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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-25

the University OF Cincinnati: and
one at Dickinson College. All these
men are eligible under the one year
rule as those who have registered
at Wesleyan this fall only, had a
year In the interim during which
they played no football.
The University athletic manage.
ment is anxious the Mountaineer
followers be apprlsed Of these facts
II for no other reason than that It
will prevent foolish bets. One 10.
cal fan Is known to have wagered
even money that West Virginia
would win the game by forty points.
Nothing could be more fool.hardy
than this. Last year the Noun.
taineers had margin Of thitty.two
points when Wesleyan was having
the weakest team she has had for
ten years. Spears wouldn't score
forty points II he could because II
the game should develop into one.
sided affair he would use all his
substitutes for experimental pur-
poses. On the other hand, even
those meager reports that have fill
tered out from Buckhannon indi.
cate very clearly that 1t is going to
be a close thing II even one OF last
years Methodists regulars can hang
onto a regular position this year.
In other words, the new material
Higgins has corralled is so good
that the veterans cannot make the
grade. West Virginia has a better
team than last year. Everybody
who has watched the work for even
a few minutes admits that. 1t is
obvious even on paper. Yet, those
who talk of forty points, are crazy
in the estimation OF those who have
followed the sport here for the last
generation, and especially those
who have followed the Wesleyan
series OF games for ten years past.
Big Ticket Sale.
So, with all these contributing
factors, the good roads and the
automobile possibilities, the hope
Of real team for the Mountaiueers
tnls year ana the first view of 1t
in action, Morgantown and the Uni.
versity student. body is going to
turn out the largest crowd that has
ever gone from here to see any OF
the long string of games played at
South Side Park. A new record
was established at the first days
sale when one block Of five hundred
tickets were sold to University stu.
dents in just twenty.eight minutes
by the watch. In the first six hours
Of the sale here on Saturday eleven
hundred tickets were sold which,
judging by past performances,
would indicate crowd Of at least
three thousand from here next Sat.
urday. The rush for tickets here
was such that a goodly number OF
pasteboards that had been sent out
OF town had to be recalled for use
here and the Indications now are
that Morgantown will have the larg.
est representation at the game OF
any city in the state, exceeding
even Fairmont itself.
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fans TO turn out and let the boys
know they are behind them, win,
lose or draw.
Don't lose heart becaue East
Side lost. They have cracking
good coach over there. Just give
him a little more time, and he'll
have that bunch Of Yellow Jack.
cts hitting 1t up right before the
season Is over.
Come on now, gang, get ready
for Grafton on Friday.
Pitt will play a game on the
coast December 80, a contract
having been signed to meet Le.
land Stanford on that date. This
will be an odd contest, as Andy
Kerr, former Pitt freshman coach
now head coach at the western
school will match wits with pop"
Warner, head coach at Pitt, and
advisory coach at the school
where Kerr is head coach.
West Virginia should be we'll
fed up on Pitt stuff before the
end of the season. They will meet
the Pitt system several times this
year. They clash with Pitt
coached by Warner; Indiana,
Washington & Lee and Cincinnati
coached by Pat Heron, Jimmie
De Hart and George McLaren, re-
spectively, all graduates OF the
Warner school of football tech
nique. But the only worry for
Spears, according to the dope, Is
the battle with the "old Fox
himself on October IA at Forbes
Field.
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PJjNTs AND
s.; PASSES ::
BY LARRY
The East Side Game

