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Football players practice while construction of Woman's Hall, now Stalnaker Hall, goes on in the background. Subjects unidentified.

1. West Viriginia University Mountaineers Football Team Practice, Morgantown, W. Va.

The football players pose together for a team photo.In the back row, from left to right, is unidentified; unidentified Coach Tobin; unidentified;  Coach McIntyre; Manager Sherr; and unidentified.In the fourth row, from left to right is unidentified; player Brooks, Fred Mills ('20); unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; quarterback Charles L. Lewis ('20); and pplayer Webster.In the third row, from left to right, is unidentified; tackle Joseph V. Harrick ('21); guard John B. McCue ('21); Captain Russell Bailey holding the ball('19); player Harris; unidentified; and halfback Andrew 'Rip King.In the second row is guard Russel D. Meredith ('21); player Curry; unidentified; tackle Frank Ice ('18); unidentified; unidentified; player Wagner; unidentified.In the front row from left to right is player Rhodes; halfback J. Howard Lentz ('20); unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified.

2. West Virginia University Football Team, Morgantown, W. Va.

Lentz ('20), nicknamed "Beanie", was a halfback for the West Virginia University football team.

3. WVU Football Player J. Howard Lentz, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University player identified as "Harris" poses in his football gear.

4. WVU Football Player Harris, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Curry" is pictured in his practice gear.

5. WVU Football Player Curry, Morgantown, W. Va.

Paul "Monk" Hager ('19) was a player for the West Virginia University Mountaineers and was described as "one of West Virginia's most valuable men."

6. WVU Football Player Paul E. Hager, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Latterner" is pictured in his practice gear.

7. WVU Football Player Latterner, Morgantown, W. Va.

Russell "Rus" Bailey ('19) was elected captain of the West Virginia University Mountaineers after the original captain, Clay Hite, enlisted in the army. Bailey led his team to a winning season in 1917, with a season record of 6-3.

8. WVU Football Captain Russell Bailey, Morgantown, W. Va.

Lewis ('20) was a quarterback for the West Virginia University Mountaineers. He came to WVU from Charleston High School.

9. WVU Football Player Charles L. Lewis, Morgantown, W. Va.

A West Virginia University football player identified as "Rhodes" is pictured in his practice gear.

10. WVU Football Player Rhodes, Morgantown, W. Va.

Fred "Ike" Mills ('20) played an end position for West Virginia University's football team. He came to WVU from Keyser Prep, where he had won himself a name as a backfield man. Shortly after the 1917 season, Mills enlisted in the military.

11. WVU Football Player Fred Mills, Morgantown, W. Va.

Joe Harrick ('21) played as a tackle for the West Virginia University Mountaineers and was described as one of the "greatest linesmen that ever wore the Old Gold and Blue" in the 1919 Monticola yearbook.

12. WVU Football Player Joseph V. Harrick, Morgantown, W. Va.