West Virginia at Indiana

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  South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 12, 1922, page 10

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  WEST VIRGINIA IS EASY WINNER OVER HOLSTERS, SS TO 0 Indiana Meets Worst Defeat of asOn in Homecoming Game at Bloomington. BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Nov H. (By A. PD--Indiana met its worst defeat Of the season at its Home coming game today when West Nirginia held the home team scOreless and ran up 80 points in the last three quarters. which was played entirely in the Crimson territory. Though the Indiana team fought desperately and did not cOncede vic tory until the final whistle, it was purely West Virginia’s game after the first quarter. Indiana made only one first down, which resulted from the first two plays of the game. West Nir- GINA counted for 80 first downs, % of which were made in the las half Scoring began in the SECOND quarter when the first downs and two passes, Ekberg ito Graham. ! brought the ball to the HOOsier one yard line and Ekberg carried It across. Two tOuchdOwns were made during each of the~remaining quarters. In the last period Coach Spears sent in many substitutes fothe visitors but the march toward Indiana’s goal continued. Ekberg and Nardicci and Capt. Meridith for West Virginia and Hanny, Sloate and Thomas for In diana played outstanding roles. Numerous exchanges were made with Capt Hanny gaining more ya-dage with his toe than Ekberg, who did the kicking for West Nir- GINA. Lineup and summary: Indiana (O) West Virginia 1881 France ................ Graham Cox ........... Howard Left Tackle. Clay SeITOh Left Guard. LOhrie ................ Hill Center. Butler ............... Mahan Right Guard. Springer .....-........ Meredith Right Tackle. Hanny ...........-.... IsilILeh Right End. | Moomaw .............. Bowers Quarterback. Sloate ..... Nardlcci Left Halfback. / THOMAS ..s. CAlll / Right Halfback. ! Howard ............-.. Ekbel : F’ullback. Score by periods: Indiana ...O 0 0 o. 0 West Virginia 100 Z II 1873 West Virginia scoring: Touch / downs, Ekberg CD Nardicci % Points from try after touchdown. / Ekberg 3. Referee-Hackett, Army. : Umpire – Moomaw. Army. Field iudge-Hamm, Illinois. Head lines man. Huegel. Marquette. Time Of

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  Evening star, November 12, 1922, page 75

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  INDIANA IS SMOTHERED BY WEST VIRGINIA, $50 BLOOMINGTON, Ind, November IL. Indiana met it’s worst defeat Of the season at its homecoming game today. when West Virginia held the home team scoreless and ran up IS points in the last three quarters Of the game, which was played entirely in the Crimson territory. Though the Indiana team fought desperately and did not concede victory until the final whistle blew. it was purely West Virginia’s game after the first quarter. Indiana made only one first down, which resulted from the first two plays of the game. West Virginia counted for thirty first downs. twenty three of which were made in the last half Scoring began in the sec ond quarter. when two first downs and two passes, Ekberg to Graham. brought the ball to the Hoosier l. yard line. and Ekberg carried it across. Two touchdowns were made during each of the remaining quarters. In the last period Coach Shears sent in many substitutes for the visitors. but the march toward Indiana’s goal continued. Ekberg, Nardicci and Capt Meridith for West Virginia, and Hany. Sloate and Thomas for Indiana played outstanding roles.

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  New Britain herald, Connecticut, November 13, 1922, page 8 (results column)