The East Side Game
East Side High School ran into
q disagTeeable surprise party At
South. Side. Park Saturday after
moon when the Shinnston High
school hold them to &c score,
but the result Of the opening con-
test will, We hold, likely prove a
blessing, in disguise to the Pala.
timers. Candidly speaking it
seems to US that the East Side
players held She Shinnston aSGro-
gatiomin too low regard and sui.
Tered the usual, results of over
cpnndence. Instead of running
gtld over their opponents, they
found a team able to play $3.50
With them In all departments Of
One gidiron game. The game Sat-
.1trday will give the coach a chanca
10 correct various mistakes that
cropped out and In the long run
will be more beneficial to the
team than an easy victory at the
opening Of the season. It seemed
toFtis that. the East Side tackling
was bad Saturday and the tack
Shng dummy will likely be in for
As hard session this week before
the Grafton game. The East Sid
ers also had a tendency 10 tramT
down their own Interference on
various occasions. Shinnston wa
not perfect by any manner of
means, but they appeared to
tackle better and make better USE
sot their interference. The contest
forFaH opening battle was very
pleasing, as to the play of tn
members Of both squads. The lack
Of tumbllng was truly remarkable
70 an opening scholastic game,
while the general snap and per
was above the average. Both
sides were over anxious and drew
penalties for offstde on numerou ,
occasions, while Shinnston drew
two fifteen yard setbacks TO-
holding. An offside play In the
last few seconds Of play called
back touchdown made by Hen
10y for East Side and cost tbs
lseals the game: but this is glni.
ply d break in the game. In Shut
uesworth, Shlnnston has good
man to carry the bill and his cos
sistent work was a pleasing fea-
ture Of the battle.
We want to congratulate the
Fairmoft public on the way they
turned out for the game. It was
one Of the largest crowds that
ever attended scholastic game
IN this city, and everybody got
full salue for their money. One OF
tho best ways to develop Success
btpl high school teams iH for the
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Vest Monongah to
Play lcemen Here
Saturday Morning

Announcement was made this
morning by Frank Ice, coach OF
the Fatrmont High School foot.
ball team, that the opening
game Of the seaSoh would be
staged at 1886 O'Clock next Sat.
urday morning at South Side
Park, with the West Monongah
High School as the attraction. It
is hoped that a large crowd will,
witness the game. The opening
game was scheduled with Buck.
harmon High School. but the
upshur County lads fell down
on the assignment. 1t was
thought that West Union had
been secured to take the place
OF this game, but negotiations
with that institution were brok.
en- OF yesterday. Following this.
Ice secured West Monongah,
and feels sure that they will re.
port for the game without fail.
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cOACHlHIGGNS .HAS BETTER TEAM
TRAN.ADVERTISED;; So WATCH THEM
Elbows Betting ig Score Crazy, According to
Adam stansbury Method lists Laying Low on Press
Dope About Their Eleven
MoRGANroWN. sent

MeRGAGTowN, Sept. rs. >
west Virginia University foot
ban followers are buying tickets
fof Saturdays opening conflict at
Iatrnont for three reasons; first,
they want 70 see the Mountalneers
10 action and see what Coach
Spears has 70 Offer for competition
with Pitt, ". q J.,and other games
LITER on; second, with all but five
niles % the distance to FaIrmont
improved road, automobiles will be
the easy and quick means OF travel,
and third. the game itself is de.
yeioping an air OF uncertainty, so
far, q least, as Wesleyan's part in
il Is concerned, that makes local
iandon boil"
'fhe staistics Of wesleyan's
squad published here today for the
first time, showing the home ad.
dress, place Of preparation, ETC., of
al the candidates who are eligible
TO represent the Methodists, was a
revelation to those local fans who
had considered the Fairmont en-.
gagenlent merely In the light OF a
warming up" affair for Spears
outtt8 The older fans are down.
Eight dubious about Colombo, Claw.
son; Fike, King, Hatfield. pullman,
Nolan Secrist, Sem, Spence,
Schwartz and the others whose
home addresses range everywhere
rom Royaltoh.. Minnesota, to Rock.
VIE Connecticut, and with lib.
sral sprtnkling Of Ohio anu West.
ern PENNSYLVANIA thrown In for
good measure. In the closer circles
the lear exists that Bob" Higgins
has been more Industrious the past
summer than he has permitted to
be advertised and that he has gath.
cred togethet an aggregation Tint
wiz actually have an equal chance
with Spears men for victory.
Higsins too, has been laying
low on the press reports regard.
ing his men and his team as q
Whole AS IS fairly we'll known,
Wesleyan receives straight guar.
e4tsS y Vr.t ueF participation IN the
Fatrmont game. 1t is, therefore,
ii1material 10 her whether she ad.
yerdses the game or not, and Hig.
gins has certainly been making the
very best possible. use OF this pro.
vision. Practically no fans are IA.
mihar with the fact that OF the for.
ty;three men Higgins has selected
for his Varsity squad, nineteen
come from outside the state: nine
coming from the great state Of
pennsylvania, SIX from Ohio: two
from Connecticut; one from Michi.
gan and one from Minnesota, A
goodly number OF his men, too, have
had football experience at our best
prep schools. notably Kiskf, Belle.
fonte Indiana Normal, aud others
less we'll known in this Immediate
section: One has had football eX.
perisnee at the University Of Mich.
gan zone at Marietta College; one
~ Milligan College in Tennessee;
Two at Penn State College: one at
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Wesleyan Notes

