The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-23
PASSES
GENERALS TO L
TO Il VERDICT
Psychology Large Factor in
Failure Of Mountaineers
to Land Contest.
By LARRY.

NkenbIdl 0uEVTlhe anu IehGl al Cua'
erin. But as Governor E. F. Nor
ran remarked after the game. aft
might have been worse" And wa
night add, ut might have been a
lot better"
THAT old football psychology
which tends to bring let down
alter a great victory, such as West
Virginia secured over Pitt a week
before the wash.Lee game was
dominant factor In the game at
Charleston, which resulted in n tie
II 10 to IL. Nobody car tell mn
that West Virginia Is not three to
four Touchdown better than tho
Generals under ordinary circum.
stances, but they were not on Sa..
friday aud thereon hangs sad
etory.
IT'S a hard Job to keep a team
on edge for game that according
to the dope looks easy after be.
ing keyed up to the point the week
before where they made the best
Rltt had not good enough to win.
The same plays that Pitt couldn't
do much with were ground gamers
and touchdown makers for Wash.
Lee. Why? We'll, old man psychol
ogy will have 10 answer that.
However. ono must not overlook
tie ilnseemly forward passing Of
BattoS Of Wash.Lee. He seemed to
be possessed with super.humau
powers and tossed the old pigskin
al over the field. with or without
taeklers hanging on him. and on
the receiving end Wash.Leo seemed
20 have glue all over their uni.
forms. It was Q painfully wonder
tul exhibition Of an aerial attack
in the last two periods.
Thrillsl The game was no place
for a man with weak heart. The
blamed game ended with West Viz.
girlia in possession OF the ball on
the yYush.Lee 2.yard line. aftcr
march up the field from the kick.
OF. Oh. for just time enough for
one more play, but the toot. loot
Of the final horn STAYED off defeat
for the Generals.
Z Wash,Lee gave some evidence
Z right. on the bat that they were
Sotng to work The forward pass II
Possible. After the opening kick
on, when Frew returned Martina
kick twenty yarGs. long pass net
ted forty yards on the first play.
hut sthc Generals fumbcd and lost
! the ball few seconds later. Just
shortly after that West Virginia
had a chance TO score on the ar
route, when Graham was free from
all tncklers, but dropped n pass
that was little high. Graham.
however, a few minutes later put
over the first touchdown. when
Mahrt attempted at n field goal
fell short and Frew fumbied the
ball on the 5.yard line. Graham
sccooplng It up and slipping over
1 the goal line.
z The second touchdown Of the
Y Mountineers was the result OF
straight; hard football. Recovering
the ball on downs about mIdfIeld In
the second period. West Virginia.
backs ripped the Wash.Lee line TO
shreds and battered their way over
the goal line, Martin making the
nual plunge. Sctron missed botn
boals from touchdown.
Between the halves, with the
score ~ to 0 against them. Jimmie
DeHart must have told the Gen.
erals to fight Il out for the next
Thirty minutes on the forward pass
{ policy and let It go at that. They
sure did! Fairly early in the third
period. Mattox shot long pass Of
thirty yards to Arbogast who was
IN the open. and he Ctarted da-h
for the goal line. II looked as Il
he would make 1t. but he was r..
ually downed on the West Virginia
4-ysTd line. Here the West Viz.
gtnia team put up n great defense
and on three plays, the Generals
. lost several yards. But on fourth
down, Mattox again cut loose n
: pass over the end and a Wash.I. ee
man captured It and squatted over
!, the line.
As the fourth quarter opened, 1t
was Wash-Lee's bail on tho West
Virginia 2o.yard line. a pass was
tumbled inside. the end zone by
Wash.Lee and went as a touch.
back, West Virginia taking the ball
on Its own 20-yard line. With about
four minutes to play. Wash.Lee got
the ball and on delayed pass from
Mattox to Tom Bemis, and the lat.
ter ran about thirty yards for
touchdown. With only few min
utes to play the excitement was in.
tense as Bemls tried for the goal
tHom touchdown. which II made
would have put the Generals IN the
lead Bemis failed, however, and
the strain was lifted.
Thcn came the greatest thrill Of
all. Tho Mountainous with all
their fighting spirit working over.
time, took the kickoff and started
desperate drive up the field in an
ehort to secure the decisive touch.
down. Simon, Eckberg and Martin
Ripped the limo to the 40.yard mark.
Here the aerial attack was opened,
and after a couple OF failures the
ball was worked 10 about the 1l.yard
qlihe. Two plays took the ball with.
n - three yards Of the goal. saw
the umpire rush in, and | thought
me game was over. But there was
time for one moro plaG, They rilei
en- up on the 2.yard line. and the
Wash.Lee players tossed their
headgears all over the field, desfs.
Eating that ono OF tho most eScit-
pg clashes In the history OF foo;.
ball at Charleston was at an end.
The crowd filed out Adam and