New Britain herald., 1922-12-26
MOUNTAINEERS WIN
 IN HOLIDAY GAME
Gonzaga Eleven Gives Spears
 Team a Hard Battle

San Diego, Cal. Dec. 26.-West vir ginia University although a top heavy favorite as the eastern repre- sentative to beat Gonzaga Universit. of Spokane. Wash. in the East-Wes football battle here yesterday, hat difficulty in stemming the westcrr attack in the final quarter after hay ing held the contest we'll in hand 1T the first three periods. West Vir ginia appeared to flag in the last guar ter. the Pacific Coast team then SCOT ing two touchdowns. The score wa, c1 to l3.
 Nick Nardacci and Graham were ir the limelight for West Virginia from the start, while Stockton and Bross were leaders in the attack of the westerners.
 Gonzaga surprised even the Pacific coast fans with its work here yester. day. Looked upon as easy winners the west Virginians were pushed to the limit in the fourth period to de- fend their goal line and maintain their lead. The Gonzaga line at this time played an aggressive game, the
 
 and Needles keeping the secondary defense of the mountaineers in trouble.
 The mountaineers scored one touch- down in each of the first three pe- Fiods. In the first quarter, after once losing the ball on downs on Con- xaga's goal line, they took the ball on their own 4o-yard mark and marched 60 yards uninterrupted, the whole distance for touchdown, despite a 15-yard penalty for holding. Mar dacci made yards at right tackle. 4 pass. Nardacci to Hawkins, made 21 yards. Nardacci made IS yards at right end. A pass, Nardacci to Simon, netted 28 yards, and then Nardacci sprinted the remaining 19 yards for touchdown.
 In the second period Captain Mere dith gathered in one of .Stockton's numerous forward pass attempts and, with Hawkins providing wonderful interference. sprinted 75 yards down the sideline for a touchdown. Nar1aCci Crosses Line.
 The Mountaineers showed their power again in the third period. After receiving the kickoff they were not stopped until touchdown had been scored. On this march Ekberg returned the kickoff to the 42-yard mark. Nardacci made 8 yards and Martin 14. Ekberg then gained ' yards and Nardacci 14 to the Con- xasa 17-yard line. Here Gonzaga temporarily held. Nardacci soon tossed neat pass to simon back of the goal line for a touchdown.
 Ekberg kicked all three of these touch down goals from place kick for nations.
 The fourth quarter was all Con- zas two touchdowns coming after the most brilliant forward passing vet seen here. With the score Fl to 0 against them the westerners had everything to gain and nothing to lose by trying to even the score with reck- less passes. Alter getting the ball on d Mountaineer kick at Gonzaga's ST. yard mark, Stockton hurled a long mass to Bross, which the latter con- verted into a 60-yafd run to West virginia's 3-yard line. Bross went over for touchdown on the first play, but Stockton missed the goal, Wasteruers Score Second Touchdown.
 West Virginia here braced momen- tarily and carried Gonzaga's kickoft down the field to Gonzaga's S5-yard line where the westerners held and Martin kicked over the goal line. The Gonzaga Bulldogs scrmmaged on their 20-yard line, or rather Stockton passed from his 20-yard line to Bross, who ran 20 yards for net gain of 35 yards on the first play. Another pass, Stockton to Bross gained l4 yards, and another from Stockton to Then three line plunges by Bross gave the westerners touch- down. stockton kicked the goal
 GonzaKa kicked off for 35 yards. Martin tumble and Gonzaga recovered the ball. Here the Bulldog again marched to West virginia's goal, but the Mountaineers frightened and got the ball on downs on their nve-yaro line. They made 30 yards on rushes before the game ended.
 west Virginia exhibited a we'll rounded attack, with rushing, inter- spersed with passes, as the basis while Conzaga relied almost entirely on the forward pass for gains.
 The lineup:
 Graham ......... ....'''
 Left end Meredith ....... ...'.. .''' Left tackle
 v.. Grant