The Washington times., 1922-12-17

VI the Eastern trio, West Vtr-
ginia alone has been undefeated
this year. Its lone smirch was the
12-to-12 tie with Washington ana
Lee. Pittsburgh was beaten, 8 To-
8; Indiana. SO to. Q; Virginia, 13 to
0; Ohio University. 2s to 0, and
Washington and jefferson, II to o.
The Morgantown sMountaineers.
following a brief letdown with the
triumph over w. and u. their first
In almost twenty years, have been
drilling faithfully, for their clash
with Gonzaga. Coach Spears viii
have his squad arrive at San Diego
the day before the game He hopes
In that way TO overcome any pos
sible softness of the California elf
mate. His athletes. fresh from the
snow and chill winds of West yir-
ginia. won't have time to lose their
physical condition before tackling
II b difficult 70 learn just how
tive scores: IT y not 9 membsr -
therefore, did not play California,
Stanford or Southern California.
/ Washington State was the one
team to defeat the Spokane team,
its other games being rather easy
victories.
la GAME OF SHIFTS.
The West Virginia -Gonzaga game,
should be one of constant shifts.
both IN the line and in the back
field. Cutie" Spears. former Dart
mouth coach, had his Mountaineers
ieaping all over the field this past
season. -
Gonzasa has been coached BY
Gus Dorais. one Of Notre Dames
greatest quarterbacka The for.
ward passes from Dorais to Rockne,
now Notre Danes coach. made
football history wherever they were
seen. Dorais has taught Notrs
| Dame formations TO his Gonsasn
eleven and It - said to be a. most
tricky aggregation ~ ~
Pop" Warner win make his bow
| on the coast with his powerfus
| Pittsburgh Panthers on December
himself win have charge OF ms
stanford athletes. HIS future
charges, therefore, win have an op-
portunity seeing typical Warner
eleven I'm action in the Panthere.
Pittsburgh got. away to q poor
start this year, losing Captain Hcl-
loran, Its star quarterback. IN The
Lafayette game. He suffered =
broken arm and did not get Into
i the lineup again until the last five
minutes OF the Penn State contest
lon Thanksgiving Day. 49,
Prendergast, 1safayette's tackle,
picked up fumbled hall and raced
for the touchdown that gave the
lEastonians their second successive
victory over the Partners by TO =.
Then, . week later. came the un-
expected defeat, . ito 8, BY the
iwest Virginia Mountaineers.
THEY TRIM SYRACUSE.
Syracuse ruled . big fAvorits for
their clash with the Panthcrs, bul
Big Hewitt, Pittsbursh's s1s.pouns
4 fullback, practically by himseli
/ brought home the victory. 81 TO IL
II The win at Syracuse put hear'
into the Panthers and they lost ns
4 more games, defeating Pennsyl
vahia. I TO g: w and J. 10 to o
4 and Penn State. IA TO 0.
stanford has adopted the Warner
system. the Pittsburgh coach send
ling assistants TO Palo Alto TO In
I stan n. Az q result the season has
/ not been filled with great Victories
The olympic Club, OF San Francis
co, composed largely OF former An
4 napolis stars, won the openine
game, "a to Q. santa Clara and 81
Mary's fell victims. TO Q and
. to 0, respectively. and then carns
; s-to.o victory over the Oregor
Stanford won nom Nevada. II h
IN. ana then held the strong south
ern California eleven to q efngl,
ltouchdown, The washington esm'
was lost. IL 70 IL, and then cam,
4 the debacie. California dcfeatfn1
lthe Palo Alto team. 2s to O.. n
More interest n being shown n
Northern California IN this gam,
i than In any visit OF an Easter
team IN years. 1t 10 one ,cf IN,
\ few intersectlonAi contests 70 y
played IN the vicinity OF San Fran
Il cisco and the Metropolis II gufnl
70 send many thousands 10 zee H..
| STATE FACING TROUBLE
Pennsylvania state IL facfni
rather more trouble than either q
Its Eastern rivals making the lonl
Jump across country. The Nittan,
A Lions are said 10 have shown ! re
J turn OF their old form IN recent prec
y fice drilis, but this VIII hardly u
Il known for certainty tlntil the lss
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