The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-02
LANHAM WORKING With
CANDIDATES
Squad In Good Condition and Ready
To Meet the Opposition On
Hard Schedule

Morgantown. ". V. Oct. -CSpcCiaD
After two weeks OF work with squad
numbering about 40 men. Ward Lanham.
head coach OF the West Virginia Uni
versity Freshman eleven. has succeeded
in moulding an outfit he thinks will be
strong enough to win majority of the
games on It's schedule this season. He
cannot. however, hope TO win any OF
the teams important contests unless
Head Coach Spears turns over some
Freshman timber he now has on the
Varsity, squad
Dan D'Aluto. Red" Mead. Dick
Donovan. A5els. Powers. Perry. Hankey.
and several other youngsters who were
taken to trsiEing camp are easily the
best looking athletes IN the group. al
though several men who are Ineligible
for Varsity competition this year be-
cause OF participation elsewhere last
season are showing up very We'll
Among those in the latter class are Gus
Gramm. an end who played at Clemson
University last fall: Wilson. who pa;
in n year at the University OF Pennsyi-
vania: and McMillen. a close friend OF
Ekberg who brought him here from the
University oc Minnesota, where he
played last year.
Coach Lanham and his Youthful as
s.stant. Grant Hall. do not have a world
or material but they are getting results
and 50 long as everything moves on
smoothly they are confident OF turning
out a strong eleven. Several scrin-
mage sessions have bten held but Coach
l.anham will not be able t. get good
line on tho ability OF his material until
next SATURDAY. when his protcg"s meet
the Potomac State College eleven At
Keyser. W. Va. III the opening game on
their schedule.
Line Looks weak
Right now II looks as though the
Freshman line IS going TO be very weak.
There IS dearth Of experienced tackle
and guard material and these -FOUR posts
are causing Coach Lanham more than a
Nt,le trouble. He feels sure he "an
develop the line material he has into
capable performers but fears that the
process Will take too long for them to
be ready for the early games He does
not have a single lineman Of the Pink
new, Dilcher. Howard or Clarke calihrc.
This auartctte with Pat" NJ. Quarlcs
n. center opened huge holes for the
backs last season and was largely re-
spons;h'c for some of Ekbcrg and Car
rity's great work. With such material
lacking II IS up 10 l.anham To build up
linS from green" material. He
moulded y Whole team IN l920. built
bachtie,d in 1927 and this year finds
himself facing the hardest campaign OF
the three with a squad ~ candidates
that is little more than promising. IL
is tho 1920 season all over again and Il
il going 10 take "A lot Of work on his
part ~ whip another winning machine
into shape
Practice Daily
Tho Freshmen practice daily on ihc
new Sunuyside athletic field here and
tho ranld development Of some cE thcm
has been n revelation 50 fans who have
been watching the squads progress.
Coach I.nnSam hopes 10 keep his squad
Intact throughout the season AMI viii
follow his practice Of giving every NOM
her OF the team chance. He tntimated
r. 4 talk today that he had several
Youngsters. whose names he wishes 70
keep secret FOR the present who are
going "a develop into CLASSY players.
He fears the newspaper starring OF
any narticular member OF his squad al
This stage will discourage some VINO
arg wi,hou, their own knowledge. Just
beginning 10 find themselves His task
j. n difficult one and he prefers 70 work
quietly and alone until such tim" as nc
feels that the yearl!ng machine IS rcanF
FOR exhibition.