Athletic Dlrectcr Miller ilopped
off again Saturday eevning, and
travelling nortiSeJ: left Buck
harmon In his plano for business
trip 10 the pan handle country.
He win look after business mat.
ters at Wheeling, for a day or two
then will return to BHekhannon
via Fairmont. today. On the bot
tom Of the plane printed along
the wings one may read. "Wesie.
van VS.. ". V. U. FalrMOnt, Sep
TENDER 30, showing that the di.
rector Of things athletic at Wes-
.leyan has the coming game on
something else. besides his mind.
Fairmont. Clarksburg, Morgan
town and Buckhannon fans WIN
did not get to visit the Methodist
and Mountaineer training camps
will have the camps at their uoors
the coming week. The athletic
authorities OF. the two schools, CO.
operating with a prominent West
Virginia film producer, have had
movies made Of the camps, show
Ing the various training stunts
performed by gridders in prepa.
ration for. the opening game.
Buckhannon fans will see the fea-,
ture Monday, Clarksburg will
have the picture Tuesday anL
Wednesday at the BIjou, Morgan
town will see it on Thursday at
the Strand. and FaIrmonters will
get glimpse Of it~on Friday and
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.NASH:JEFF PLAYS
!. RAGGED FOOTBALL
Geneva Holds Red and Black
to Low Score in First
Game Of Season.
an LARRY