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  TIGERS FAVORED ID CAPTURE TITLE Victory Over Yale Next Saturday k Will Strengthen Claim New York, Nov 13.--Triumphine over Harvard, 10 to B, in the first ol the annual Big Three” gridiror classics after gruelling struggle Princcton’s alert, fighting eleven has strengthened its claims to the mythi- cal championship in Eastern ranks The Tiger must face the Bulldog of Yale next Saturday In a final test but followers Of the team that dashed spectacuarly from behind to crush such elevens as Chicago and Harvard were confident of a crowning victory. Corncll’s Victory Looms Ip While the Harvard Princeton bat tie held the center of the Easts foot ball stage, keen interest was mani tested in several other major games. Chief among these was Cornel’s yic- tory over Dartmouth 23 to 0, tt the Polo Grounds; Lafayette’s decisive defeat of Rutgers, 33 to 6, at New Brunswick, N. J., and Pittsburgh’s sensational 7–⁠6 decision over Penn sylvania, at Philadelphia-th second straight setback sustained by the Quakers in their checlered 1922 career and the seventh victory for the Partners in their last eight en- agreements with the Red and Blue. Cornell’s hard driving, powerful eleven established itself firmly by outpaying, although not outgaining the Green team that held Harvard. to a 12–⁠3 score two weeks ago. In Cap, tain Eddie Kaw, All-American halt- back, whose brilliant defensive ana offensive play featured the game. the lthacans possess one of the outstand- ing stars of the season. Another Fine Game Army and Notre Dame fought furiously to q scoreless tie at West Point in the principal intersectional slash Saturday. a tumble on West Points four-yard line in the las. quarter costing the Westerners their pest chanceeto score. But the Eas, came off victorious in most of the nter-sectional tussles- es-Boston Col ege trouncing Baylor, a Southern in ‘tltution, SS to 0; Navy overwhelming ot. Xavier of Cincinnati 52 to O: and Jefferson repellinr ne invasion of Wabash, 32 to 6: while West Virginia was yictorions | yer Indiana, 33 to 0; on the latter’s Georgia Tech, at Atlanta. owever, handed setback to George own, 19 to ‘. Syracuse added touch n international triumphy by trim 1ing McGill university, of Canada. ? to O. Yale Rornps to Victory. Yale, employing it’s second and third leyens against Maryland while the egulars witnessed the Harvard Princeton game, romped to a 45 to 2 ictory, Penn State displayed re- urn to form by downing Carnegie ‘ech, 10 to O.; Brown outfought Bates. 7 to 12, while five field goals helped Williams defeat Wesleyan, 22 to ‘, in ther important contests on the east m schedule. Princeton’s triumph, coming on top talk from Harvard sources that the vo teams might not meet next year ecause of schedule limitations, shat l; cred two Crimson traditions. It was, le first defeat administered by the igers on Harvard’s own field since S98 and the first time since the ad- ent of the Haughton system in 1908 lat the same team has beaten the eleven twice in success on. Harvard fumbles paved the way for eth Princeton scores and “Pinkey” a1er, right tackle, who recovered ne that led to the onlW touchdown of le game. ranks today with such nroes as Sam White and Ralph Gill y in the Tiger hall of fame. The same Baker booted Princeton’s il her three points from the field, c hile George Owens toe accounted for t awards only scoring, three points, o the first quarter. Loose play and ( euucnt penalties figured prominent V in the contest. which was largely s ,void of the spectacular because of a e stonewall character of defensive z ork by both elevens. q

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  Bisbee daily review, November 12, 1922, page 5 (results column)

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  Football Results Yale 45; Maryland 3. Army o; Notre Dame o. Illinois 3; Wisconsin 0. Nebraska 3; Kansas o. Navy 52; St. Xavier o. University of Detroit 12; Haskell Indians 5. a Boston College 33; Bayler o. North Carolina g; V. Nj. I. T. Wabash 6; Washington and Jeffer- son 32. Virginia Poly Institute 24; North Carolina State O. Massachusetts Aggies 12; Stevens Holy Cross F; Springfield Y. M. c. A. 0. John Hopkins 5S Drexel O. Bucknell IA; Lehigh o. Iowa 2S; Minnesota IA. Centre 27; Washington and Lee 6. Georgetown ‘; Georgia Tech19. Dennison p; University of Gin cinnati O. Chicago IA; Ohio State 9. West Virginia 33; Indiana 0. Drake 19 Colorado AggleS 6. Morningside 22; Nebraska Wesle- van p. Trinity IA; Columbus o. Kansas Agiges 12; Ames 2. Lombard 42; Depaw 0. Kentucky O; Vanderbilt 9. Cornell 3; Grinnell O. North Western “A: Purdue 13. Richmond University 45; Lynch. burg College 0. Drake 19 Colorado Aggies G. Richmond University 45; Lynch burg College 0. King College 54; Milligan 0. Clemson IS; Citadel o. University of Tennessee 31; Mis- sissippi A and M 3. Michigan Aggies 6; Ohio Wesleyan

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Tied 3–⁠3 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.