State Vol. V, No 6 WEST VIRGINIA DEFEATED Varsity Wins from Morgantown Boys, 12-0. In one of the most spectacular and interesting games ever played on Beaver Field, State defeated the West Virginia University eleven 12 to 0 last Saturday. Both of the touchdowns were the result of well directed, clean-cut plays, and the white and blue proved conclusively its superiority over the visitors, who held Penn to the same score as "Bull" McCleary's team. The two Cornell coaches, Fennell and Leuder, sent their proteges into the fray well trained and the two teams, about even in weight, fought a magnificent battle. After Ballou had kicked off, Neb inger and Ballou exchanged punts several times with honors about even until Larry Vorhis caught one of the West Virginian's spirals on his own 30-yard line and got back 10. From here consecutive rushes by Ballou, Vorhis, Hirshman, Hip pie and Smith carried the ball to the Virginia 6 yard line and Hirshman went through for the first touch down in seven minutes of play. Vorhis put it cleanly over the cross bar. Soon afterwards the Mountaineers lost their one chance to score when Core recovered a fumbled punt on State's 20-yard line. The visitors could not make any appreciable gain, although Nebinger had been living up to his reputation as a fleet halfback previous to this, and his attempt at a field goal was a failure. As the first half came to a close McCleary's men, al. , ays forcing the play, were slowly carrying the ball Coll STATE COLLEGE, PA., OCTOBER 29, 1908 through West Virginia's territory when the whistle blew as the visitors were kicking out from a touchback. West Virginia did not possess the pigskin in State's territory dur ing the entire second period, yet it was only after the hardest kind of work that State got its final score. Hirshmau's line plunges could not be stopped at any time and he had carried the ball to West Virginia's 5 yard mark, when the big New Yolk fullback had his back seriously twisted and was helped off the field. Mosser was substituted and on the next play carefully selected a hole made by Smith off tackle, and placed the ball over the line. Vorhis kicked his second goal of the day. Nebinger kicked off to Mosser who came back fifteen yards. A moment later Ballou, Who had pre viously made several good runs, did some of the prettiest dodging ever seen on Beaver field, when he eluded almost the entire West Virginia team and ran 60 yards with the oval. It began to look like another touchdown but the whistle blew with the ball in State's posses sion on West Virginia's 20-yard line. Gray at center and Cyphers and McClellan on either side played steady, reliable football, making possible the brilliant work of the backfield men. STATE 12 WEST VIRGINIA 0 Piollette .. ...... ..le .. . ... . .Hutchison Weaver ... ..... .. It. ... . .. . . Core McClellan... ... • • ..1 g. . . . Hawiey Pierce Cyphers .... .... .. .r g..... . .Dilworth. Yount Smith. . rt. • . Mclntyre Nipple r e.. .. . . Jones, Hmerman Hermann ....... .......q .. .. . .. ....Shelton Vorhis, .... .• . . ..1 h . Young Ballou . ... . . • ...r h ...... . . •.. Nebinger Htrshman, Mosser f b.... .... ....Diffendall Touchdowns—Hi i shman. Mosser. Goals from touchdown—Vorhis 2. Time of halves-25 min utes. Umpire--Dr. John Robison. Referee —Dr. F. A. Robison. egian. Only Fotr Games Left. Of the remaining four games against Cornell, Bucknell, Navy and Pittsburg, the Ithaca contest is next and an unusually hard-fought game is looked for. Cornell will make every effort to wipe out the defeat of last year and thus win the big home game of the season. The white and' blue is more than eager for next Saturday's fray since this year's eleven has shown the strength necessary to repeat last fall's perfor mance, when Larry Vorhis made two field goals and Cornell was downed Bto 6. From present appearances two of the men who were greatly responsible for the glorious victory a. year ago—McCleary and Hirsh man—have only the remotest chance of being in Saturday's game. Cornell did not display all her strength last Saturday when she triumphed only 9 to 0 over the Uni versity of Vermont. The Bucknell• Pittsburg game in the Smoky City was significant to State, since the Bucknell contest is now only ten days off and the Western Pennsylvanians are to be met on Thanksgiving. Pittsburg won 22 to 0 and clearly outplayed the Lewisburgers, who did not show their reputed power. While it is certain that Pittsburg has an eleven which is even stronger than last year's, little can be learned from the score concerning Bucknell, since the mange and blue is bound to play her best game here even if she should lose every other game on the schedule. That State will meet a wonder ful team at Annapolis on November 12 was further illustrated on Satur day, when the Navy held Harvard Price Five Cents
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