There were few surprises In the
opening games OF the gridirou
season staged n various sections
of the country on Saturday.
Geneva put up stubborn defense
against the Wash-Jeff team, the
Red and Black winning out In the
final quarter l4-e. The coaches at
Little Washington are not at ak
pleased with the showing OF the
Presidents In the opening game.
1t Is said that the Red and Black
should have won the game NO 10 o
but that they overlooked a mum.
Der OF excellent chances to score
Dad" Sndegar, former Wesleyan
star. gets a panning in the mo-
tees sent out for use today. The
report says: ut was evident that
Snedegar used at quarterback
must show a lot OF Improvement
to be worthy OF permanent
place. as there are n number NJ
backs standing around that are
better than he Is on the form he
displayed in the game Saturday.
His individual effort was poor.
and his judgment at times not
good.
Yale had no trouble at all in
defeating Bates IS 10 D In the
Yale bowl. while Carnegie Teen
ran rings around Waynesburg at
Pittsburgh, winning by the score
OF "a to 0; Penn State defeated
St. Bonaventure 81 to 0, aud
Bucknell swamped Mansfield
Normal 81 to 0. Hobart managed
to score on Syracuse the syria.
cuse eleven winning IS to {. F.
g. NJ. took the measure 'of Al.
bright 9S to 2.
In state high school circles,
there were two tie games. East
Side and Shlnnston battled to a
6 to 0 traw, Will. Victory and
Grafton played each other to d
standstlIl at Z 10 q. Weston won
from ElRin5 In a hard game l8 TO
q. The college and high school
results on Saturday follow:
State High Schools
ShinnstOn 6; East Side 6.
Victory a; Grafton {.
Parkersburg 4G; PennsborO 0.
Charleston &c: East Bank o.
Weston i3; ElkiaS :.
Bridgeport IL: Lost Creek o.
Wheeling 10: FolIansbee 6.
College
Syracuse IS; Hobart :.
New Hampshire State 40; L. s.
Marines ..
franklin and Marshall &c; Al.
bright ..
~, nu e 81; Mansfield Nor
Marshall Il; Anderson Junior
Collese'6.
Penn State 81; st. Bonavep-
ture 0.
W, and j. IA; Geneva 0.
Carnegie Tech "a; Waynes-
burg 0.
Springfield IL; Colby 0.
Yale IS; Bates 0.
Marshall College Il; Anderson
Junior College 6.
Centre College 72: Carson New
man 0.
Michigan State Normal 10; Ds-
fiance College O.
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The IL. gear locust lays from iOn
to 500 eggs and Immediately dio8.
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cd confidence as the minutes fled
and he finished strong and un,
hurt. Georges blows seeminGl,
could not make any Impression
Time after time the famous Car.
pentier right crashed to SiIi's
jaw, but he shook II off ami
sometimes even laughed at 1t. III,
result was unexpected. II had
been generally thought the cham,
pion would play with the SeneCl
.lese and Carpenter SMILED iudul.
gently as he went to meet hi,
man. As the bout progressed ami
Sikh found he could take Carmen.
tiers blows as he had taken those
Of many others Georges sn,ilo
faded. Sikh became confident and
in; the third round took the Of.
fenslve. From then on the out
come was never IN doubt. carpen
tier tried several times to foul thu
Seheglese boxer 10 avoid a knock.
out.
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GRAFTON PLAYS TIE
GAME WITH VICTORY
cOIebank's Boys Play Erratic
Game at CIarksburg--- Meet
East Side Friday.

Coach Jasper Colebank's Graf.
ton High School eleven that will
meet the East Side players at
Grafton on Friday afternoon Iof
this week played a Z to Z tie with
Coach Jimmie Hefner's Victory
High School eleven at Clarksburg
Saturday afternoon.
The game In many respects was
like the East Slde-Shinnston
clash. Grafton scored It's touch
down by straight football and the
Victory counter was made when
Rodriguez the fleet.footed half.
back of the Victory team inter-
cepted forward pass and raced
the remaining distance for a
touchdown.
According to the reports Of the
Grafton-Victory game &the Graf.
ton team played very loose bali
and Coach Damages players will
have n good opportunity to win
Friday afternoon.
+.
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HOW THEY
:: STAND 8:
RESULTS YESTERDAY
National LEAGUE

Brooklyn T.. Pittsburgh 2.
pittsburgh II, Brooklyn 8.
st. Louis 10, New York 6.
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American LEAGUE

Cleveland 8. New York o.
st. Louis z, Philadelphia 4.
Washington S, Chicago 4.
Detroit z, Boston 2.
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Saturday. There has been several
new wrinkles added. Ito football in
the past few. years. but who look
ed for the movies to be added.
America will soon be noted for Its
football stars and movie stars.
We have been scanning the
sport columns frequently lately.
Sportive pens are shaking fever
ishly. Over at Morgantown We
learn that men OF mystery, are
being initiated Into the secrets OF
the grid game, which is adding TO
Mountaineer enthusiasm. Another
feature added to football, "mys-
terry" Up at Buckhannon the
Methodists are Keeping things Sc
eret, too, but everybody Is calcu-
lating on both hands the probably
score that wesleyan will be ablo
to hold the Mountaineer mountain
moving grid machine to. Twenty
to nothing says the COACH II the
men, do not blow up" at critical
moments. II will take whole lot
Of confidence, and considerable OF
that old fashioned stuff the Irish
call diplomacy to hold the
AIouutaineer forces to that score.
In the meantime. with oliker
looking like winner for the
Mountalneers and 18th Kishbaugh
Evening journal., 1922-08-15
Gut DoaUn Accidents is Aim
of Nation Vide Moue

