Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-17
WEST VIRGINIA
FOOTBALL TEAM
MEETS G0NZAGA
East and West viii Clash
at San Diego on Christ
mas Day; 'MountaineerS'
to Leave Tuesday

Morgantown, w. Va, Dec. 16.--
The West Virginia university foot
ball team, which opens the east
west football season with Gonzaga
university at San Diego, Calf, on
Christmas day, has an untarnished
record for the 1922 regular season.
Opening her season with the Sec
ond largest West Virginia college,
West Virginia Wesleyan, the
"Mountaineers," as the West Vir-
ginia state eleven is called, won an
easy victory, 20-3. Marietta Col
| lege followed and was slaughtered
by a score of $50. The University
of Pittsburgh, which team meets
Stanford at Palo Alto in the Sec
ond east-west game, was next met
and was defeated go on the Forbes
Field ground at Pittsburgh. Thep
followed the only "blot," IL such
even this might be called, on the
West Virginia record. Washing
ton and Lee university a compara-
lively weak southern eleven was
met at Charleston on the Saturday
following the Pitt victory and West
Virginia was held to a 1919 tie.
This result seemed to have n brac-
ing effect on the West Virginia
team, however, and from that timc
forward no eleven scored on the
"Mountaineers." The University of
Cincinnati was beaten $40; the
University of Indiana, represen-
tative western conference eleven,
was beaten $50; Rutgers College
conqueror Of Lehirh and other
strong eastern elevens, was taken
into camp, $50; the University of
Virginia, which played Princeton
to a SO score, was beaten 1870 in
a sea of mud where effective Of
fensive play was greatly minlm-
lied; Ohio university was defeated
$50 and finally Washington and
Jefferson college,. the great team
which last year played the Cali
fotnia "Bears" to a 90 score, was
beaten 14-0. Washington and JEFF
ferson, be 1t remembered, had ex-
actly the same lineup against West
Virginia as faced California, ex-
cept Stein at tackle and Neal at
guard.
The "Mountaineers' then, will
take to the coast a record of nine
victories and one tie game, or a
point total of 246 for West Vir-
ginia university and 81 for her
opponents.
Eastern newspapers have been
somewhat divided as to where the
eastern honors actually rest
Princeton appears to receive the
vote. with Cornell, Army
and West Virginia following in
close order. The most general
practice among the experts" is to
rank Princeton and Cornell, teams
that were not beaten or tied, in the
first group and Army and West
both playing tie contests
in the second group. Army was
tied by Yale II and by Notre
Dame 90.
The West Virginia squad of
twenty picked men jumped back ,
into togs Immediately after fina!
decision was reached and regular
daily workouts are being held
Good weather prevails fortunately I
and the men have been able to
pick up exactly where they left off
the Washington and JEFF
rerson victory on Thanksgiving day
which closed the regular season.
Present plans call for the squad
to leave here next Tuesday. De.
cember 10, arriving at San Diego
on Saturday preceding Christmas
day. This will provide for two
light workouts on the soil on which
the game is to be played, and
Coach Spears is we'll satisfied with
this arrangement.