The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-08
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Some Eastern Critics Place
MountalDeers in High
Football Glass.
. AZ LARRY

coach ~ West Virginia UniverIity,
has resigned to take up like duties
at Penn State College was receiy.
ed with much regret by football
fans an over the state. The change
probably means q nice little bo5st
in q financial way for the grea:
trainer, but itmeans that O place is
left vacant at West Virginia ttat
VIII be hard to- fill Cartmell has
made wonderful success of West
Virginia, and his work during the
present football season at, Morgan
town played ga large part in the
success % the team. Quiet. unaS.
suming AMI modest, Cartmell went
about his work in o manner that
brought results. Often the import
ant work OF the man behind The
run Is overlooked in a
football season, but / feel con.
fident that all those connected
with football at West Virginia rea
lied what d real CHIP Cartmell is
and what a good work he accom-.
piished during his term OF office
rs trainer and track coach. Cor
tainly every loyal fan will wish
him success In his new positiCN
with the Mount Nittany lads II
Better Ranking
Not all the eastern critics are as
hard ON West Virginia as the New
York Times Daniel In the New
York Herald places West Virginia
sixth, following Princeton, Cornell,
Harvard. Yale ana Army in the or
der named Bill Hanna places tie
Monntaineers fourth with Prince
ton. Cornell and the Army ahead
of West Virginia DAILY in the New.
York World makes no ranking but
says that West Virginia should bo
placed along with Princeton, Cor.
nell and the Army. In his review
Of the season Daniel says:
In sixth place, we find West
Virginia, unbeaten and jubilans.
Herets d problem. Strictly speak
ing West Virginia was in the east
but not ot the east. This YER It
tiisattached itself and strayed 81
to play Indiana; and Ohio AMI
other strangers. But the Mountain
GERS defeated Pittsburgh and
Washington and jefferson, and do
serve their place =
In speaking Of his first five selec-
tions he makes this comment
we saw Princeton at its best, VIC
SAW Cornell at its best. We have
contrasted our impressions and We
have added results-and out OF
these has come the definite idea
that Princeton was entitled to the.
championship of the east. That's
lust our personal opinion. Cornell!
may not like 1t. Harvard may not
IKE the idea Of being placed he.
hind Cornell. But it's a mortal
opinion, ~
'erhe matter of opinion stands
out all along the line in our effort
to name the top twenty lof the
east Here and there you will note
startling Contradictions on the
basis Of single scores. For example
Harvard IS placed third and yet
Brown. which, defeated the Crimson
by 3 to 20, Is no better than number
fourteen. Brown is fourteen and
yet Dartmouth, which closed It's
season with a great triumph over
the Bears by q to 0, is rated six-
teenth The Army is fifth and the
Navy. which was barely nosed-out
by the Cadets, is tenth.
eHowever,s only In rare instances
did single performances figure de-
finiteIy In the assignment OF a
ranking 10 an eleven. And 1t must
he appreciated too, that the gaps
between places are not very big.
In some cases It would have been
better to group several teams ina
class and let 1t go at that, But
having started ont to give each
team i definite rating we have per:
sisted and without question. dis
pleased many. And SO have we
probably pleased many, all OF
which should balance in the long
run and leave us perhaps BIT
happier, after this great season.
e1she praises OF Princeton and
Cornell have been sung. Now lat
us 10 the teams below them. Har..
ward Is third. AS the Crimson
proved against Yale It was a great
er Harvard team than had been
suspected and expected, and It was
a greater Princeton eleven than
had been suspected which beat
this Harvard bunch. II
Harvard was smart. We mean
that m d mental sense. It knew
It's Football 1t knew its plays in
their best places. It knew how to
outthink the other fellow. Against
Princeton. this system was not
sufficient Against Yale It was
emphasized or course there's the
blot put On the Crimson escutch-
CON by Brown. That's hard to ex.
plain away but Brown had a pc.
culiar team
Yale Powerful, rugged, blund.
ering old Yale shapes up as tho
fourth best team With more men.
tai keenness and alertness this,
Yale team would have gone to the
pinnarIe But would have and,
should have are negligible in ar.
irving ~ d rating. Yale was a bet.
ter team than &c ever looked, 4
In fifth We find the Army. The
Cadets finished ihya ferry select
company Of undateated teams
which included Princeton Cornell
aud West Nirginia Ehe Army
was NOT beatani but II was tied BY