500 are predicted IN 1922. Detroit,
by its safety campaign, reduced
child fatalities IN auto accidents
from 90 70 80 In single year.
Experiments have proved II is
possible 10 decrease accidents by
education. The best way is 10 teach
the children; they can be depended
upon TO teach the parents"
"One half the schools IN America
are now teaching safety. All should
do so. The Importance OF the cam
paign my be appreciated from the
fact, disclosed by records. that tor
every person killed In an accident
there are 25 injured"
Is your city careless or careful?
Here are the automobile deaths in
10 American cities. picked al ran
dom from Safety Institute records.
showing increases in five and de-
cresses only in cities where safety
campaigns have been in progress
during the past two years:
Evening journal., 1922-08-15
By EpWARp ". TH1ERRY.

NEW YORK-Don't get hurtl" Is
the slogan being used by the Safety
Institute OF America IN an anti
accident campaign under way
throughout the United States.
Children are the chief victims
of their own and other peoples
carelessness," says Laurence Vail
Coleman, director OF the Institute,
And II Is through the children, by
continuous educational campaigns
in the schools, that we hope 10 cut
down the national bin paid each
year FOR carelessness."
Ebert H Gary, chairman OF the
United States Steel Corporation. a
vice-president OF the institute and a
prime mover in industrial safety,
will head the committee that will
put on a ''No-Accident Week" IN
New York next fall
Similar campaigns already have
been held in other cities. notably
Baltimore and Boston, and an effort
will be made TO hold one in every
city in the nation.
Forty per cent. OF all deaths in
accidents are children"
says Director Coleman, While
deaths in Industry have decreased
rs per cent. since 1906. automobile
deaths increased more than 5000
per cent.
Children victims in New York
alone" says Coleman. were 375 in
1920 and 402 in 1921. More than
Evening journal., 1922-08-15
MYSTERY IN BEoUEsT.

WEST CHESTER. Pa. Aug. 15.-
The United States Treasury viii
shortly receive s25oO under the terms
Of the will OF the late Margaret b.
White. OF Easttown township. the
document having been admitted to
probate here yesterday The docu-
ment simply states that the amount
named shall be paid to the United
States Government at the death OF
Mrs. White because Of a promise
made several years ago TO her moth
er. but no explanation can be given
either by relatives OF the woman or
attorneys for the estate.
Evening journal., 1922-08-15
YESTERDAYS LATE
NEWS AT GLANCE
WASHINGTON.


Brotherhood leaders after new
conference with Harding on rail-
soad strike, decide 20 ask another
neeting with road executives TO sub
ait new peace proposals.
Senate leaders believe bonus could
eow be passed over Harding's pros
bective veto.
House re-assembles today
Secretary Wallace declares farm
prs have suffered more from eco
homie ills than either rail or mine
workers.
DOMESTIC.
Anthracite peace conference ar
ranged for tomorrow. Three btu
tninous operators quit Cleveland
Negotiations, but settlement n soft
coal industry still expected.
Evan Burrowes Fontaine files her
t1.000.00o damage suit against
F-sonny'' whitney.
Former Secretary OF the Treasury
Houston tells Institute OF Politics
that worlds economic security de-
pends on guarantees for France.
FOREIGN.
London premiers' conference
breaks up when Lloyd George and
Poincare agree 70 disagree.
Lord Northcliffo dies OF blood
poisoning. resulting from an obscure
disease Of the heart. Disposition Of
his papers IN doubt.
Irish Free Staters holding Drog-
heda town hall. Irregulars capture
Dundalk. Cork short OF food. AL
Evening journal., 1922-08-15
JERSEY MAYTAX
OUTSIDE AUTOS
Propose sl.25 a Month Levy,
Dropping Reciprocity
Agreement
DELAWARE WILL
NOT BE INCLUDED

