The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-13
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ne 3 week from TOMORROW WHsu "
g, W. Spears sends his warriors
against DeHart's General machine
At Laidley Field. Charleston, w
Va.
There was a time when the name
DeFiatt struck terros within Noun.
taineer playess and in those days
! II Has Jimmy WHO blasted West
Virginia. hopes for victory. Hi
sensational playing caused he
Mo1ntaincrs to drop more than one
game to the Painters and many
fans fear that he viii be equally
successful as a coach. Whether
I, he will or not remains 20 be seen
bdt the fact is that West Virgtn!a'F
followers are giving the ". and l..
contest a lot OF thought and wish 1t
could be written down today as a
victory.
Although the public seat sale
does.not open until tomorrow It was
learned here today that more than
half Of the tickets had already been
sold. II looks very much as though
the crowd OF this year will riya;
past gatherings and tho University
athletic department, which Is man:
aging the game again this fall, Is
preparing to handle monster
throng. Additional gatemen, ush
ers and other necessary adjuncts
10 such an event have already been
hired and the preliminary arrange
ments are nearing completion.
Have Whole Section.
MoRGASToWN, Oct. 10. = SIX
thousand Snakes" will cheer for
the West Virginia Mountaiueer
football team at Forbes field to.
morrow according to a statement
gwen out by the West Virginia Uni.
yersity athletic department today
Less than five hundred seats OF
an allotment of SIX thousand made
by the Pitt management remains
t1nsold today. When the tickets
were distributed West Virginia was
assigned the whole left wing OF the
massive Forbes field grandstan6
or a total of little less than seveG
thousand seats, but one thousand
OF these seats were later surren.
dered to the Cornell University
Alumni In annual convention at
Pittsburgh on today and tomorrow.
This one thousand seats. however.
were in the upper tier OF the grand
stand, and the Mountainers have
undisputed sway in sections IL. 1S.
Nj, Is Including ALI the boxes and
reserved seats, and fronted by a
male student only" group Of more
than three hundred students who
will bear the brunt OF the cheering
While the local distribution has
lheen larger than any other, Wheel.
Ing, Fairmont, Clarksburg. Mounds.
vile, Parkersburg, Warrington and
other cities have sold large blocks
iofitickets and the. mail orders alone
have exceeded last years total gales.
Most Of the local crowd Will go
/, from here on the special train leay-
Ing over the Pennsylvania at 1850
. q, m. On this train will be the Uni.
versity cadet band OF "a pieces. as
well as the residue Of the Varsity
football squad not taken on the trip
with the Varsity this afternoon.
Heretofore |. has always been
necessary for the Mountaineer
management to return for the Pitts.
burgh public sale a large bunch OF
tickets, but that has not been the
case this year.
Reserves Play.
BUCKHANSON. W. Va, Oct. 10.
West Virginia Wesleyan College
, reserves will meet Broaddus Co..
lege tomorrow afternoon at Philippi.
2 The B1ptists have started a reju.
ytnation IN athletics quite similar
10 that started at Salem College a
few years ago and are rapidly com.
ing 10 the front. Under Coach
4 Bill" Latto, former Bethany Col.
1sge gridder, the Broaddus eleven Is
making rapid strides, and in a sea.
sou or two will be coming GU,
among the bigger football guns in
the grid sport in this state.
The Methodist Colts are being
coached by "Cebe" Ross, former
Wesleyan quarter back, and have a
pretty strong reserve team. The
Reserve schedule contains a few
more games, which will serve TO
provide a training for grid material
sor Wesleyan's next season var.
,,ssity. BY next season, II Wesleyan
decides To adopt tho freshman rul-
ing, the Freshmen eleven should
be able to schedule larger and
more impressing card than this
year.
Negotiations are under way be.
tween. the Carnegie Tech reserves
and Wesleyan reserves for a game
November at Pittsburgh, but It is
hardly likely that the event will
he closed owing 10 the latenasr IN