Gonzaga vs. West Virginia

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, December 26, 1922, page 11

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  WEST VIRGINIA WINS BATTLE BY 21–⁠13 SCORE Gonzaga Puts Up Great Fight in Fourth Period After Noun taineers Get Many Breaks. BY DARSIE L. DARSIE. Universal Service Special Correspondent. IOAN DIEGO, Dec. 25.-The – University of West Virginia ~ today upheld the finest foot ball traditions of the East by defeating GonZaga University 81 to IL in this city’s annual East West gridiron classic. Gonzaga was defeated but never humbled, and the entire Pacific coast tonight is proud of the brilliant showing made by the team from the Northwest. This game was similar in many respects to other East-West con tests. The finished teamwork and individual vigilence of the East was pitted against the rugged strength aggressiveness of the West. Nadacci West Virginia’s all American half-back was a wonder today. He alone could gain through the Gonzaga line at will, and he it | most of the Mountaineers touch tackle. his brilliant lodging through broken fields. and his sweeping end runs were responsible for most of the yardage Tailed by Coach Spears men. Early in the first half and early | in the second half the University of West Virginia looked like an honest to goodness championship team. The rest of the time they were on the defensive and in the final minutes of play it seemed in evitable that Gonzaga would put over a third touchdown. one which would cut the eastern teams lead to single point. MOUNTAINEERS STIFFEN. But the Mountaineers stiffened on their own five yard line and took the hall from Gonzaga on downs, after three forward passes had been smeared Early in the first period, Eckberg, west Virginia quarter. recovered StocktOn’s tumble on Gonzagt’s twenty-five yard line and the Mountaincers were in a position TO score. Nardacci dodged fifteen Yards through right tackle on a criss-crOss and a moment later ear ried the ball to Gonzagd’s two ward line. On the fourth down after two Intellectual line bucks. Nardarcis pass over the goal line was smear I’d by Skeate. TOOK BALL THEN. Gonzaga took the ball on her own twenty-yard line and Stockton for thirty-five yards to Nardaccl. Then started the drive that gave the Mountaineers their first score. Three times Nardacci lodged through tackle for material gains. a thirty ward forward pass. Nardacci to Sim mons. placed the hall on Gonzaga’s twenty-yard line and again placed West Virginia in a position to scorce. Nardacci broke through the line of scrimmage on delayed buck through right end for gain of twenty yards to touchdown. Eckberg added a point with field goal. stockton. GOnzaga half. in tercepted Nardacci’s long forward pass in the second period and lodged his way for fifteen yards to West Virginia forty-five-yard line before being downed A thirty-five-yard forward pass, Stockton to Bross. placed the bal! on the Mountaineers’ twenty-five ward line, and it seemed that the Bulldogs were surely going to score Stockton again hurled a long pass. but this time Meredith. captain of the West Virginias. went into the air, snagged the pass and broke away for an eighty-yard run for touchdown. EckberG again kicked goal The period ended with West Virginia in possession of the ball on her own twenty-five-yard line. Two breaks had given the East erners two scores. REST DID WONDERS. The rest between halves did won ders for the Mountaineers. They came back on the field fresh and rarin’ to go. Gonzaga kicked off the goal line and Eckberg ran the hall back thirty-five yards. Four shortened runs by Nardacci. Eek berg and Martin carried the ball to Gonzaga’s fifteen-yard line. The

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  The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., December 26, 1922, page 1

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  WEST V|RG|N|ANS PUSHED To BEAT GONzAGA 21–⁠13 w. VIRGINIA C21-Hawdns, r E Meredith CO. r. T.. Mahan. Quarles, r. c.; Phil Hill. c; setron, L. G. Howard, ouinlan. l. T.; Graham. Pierre Hill. l. E.: EKberg. Bowers. Q. b; Simon. Barnum. r H; Mar dacci. l. H; Martin. F. B. GONzAGA (1s)-Needles. l. E.; Czhoon. eyre. L. T.; Busch. Co. L G.; Murray, c.; Grant. r. G.; Ash more. R T.. Flaherty. r. e; Pecarovich. Sweeney. @. b; Bross, Gar rtty. l. H; Stockton. p H; Skcate. F. 3. TouohdownsH Meredith, Simon. Stockton. Bross. Goals from touchdowns-Ekberg ca. Stockton. Referee-Eckersa1l (Chicago). I’m pire-Thorp fColumbia). Field Judge DR.. Rosenthal. Minnesota Head lin esman, Van Surdarn CMarietta). SAN DIEGO, CAL. Dec. 26-In a smashing battle. featured by for ward passing, the east scored a VIC tory over tho far west in football yesterday when West Virginia, one of the undefeated elevcns of the near Atlantic section. defeated Con zaga. of Spokane. Wash. 81 TO 10. The game was staged by the San Diego Athletic and Recreational committee and was held in the new stadium, which was comfortably fill ed with $4,000 spectators 1t was an interesting battle and toward the finish the crowd, which for the most part was nonpartisan was with Gonzaga, which scored all it’s points in the second half. At the start of the game it looked as IL the Mountaineers would be easy winners, for they scored IL points in the first half One of these scores resulted from an intercepted for ward pass from Capt. Meredith, who scampered seventy yards for touch down.

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  Bisbee daily review, Arizona, December 26, 1922, page 1

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  Gongaza Defeated by West Virginia by Score of 21–⁠13 SAN DIEGO, Dec. 25-The east proved superior to the west in foot ball today when the West Virginia team of Margantown, w. “, triumph ed over the GonZaga university eleven of Spokane, Wash, in San Diego’s second annual intersectional gridiron contest by score of 81 to 49, Both elevens resorted to forward passes for their offense and if Conzaga had not fumbled so much in the first half, the score might have been different. Three long runs thrilled the spec tators. Captain Meredith of West Virginia intercepted forward pass and ran 80 yards in the second period to a touchdown In the last half, Matt Bross. an IS year old freshman, who was substituted for Right Half back Clarity of Gonzaga completed two runs of more than so yards. Both of Bross’ runs started the Bull dogs on the way to touchdowns. Nardacci, for West Virginia, and Stockton, for Gonzaga, played slash ing game for their respective teams Only enough straight football was used to keep the other team from setting their defense to combat the aerial attack

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  Imperial Valley press, December 26, 1922, page 6

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  West Virginia Wins Big Grid Battle by 21–⁠13 West Virginia 21,. Gonzaga Uni versity 13. That was the score of the big interseetional game at San Diego Yesterday, but ii tells little of the actual game, which was ex citing enough and slow enough to satisfy the most rabid football fan. GUS Dorais. coach of the Coma ga Bulldogs, told the whole story one day last week when he stated in reply to a question as to how he thought the game would turn out, that whatever the result, the West Virginia Mountaineers would know they had been in battle. When the boys from the east left

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West Virginia leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.