The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-09

and some newspapers have been
giving Dave Morrow credit or part
cerdit for developing the cham
pionship team theer last year and
Greasy can't stand It. Here Is the
statement he gave out. to the
Washington Reporter when asked
for an explanation OF this an
nouncement sent out from Pitts.
burgh under an Associated Press
caption:
1.-THE conditions which have
prompted me to sever my connec-
tons at Wash.-Jeft. has been GO
ing on for five months"
They are so bad that they cam
not be remedied and under these
circumstances II would be folly for
mo to continue my connections
throughout another season. al.
though my contract expires this
year. ! was successful here last
year. and with John Kellison for
my line coach, we had welded to-
gether team which proved itsnlr
to be superior to all the schools
we met.
''Imagine, then, il you can, my
feelings when II became coMmon
gossip around Washington and
other places that Dave Morrow,
former Coach, was responsible for
the showing and with almost ev-
eryone but the players themselves,
was looked upon as the man who
made the team. Throughout last
season the talk Of Morrow's hand.
ling the team and bringing 1t to
a point OF perfection was ramp
ant. When we finished the regular
season and went out to the coast.
Morrow, following the game, was
quoted in a coast paper as saying
that used the most unsportsnlan-
like tactics. he had ever seen on
ia college football team. 80.
when ], asked him Of tnts. he
denied 1T absolutely and even
threatened to whip the reporter
who wrote the story. But he never
did. 4, ~
when we returned home Wash.
ington gave us a grand welcome
and the program for the affair
printed. picture OF Morrow. witt
the caption Advisory Coach
This was a rank injustice, Is
Morrow had never acted in an ad-
visory way at any time, appearing
on the practice field but five times
during the season, when I talked
over matters with him and then
used my own judgment. When |
run club, ! run 1t, and no one
else.
my men are ace high. with me
and I have enough pride in my
ability to know that can bring n
team to a point of perfection by
instllling into the players the con-
fidence and aggressiveness nee.
essary to win any game which we
are particularly anxious to get
away with.
"But after all this success TO
see. by inference and otherwise,
someone else given crdit for the
work, hurts me and, as conditions
today are such that they cannot be
remedIed, then l will leave Wash
Jeff. to Its own resources and
sever all connections at tho con
cluslon Of this season.. :
at hurts me to think Of getting
away from players like l had last
year, and they. more than anyons
else, can tell the real truth about
the situation. Why, the gossip got
$50 bad that It. was common talk
around Washington and other
places that Morrow made Russ
Stein an All.Amertcan. But the
best proof of this canard would be
to ask Stein himself.
When i went to Wash. JEFF, I
went there for one year at a sal
airy of $4,000. Kellison was offer.
ed $500, and to retain. him as
my assistant, / paid him $500 OF
my own money, so that he would
be satisfied. This year we both
got what We. wanted, have besn
working hard, will have a good
team and reorganization for the
balance OF the year which no Cos
sip; lies, canards or backbltina