The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-27
CLEAN SWEEP FOR
,hOUNTAINEERSIS
present OUTLOOK
Presidents Seem Badly shak.
! en- Up Through Defeat in
Pitt Battle.
BY LARRY

i The Spearsmen sharpen theif
knives and sing, '"There's one
more river to cross"
with the Ohio University game
otp;of the way, there remains but
one more regularly scheduled
game on the 1922 grid care of the
Mountaineers. That battle will BIZ
staged at Morgantown on Thurs
day afternoon Thanksgiving be-
fore the largest crowd that ever
witnessed a football game In West
Virginia, according to present in
dieations. It is likely that between
~, Qn0'and $4,000 football fans
will De jammed in and about
Stansbuty's Splinter stadium"
when the hour for the kickoff ar
rtyes.
Saturdays game made no
change in the status Of the con-
tenders for the Eastern champion
Nshi oithe four indicated teams Of
thgIEast. Princeton's season Is
over: Army completed the season
BY winning the Navy game; West
Virginia defeated Ohio University,
and Cornell was idle. preparing
for the annual game with the Uni
lversity of Pennsylvania or
THANKSGIVING. the game to oe
played In Philadelphia.
q Just how the eastern cham
plonship will be awarded this year
is a matter of speculation. 1t Is
very likely now that when the cur
tain is run down on Thursday that
there will remain the above MANI
ed indicated teams. Two teams
oESthe four, Army and Princeton
are through. while there is little
chance seemingly that either West
Virginia or Cornell will bort'in de-
feat on Turkey Day. Cornell will
end the season with Penn a team
that has been good and bad and
indifferent this season. The tina.
cans, with a rather modest sche.
dnle, have been making quite q
Showing and seemed to be favor
f6d to win from Penn. Penn may
refuse to submit to a beating aud
;ipset the dope. but the New York
jlets seems to be tuned up for o
victory. West Virginia is now 2
sflyotite over Wash-Jeh.
DR.. g. W. Spears will spend ~.
day tomorrow and Wednesday IN
Hatttng the finishing touches OF
his squad for the greatest game Of
the 81 sson. West Virginia will ~
out Oh the field Thursday with 4
desire to win, with enough foot.
ball strength 10 win and Win
enough football knowledge 10
outEox the Presidents. This is tie
way figure the situation at isis
I'd tance and that is the reason |
an fully confident that West Viz
ginia will VIM
A Just what the margin OF victory
y Will be for the Mountaineers In
the final game Of the season | AM
not certain, but 1t would not sur
pfise me greatly to see the Presi-
iidents get as neat a trimming as
Skas handed TO them by the Pitt
PANTHER. While the Wash-Jeff
team did not have its full
! \strength In the field against De-
lRtroit Saturday, there was plenty Of
eyidence that the Nealemen had
. not recovered from the Pitt affair.
II, was my first guess that tie
Presidents would rally from the
\ Pitt. defeat and return to top form
IN, the last games OF the season,
but now they seem to be a badly
Shattered and demoralized foot
ball outfit; and they will have to
!, show a great comeback to escape
\ with a low score defeat on Turkey
Day.
THRUST that the game between
z the Nealmen and the Spearmsn
may be played on a dry field in
order that the Red and Black can
offer5 no alibI that their speedy
backs were handicapped ty slow
field. think West Virginia can
win, wet or dry, but want to see
the battle staged under ideal
football conditions.