The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-24
S|XTY-FOUR men
INVITED TO CAMP
west Virginia Sends Out Invitation for
jackson Mills Training School

Morgantuwn. Aug ESPECIALLY
II was Announced hero tonight by alh-
letIc officials of the West Virginia Uni
vcrsitv that exactly g. men had already
been Invited TO attend the West Virginia
University football training camp.
which opens one week from next Mon
day at Jackson's Mills. The list II
which bids" have been extended in
cludcs ~ veterans who have already
seen service hero under Head Coach DR.
C. W. Spears nd 81 Freshmen Candi-
dates for the team. In making the an
nounrcment the officials !ntimatrd that
approximately * invitations are being
withheld These Will subsequently, be
extended to newcomers who are regard
ed as likely prospects.
with the retinuc Of coaches. managers
and other handy men numbering eleven
the camp list already numbers 10. This
means that when the additional candi'
dates are Invited the complete squad
will number between SIS and 90 men, or
over IS bona fde candidates for the
team. /, Is evident that the squad will
be the largest West Virginia has ever
taken to training camp. exceeding the
largest of the others by fifty percent
Letters Of instruction have already
been sent TO old and new candidates for
the team. These specify that no mar
Will bc permitted to enter tho CamT
after ten o'clock in the morning Of Mon
| day, September 9Th, unless he has the
| absolute and specific permission OF
! Coach spears. The Mountaincer mcntcr
! expects {" start work Immediately and
Will not tolerate hardness on the part
! OF anyone. To him the training period
! Is so important that ne wants every
! man on the job every minute and he
does not intend to go over the same
ground twice for the hcncf1t OF those
who came In late" He hopes 10 have
every man in camp on Sunday night
but since Il Will be Impossible for some
Of the men 10 get there at that time hs
, has extended the arrival limit until II
a. m Monday Late arrivals, however
, win not have any time 10 spare as those
I who get TO camp on time will be out
! nttcd Sunday night and early Monday
morning for the first workout 10 be
staged at that hour. DR.. Spears expects
| every man to be in uniform al the open
! Ing session.
Equipment Of all kinds. !ncluding
shoes pads. Jerseys, stockings, pants
! footballs. taCkline dummies, bucking
! straps. and all the other gr!diron par
| aphernalia will be shipped to laCksnn''
] Mills the latter part OIL lnlS week. On,
/ hundred uniforms have already beer
packed and with this vast amount Of
| equipment on hand Their" is little danger
| OF a lack of 1t In tho proper sizes.
Among the other important and pro
! rretic pieces Of information contained
| in the letters was that ordering tn emeI
| to kick a football around and do a liult
running and light exercise every day foI
| two weeks IN advance so the camp worr
| when II is started. VIII not be too siren
! uuus or too severe.
With all Of the carly preparations
practically completed West Virginia Is
! about ready TO fire the opening gun 81
! the 1922 campaign, by the middle ~!
| next week Jackson's Mills will be ready
| to accommodate the vast assCmhlaEc -
! hopefuls who will spend two week:
there getting in shape for the approach
! ing season. Director StanShury and Dir
/ Spears have spent several weeks look
! ing after all arrangements and not the
/ slightest detail has been overlooked
! Everything will soon he IN readiness
ard at ten o'clock on La Dor Nav tho wei
! oiled machinery. which has been idle
| since Thanksgiving Day viii start slow
! " on another grind Of about three
| months.