Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-13
CoIoniaIs' Chances
OF Upset Depend on
Better Ground Game
By George Huber

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George Washington's football
team gets a schedulesbreak and
an outside chance for a place in
the sun when it meets West Vir-
ginia, the Nations 10th ranked
team. at Griffith Stadium Friday
night.
With Maryland, No. 3 in the
Nation, playing at North Car
DINA, the Colonials are in full
command of the sports scene
here. Despite their 24-20 loss to
Virginia last week, the ColonialS
expect to draw a large crowd for
their stiffest test to date.
There have been too many up
sets this year to rule out a sur
prise by the Colonials, although
the Mountaineers handed them
a 24-0 beating at Morgantown
last season and now have moved
into the top 10 in the Associated
Press poll after surprising Pitt,
TT, and rolling over Waynes-
burg and Washington and Lee.
George Washington scouts say
West Virginia's ranking is well
deserved. They bring back word
OF a team featuring both speed
and power in the backheld and a
tremendous" line.
CIV Needs Better Running.
The CIV coaches main prob
lens are slowing down West
Virginia's rushing game and pep
ping up their own. CIV has been
getting excellent mileage out of
its passing attack. and it's air
defenses are reasonably good,
but 1t has to show a big i'm
provement on the ground to
make Roadway against the big
West Virginia line.
The depth and versatility of
West Virginia's attack is shown
by the fact that nine different
players have scored the teams
IS touchdowns thus far. The
Colonials fear that if they bottle
up one or two players, several
others will pop up as scoring
threats.
The big wheels in the visiting
backfield are Quarterback Fred
Wyant and Halfback Joe Mar
conf. both sophomores, and Half
back Jack Stone. a senior. They
are the only ones with more
than one touchdown apiece, but
Coach Pappy Lewis admits his
team is loaded" and apparently
he could do without any or all
these and still put Up a fine
game.
MarcOni Provides Power.
Marconi, at 214 pounds (pro-
gram weight, is the power back
of the Mountaineers. With a
hefty line to shove back the OPP
position, he's considered a sure
bet when his team needs a yard
or two. Stone, at ITS, is the
speedboy of the squad, the lead
ing ground gamer, punter-and
place-kicker.
Wyant turned out to be some
thing of a fabulous player as a
freshman quarterback last year
and, after being inserted as a
substitute late in the open game,
guided the team to every 1852
touchdown it made. He first
gained national attention when
he led the Mountaineers to their
100 upset over Pitt last year
after Pitt had beaten Notre
Dame and Army on the road.
In that game he scored one
touchdown. passed for another
and set the ball in position for
a field goal as West Virginia
scored one of it's most glorious
triumphs.
Line Figured at 22O.
West Virginia's line-which
CIV scouts claim averages 220
pounds but which doesn't show
that on the programs built
around Tackle Bruce Bosley, a
6-foot-2, 212 FOUNDER from
Greenbank, w. Va. He's only a
sophomore. but already Ed Bar
rett, the West Virginia publicist.
is talking of All-America for this
boy.
Bosley was a regular on de-
Tense as a freshman last year,
and he took readily to offensive
play with the shift to one
platoon football this season.
C~o,,4e M.rn A:lI;n.