The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-23
LARRIOTS
BY LARRY
Here and There.

tiaS Pierce, former local athlete.
aqw located lat Washington, d. G.,
spending the Christmas holidays
with his parents, Mr.. anu Mrs. Lee
i9leree Of this city.
East Side High School players
are eagerly awaiting the first real
est Of the season next Tuesday
syening when the Yellow Jackets
viii play Bridgeport High School.
The Presbyterian quintet of
laGissb lrgais anxious to book
saties with Independent basketball
earis In this section,
The Gonzaga team is having a
workout every dayron the beach at
IN Hlef They'll be full OF eanti
,tiLen the game starts.
llIhes Pitt team spent an hour IN
inca 80 yesterday on the way to
~ coast Some Of the, boys are
s1itert1is from colds. but the train.
afS eSpect to have them, in good
1ri1a when the end OF the journey
been reached.
Fine Tribute.
Christmas time is good time
q retrospect q little. Certainly aft.
the fine season the Mountaineer
tp2tball team Just completed, IT
does not hurt to look back. several
Seasons and recall 1918 when e..
tett Rodgers was in h;7 hey day
Monntaineer playeM The Chi.
ago examiner, under the head OF
sreat American players, finds room
Tor this remarkably accurate cast
nj the premier MoIntaineer PLAYER
II 9ll time:
Buck Rodgers, West Virginia
gAlsAmertcan Gfullhack Of 1919 was
o1e d the hardest playing men
that the game has produced. At
me f1llback position for the Noun.
taipeers; Rodgers proved himself
q yonderfnl player. He directed
MS team from full, calling the sIr.
itass throughout the year with Ell.
geilent Judgment He. was one OF
tlle brairiest field generals who has
piayed IN recent years, using his
plays 70 their best possible adyan.
tageN This was shown In the game
with Prtneeton,, a team which ia
tways strong defensively, when
Rodgers so used his plays as 10
tln lps nineteen points in the first
lliartef. Even after Princeton had
ltparently solved the Mountaineer
track the stoclsy back was able,
though fine brainwork, to secure
mother touchdown against nc
tgerss The 20 to, 0 score that
west Virginia ran UP, was the worst
deteat that Princeton had taken IN
eyerai yeers. In the Centre rame
ssoagers again foxed his opponents
VIII his selection of plays, taking
ne BAH over the Centre goal line
N less than four minutes after the
ope1tng whistle. 'A'
IN many more ways that this
However, was Rodgers star. He
Mas one % the hardest line smash.
sEs tnat has graced the gridiron.
me statisticlans doped It out that
ne set q record for plunging for ali
time during the 1919 season, buck.
ing the opposing lines for 46S yards
rms amazing performance was
mane IN ten games, some OF which
he played for only a few minutes
IN addition 10 this, the West
virginia man was a wizard al
throwing the forward pass with ac.
sIifaey and speed, probably being
elfe most pro icient ;passer OF the
asl9 season. He was; moreover. n
goQnE kicker, and most Of his boots
ttayeled Wen over forty yards
CARVING the hall was Rodgers hest
Performance and he hit the line
ithSgreat iflereness, displaying Inc
power TO &c. blowing on even after
being hit by several opposing tack.
lers. And, as final accomplish,
faent Rodgers was superiatiye
dffenatYe man.
Some Jump
From the suspended list to ma,
ign league maaager In less than 4
fsaE That ono sentence sums nm
me climax 70 the career Of the
Netersn shortstop Owen 'tDonie''
stish 81 the Washington Amerl.
nm League tcam.
Just PRIOR TO the opening Of the
EGG cappaign Huah was suspend
n Owen Clark Griffith fer
rlat way termed INSTRUMENTATION
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