Marshall at West Virginia

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 23, 1923, page 1 (results column)

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  Moreover. none of these professors of pigskin scorns the forward pass Last Saturdays results limited it is becoming a cold, scoreles autumn for any coach who still feels superior to the aerial flip | Dobie’s Warriors Go Big Cornell’s smothering defeat cf the bulky Colgate eleven sends the stock / of Dobie’s Ithacan warriors far above | par, to the top Of Eastern football Sc curities | Dobie’s men now carry the most unblemished banner in the East After ii few tentative bucks, Cornell switched to the most bewildering for ward pass offensive of the year. The Ithacans tried more passes last Saturday than in all the games Of 1927 and 1929. Michigan’s staunch defeat of Ohio State, also victory won in the air, ! provides. en- interesting, IL not conelusive, comparison between the Yost | eleven and Cornell, because ColgaSe and Ohio State battled tosa 23–⁠2s tie / the week previous / True, Colgate was without her star, Tryon, who was so effective against Ohio, but the plausible deduction is (. that Cornell in the East and Michigan in the West are virtually on par. Fear to Take Chances Within the big Three” and among their sedate football neighbors Of the East, the theory has long been that / they have too much to lose to risk the tall on intercepted passes. ! Just what precious intangibility 1t | is that Harvard team risks in for ward passing. beyond what a Notre Dame team risks-the ball and the J game-never has been delineated with any clarity. AS an Eastern rival for Cornell, West Virginia. which followed it’s de- feat Of Pittsburgh with an 81 to 0 victory, last Saturday, over Marshall, would seem to be as logical as | Syracuse, with its scant to 0 win over Pittsburgh.

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West Virginia leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings, counting the eight since this game.