The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-09

SO that this years game here the
end OF next week has not hereto.
fore been looked upon as an espc-
Cially attractive contest. But VIr
ginia, under Campbell, the old Har
ward star, is evidently getting thu
Haughton system Of football going
in great shape, judging from the 50
game with Princeton, the 22-6 vic.
tory over w. & L. and the 1910 vic.
tory over Johns Hopkins. Virginia
therefore looms as one Of the rea.
big attractions OF the home SEIZED.
ule, second only to the climax with
W. & ]. on Thanksgiving Day.
LII connection with the w. & j..
sale which Is being conducted by
mail order only, Director Stansbury
announced that he believed all a.
tendance records here would BIZ
broken, especially since the defeat
OF Lafayette by W. & ]. and the
MoGntaineers promise Of an un.
broken string of victories till
Thanksgiving. The Indiana and
Virginia games, Of course, are two
difficult ones and cannot be count.
ed till won, but the MountaineerS
are keyed up for a garrison finish
and hope to come through undefeat-
ed till Turkey Day.
Ty Cobb In Football.
Every man who reaches the top
in sports would like to do something
else. All of them believe they
could star in another line Of en-.
deavor.
Ty Cobb always regretted thu
fact that he never played football.
He believed he could have becoms
good football player. We think
that Cobb could have gone as far
In football as he has gone in base
ball. The same qualities that hays
made him the greatest player of
the diamond would have made him
the greatest OF the gridiron.
Cobb one time visited Nashville,
Tenn. He went out TO Vanderbilt
University and waChed the football
squad in practice. After studying
the tactics through one afternoon
Cobb returned next day and asked
for 2 uniform. lie was granted tn"
privilege OF participating. He di:
well in practice and was asked to
get into scrimnage.. Cobb played
with the scrubs and soon the scrubs
were, down in their own 15.yarl
zone. Securing possession Of the
ball the scrub quarterback gave il
to Cobb. All Cobb did was TO so
through the entire Vanderbilt team
and run eighty.five yards for a
touchdown.
In his run Cobb lodged, straight
armed and finally reversed his
field. The same run, made in q
l"major" game OF football, would ba
regarded everywhere as one OF the
features OF the seasons. accom-.
plishments.
Cobb could not have been fail.
ure In any sport. He took up box.
ing. Harry Tuthill coached him f0T
several months and Cobb became
proficient In the art, He took up
golf and plays unusually we'll. He
is a crack shot,either in the field
or before the traps. He has tried
the various events that compose
track and field programs and his
best performances in each compares
we'll with the achievements OF the
collegians.
However, there is but one Cobb.
In him the physical and the mental
coordinate to finer degree than
in any man we have ever met. In
Cobb you find perfect balance
and 1t may be generation or more
before the human race produces an.
other like him.
Aerial Attack .snothered,
Ohio State received a harder set.
back from Michigan than the 10 to
0, defeat in the recent meeting be.
tween the two elevens. One week
after Michigan set down the
ohloans Wilce's team was beaten
by 8 to o score by Minnesota.
Ohio State, with the efficient
Workman behind the line, once
more relied upon her forward pass.
Ing attack but was unable to make
any headway. Mtnnesotas defense
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