The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-04
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Chester Smith 81 the Pittsburgh
Gazette Times has picked two
Eastern All.star teams No west
Virginia player Is on the first
string, hut Meredith and Nardacci
are given places on the second
team Smiths first team has Gray
of Princeton and Huffman Of Yale
on the ends Neidlinger Of! Dart.
mouth and Weiderqutst Of W. &
j ON the tackles; Breidster cf
Army and Sack of Pitt on the
suardsi Bowser o. Pitt ia at cen:
ter Robertson, Carnegie at quarter
CECILIA of lafayette and Kaw OF
Cornell are at the halfback posi-.
tons with Owen Of Harvard at,
fuilback Meredith gets a tackle
ON the second team, with Nardacci
al q halfback Brenkert Of w. q
] gets the quarterback position.
Hewitt Of Pitt is given, the fulIbacR
position, while Potter OF Tech l.
one OF the ends
Follow Suit
Pitt has embraced the opportun.
ity 70 stage q football game in New
York next season. Pitt will play
Syracuse ~ the Yanks' new stad.
luIn ON October 20. The game was
originally booked for Forbes FIELD,
but both Institutions agreed to
stage the game In Gotham. This
VIII give Pitt more prestige In the
East. West Virginia should follow
suit and have one of the seasons
games played in New York IN
1923. II would :be worth while.
Aeood Plan
Daniel writing in the New York
Herald SAYS 80
zone OF the most important
moves in the quest OF the ideal
condition IN fothall will be mads
soon by what may be termed an in.
fluence from the outside. Some
time this month officials from all
parts Of the East will gather in thls
city and form IAN association which
will take In every man who has
the approval OF the central board.
This organization. will set out 10
make radical changes in notions OF
sportsmanship which, exist at GER
tain colleges The chief weapon
WIN be the boycott.
Colleges which are guilty OF
failing TO uphold the decisions Of
officials colleges which expect re-.
tefoea and umpires to be .thomers"
and favor the home eleven col.
leges which bar officials because
oil decisions against their teams
these viii find that they cannot OBJ.
tain the services Of approved men.
This freeze ont system Is expected
to do away with certain evils which
in recent seasons have grown SO
serious that y. K. Hall, chairman
Of the rules committee, was called
on TO make them the chief topic OF
his 1921 report to the National Col.
legiate Ah1etic Association. =
Halls warning did some good
this fall. but there still were quite
q few colleges which expected
some OF tho officials to- do their
bidding regardless of rules and
iA.fliNa ~ % - eau lazy tuub 6uGu
institutions remain in this enlight.
oned age, Officials have been
warned that poor work would re-
suit IN their not being asked back
to officiate againsby that college.
zone football coach aid not like
the way IN which an official work.
ed and aslted him to resign from
the assignment for a later contest.
Tho official declined When tho
association ts formed this coach
viii find that d syepe tition OF that
bad break viii bring the boycott
on his team md mark out his col
lego as q sporting swamp. ~
"The Officials DO mot like TO dis
cuas their grievances for publica.
ton. n they would they could tell
some interesting stories. They are
tired OF pickering with unreason.
able college authorities and are de:
tormined TO DO their work without
review by any ok the teams inyolv-
ed and threats Of reprisals. These
rcprlHals Of course would 4 be finan.
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