A proposal TO abandon autono-
bile reciprocity agreements with
Pennsylvania and New York and
issue a monthly license OF s1.25 to
non resident motorists using New
Jersey roads was made yesterday at
meeting OF the New Jersey Asso-
ciation OF Boards OF Freeholders at
the Riverton CNew Jersey Country
Club.
Thousands OF visiting motorists
are violating the ffteen-day privi-
lege by failing 10 take out New
Jersey licenses. It was charged. The
action Of Pennsylvania authorities
in compelling New Jersey farmers
delivering produce IN Philadelphia
10 take out q Pennsylvania license,
which caused the proposal, was re-
viewed
A. r. Kohler, OF Woodbury.,
spokesman for the South Jersey
farmers, said an average OF 10000
pleasure cars from Philadelphia
enter New Jersey every weekend
The tremendous cost OF road up
keep, he declared. is growing great
er every year. being now the chief
item OF tax bills, and the cost IS be-
ing borne by large percentage who
do not participate in the benefits OF
the tourist trade.
William H. Roberts, Of Heeken-
sack, president OF the association
and John Prentice. OF the Camden
County Board OF Freeholders, op-
posed severance Of the motorear
reciprocity relations.
The discussion ended with mo-
ton 10 let the matter rest until the
September meeting al Lake Hopat-
cong. 10 which Motor Vehicle Com
missioner Dill Will be invited 10 ex-
press his views.
Evening journal., 1922-08-15
Ladies' Handkerchiefs
Jewelry

Colored Beads fancy combinations, special soc each
Bead Girdles black or navy. Special at 1.50 each.
Evening journal., 1922-08-15
PR. R. works. ON
ROLLER BEARING
CONSTRUCTION In England
Anticipates Experiments
+ at Altoona
FIRST TEST HERE
PROVES FAILURE

The successful construction OF
foIler bearings for railway cars by
air Henry Thornton. general mana
ger Of the Great Eastern Railways.
England, anticipates experiments
which are being made at present
n the general shops OF the Penn
sy1vania Railroad tn Altoona. For
several years tho Pennsylvania Rail
road has been experimenting with
steel ball bearings. which would
make travel by railway more eco
nomicai and comfortable. Up 10 the
present the experiments have not
been successful.
The first set OF bearings made un-
der the direction Of j. T. Wallis,
chief mechanical engineer OF the
Pepnsy1va MIA system, broke 20 pieces
when they were tried out. A second
set was constructed with another
steel formula Mr.. Wallis said yes
terday the experiment he's not yet
been carried far enough 20 definitely
determine its value.
He was extremely interested in
rehe report from London OF the sue
oessful tests OF bearings invented
by Sir Henry Thornton. In Eng
lsnd a twenty-seYen ton coach with
the bearings could easily be moved
by one man, while one without
bearings would be reduced 80 per
cent.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will
continue its experiments and wheth-
ler the second set OF bearings now
under experimentation are success
ful or not, It will only be a short
time before trains are everywhere
equipped with bearings OF some
kind. Mr.. Wallis declared. The saw
ing Will be tremendous, he added.
The bearings are not placed be-
tween the wheels and the axle OF
railroad cars. but between the axle
srd the casing which supports The
axle. The axle ,revolves in this cas-
ing as the wheels are permanently
attached 10 the axle
Evening journal., 1922-08-15
HoocH CARRIER IS FINED.

CHESTER, Pa, Aus. 15.-Othcer
Hogan. Of Eddystone borough, found
a man creeping along the tracks OF
the Pennsylvania railroad shortly be-
fore daylight yesterday. When ask
ed TO explain his actions the man
aid he had been 10 Philadelphia
and was on his way home 70 Leiper-
Vile. Upon looking into bag the
fellow had in his possession the
officer found ave gallons OF LIQUOR.
The fellow gave his name as John
Smith when taken before Squire
Joseph Hunter and was hned $50 and
costs