The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-23
Where Is Charleston?


up my mind whether or not
Charleston is In the state Of West
Virginia. A large number OF its
citizens seem to have their hearts
with the Wash-Lee football team
at least. don't think II had any
thing to do with the running OF
affairs at West Virginia UniVer-
sity that | would humlllate the
valiant warriors Of the Blue and
Gold By taking them TO Charleston
/ for a game, where neither the
West Virginia University football
team or the UniverdIty Itself
seems to be properly appreciated,
Some OF the hard-boiled eggs
down there wanted the band 10
stop playing Hall West Virginia"
and play something they knew.
Can you beat that? II Is rather
hard to get a team TO play real
football in a town where there
/ seems 10 be a pretty well organic
ed antagonIsm to the team and
the school. Let West Virginia
play IN towns where they have tho
/ old West Virginia spirit until
such time as Charleston gets al
the correct frame Of mind. AS one
ardent West Virginia ian remark
ed Saturday night In summing up
the situation: West Virginia :;
appreciated lot more III Pitts
burgh than in Charleston"
Two Men Hurt
The game at Charleston Satur-
day was pretty rough. The WASH
Lee men were going In hard and
making vicious tackles. Sardicct
was pretty badly Injured, al
though he returned to the fray
late in the game after having been
I removed. Mahrt was also shaken
up aud had 10 be removed from
the contest. II Is likely, however,
that these men will be In shape
Tor the contest on Saturday with
Rutgers If Spears needs them for
this same. which may not prove
so hard. now that Bethany mas
taken the measure OF tle Nov
Brunswick outfit. Ono Wash-Le-
man, Potts, was removed frola
the contest for slugsing NardlcCi,
aftt the West vi "a ,-trr-
back had bnea chased out IL
bounds. West Virginia was slvCI
half the distance 10 the goal, bit
It so happened that they wera
fairly deep In their own territory
when the s!Ugsing took place.
Looking Ahead
still sling to ms prediction
/ that West Virginia won't lose
game this season. There s no d.,
nyIng tina: there was some !amGE,-
ably poor football exhibited 1t
times in Charleston. but contend
the team was playing far below
! normal. uccasionGd by one OF
those uneNylaInable let downs
that are so common In football
following the winning Of a
crucial major conflict such AS the
Pitt-West Virginia battle. Yves:
Virginia looked rather weak OF
a defense for the forward pass
Ing game. when MattoX staTtC!
his wonderful exhibition. hut I
really think West Virginia knows
how to defend themselves against
this game. They simply slipped Z
few cogs by not playing the foot
/ ball they knew, and before they
realized II they were scml-damO,
allied by the uncanny passing OF
the Wash-Lec player. back W
my contention by saying that il
West Virginia doesn't know how
10 break up passes from double
and triple pass formation, then
( how did they beat Pitt? Jimmie
! DeHart didn't show me a thing in
football Saturday but the old, oil
stuff that Warner taught him
years and years ago. III admit he
had better passer than ever
saw at Pitt, but l still think that
II West Virginia hadn't played
the Panthers OF their feet thY
week before that Mattox would
not have been such a hero Sat
urday. Dr.. C. w. Spears will prof.
ably have some interesting re-
marks to make at the first COLI
ference with his men In prepara-
ton for the Rutgers game this
afternoon and I'll bet several odd
dollars that when the New Bruns-
wick team gets through at Nor
gantown next Saturday that the7
will be ready TO crawl into their
sleeper without any argument.
They will find a fighting and re.
iuvenated team on the field TIA
last Of the week. The Mountain
teers will be out for revenge, and
think they'll get It.
Some Upsets.
All the dope was not spilled In
one place Saturday, as there we're
several upsets about the country.
While Michigan was favorite over
Ohio State, few thought that the
Wolverines would win by a count
OF 10 to o, and the party did not
make a very appropriate setting
for the opening Of the new
stadium at Columbus, Ohio. West
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