Forbes Field on Saturday OF this
week against "Pop" Warmers
charges. nobody dares to venture
the prediction, or to lay a wager
that West Virginia Will wn 4 Tho,
victory OF Lafayette over Pitt has
! teolsd none Of the wise ones be-
cause they all know that the La.
tayette team Of a year ago achleY-
o.. similar victory and still Pit
beat West Virginia 2l-23. And La.
tayette's football team Of this
Year IS practically the same as Al
ysat ago 2nd an American champ.
lonsh'p contender. Il
So that while Mouutaineer fol-
lowers in unprecedented numbers
are gong to flock to Forbes Fell
on Saturday 10 watch. the contest,
n While all o. these thousands
will root and pray for victory.
deere isn't much OF that "cocksure-
ness" that has marked some ear
lier pilgrimages to the seme spot
Pos Warner is a resourcaful
coach. he has a string of victor es
10 his crsdit that is unparalleled.
a loss to Lafayette no doubt was
displeasing 10 him. but I the lowly
West Virginia who have been
door nat for his team ever snce
Ne came TO Pittsburgh. should
GORE victory no doubt the vener.
able Pop" would regard It as
hlos that could not be erased by
later successes. Naturally, thea
letis going to use all his ~ilps
agsfnst the Mountainlers pnl it
IL lust this element OF tie situa.
lion that makes West Virginia
Followers dc'lbious of thc outcome.
West yirgiuisS has GOOD team.
epmpotant cr'ticF say 4 Il consld-
ptnbiy better than . ysR! ae0
5sonssstee3 la baen the out
itatGlng v'Ttrc 81 d;le games play
sd 'S peetos' sroG~s teams sluce
cane ii IL ia't OF last 8; a.
tc9. A Ect dr. Won. idIke inuc!i
elIltrerce to Ne;t V rEiniR be-
gtsausa Spears has iEcit or fundh
tne:,taiJ, :ac!ud.ng holding onto
flis l:all on a. vet daN. Therefore,
no @,,tEsT'ay Is looKed for either u;
Coash Spears ON the fans. Spears
+ ip. vuntlrrd 10 cnaiGp CN The
saaie aE6 likely will .c1:Tia mons
& Rat BE- will not regard Lhe- sea-
J sons goal az lost II Pitt w'ns, and
o. course II he SHOULD happen to
hScak Pitts long streak OF We
tories S4l' this hts SOnu year mere,
itswodld be great feather in his
! cap.
Lest but not of minor import
ance, the MountainetrE will be-
equipped with mud o!eats" Of
,yary.ng lengths so that Forbes
Field, be 1t a qusEm!re nr lake.
will have no terroTs 70" toe Noun.
taineers that ara not common also
to- the Painters. II Is Remembered,
% couEse, that lack Of these same
mud 6 salts" in 1919 was solely
fssponstble for the $50 triumph
achieved by Warner In the face
% certain defeat.
Spears Is to have three full
cams in uniform at Forbes field
Saturday and will not lack for sub
ssitutes In the hacktieId as he did
Il year ago when Martin and others
we're forced out OF the game.
Coming SO early in TIE season,
however, Spears has been greatly
handicapped in getting his com.
phcated offense going especially