West Virginia at George Washington

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  Evening star, October 19, 1935, page 12

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  Intercepted Passes Win. uLSlt1C WAOH1NIl lON scored TWO touchdowns, both on intercepted passes, and a safety all in the second stanza to gain 15–⁠7 lead. which held up to the finish. Plotnicki got off his 93-yarder. Sid Kolker blocked a Kelly Moan punt to send the ball beyond the end zone for an automatic safety and Herb Reeves, just before the recess whistle. intercepted a Cooke Hing and galloped 70 yards for a touchdown Little was mentioned about Glenn Carder in the George Washington- West Virginia ballyhoo but he was the outstanding foot baller on the field last night. The Mountaineers scored an honest-to-goodness 59-yard touch down in the first period on Is plays and Carder handled the ball nine times, Only one pass was thrown by the “air-minded’ Mountaineers in the march down the field, and this by Carder. which was not COM pleted. His able assistant on the scoring drive was Fullback Joe zaleskle, whose 16-yard run, supplemented by several shorter ones, with the goal nearing, was important. Carder made the last short gain and Angelo Onder placekicked the extra point. The paradoxical figures of the George Washington West Virginia game today recalled the battle between the Colonials and Tulsa in 1888 in which Tulsa scored two touch downs although losing ground from scrimmage.

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West Virginia leads 17–⁠7 in 24 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.