The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-18
BASKETBALL Is
PAV0RITE SPORT
wsst Virginia Wesleyan Won the
soS4sSims PorR S'' Season En-
(6y Carl p. Leather~ood.)

10Y S&Fi -. Le~atnerWood.)
MORGANTOWN. w. Va, March l..
when the West Virginia Wesleyan
basket ball team romped away with
the state championship Saturday eve
ming by defeating the crack Fairmont
I: ID. L. A hve. the closing chapter
OF one OF the greatest basket ball
seasons In West Virginia was written
snd II me OF the great indoor
game take up sport next winter with
the vim and enthusiasm they did this
season the Little Mountain State will
soon De one or the most widely known
basket ball states in the Union. Never
before since he game was introduced
in TINS state has SO much interest
been SHOWN as was evident during
the season just closing and the most
redeeming feature OF the entire cam
paign Is that II proved n success
financially In practically every insti-
tution. both OF an educational and
Ieilgious nature in the State. The
game is young here in comparison
With other states. but there are none
in the Union which is taking IL up
n faster and with more enthusiasm
than our W sovereign.
wesleyan won the championship.
title AFTER a rough and strenuous
campaign and while the Fairmont
five lost II, they are deserving or
considerable praise when conditions
n circumstances are taken in con
sideration. The Wesleyan team had
the advantage OF being together most
every day while the ~Fairmonters could
only practice once or twice each week
n this was usually just before IA
game. The Wheeling Y. VI. G. A
team was probably the most disap-
pointing combination in the State. but
from the material he had TO pick from
Prof. Settlers a a fairly good FIVE
Their trip through the State proved
their weakness, but as is characters
nc OF all Wheeling organizations. thr
i've will MAKE an effort 10 come
back" for the 1913-li season.
Too Much ~Rouehness.
There is one fault which the writer
finds with the game as n l. being
played in West Virginia az the present
lime and that is-that there l~ entire
ly too much rough tactics used The
~roughness in the State championship
game stood out more prominently
than any other feature ana any ONE
who attended the contest viii agre"
with me. Comparatively icW teams IN
the State are adhprinE strictly 10 one
set OF rules and the referees In mos
cases are adopting their own The
officials are picking out. what they
think are the best rules in the inter
collegiate n association regulations
and this was never intended by the
body making the rules. Some teams
~ pidglnh ullutI tue ll'FA AUllFEt dNF
rules while others are being governed
by the association and AS q resuit
many combinations appear 10 a disad-
vantage. The State teams should get
together and agree on a code at set
rules ~ that every team would KNOW
Just exactly what TO expect when they
lined up against their opponents
There Is no disputing of the fac that
the association rules make team work
a necessity thus doing away with In
diyidualism. The inter collegiate
rules undoubtedly foster ~roughncss.
which is gradually causing many instI-
tutions 70 drop the game This IS
true particularly in the East. where
college after college Is voting 10 drop
the sport on OF m" UpspOrt
malike tactics which the rules, in
strictly applied. do not prohibit.
Individual Players.
As n result OF the pass campaign.
West Virginia can boast of having
some OF the best individual players IN
The fact that he is a member Of the
championship team probably stGuGs
out as the most prominent OF the State
pisFers. while harrington OF Fairmont
would have 10 bepicketd TO share IN"
Wesleyanite's honors. Harrington Is
one OF the most aggressive players
I'm the State and II he were fed like
Neal. OF Wesleyan. he would appear
more c~Onspicuously in The score COZ
umn. John. bf Fairmon'. Is unduunf
edly one OF the best floor men IN the
State, while BOrham. Of Wheeling. is
one Of the most accurate basket
shooters. Scott. " FairmOuf shades
Archer Of Wesleyan az the center pp
sitiOn. while Finch. Of West Virginia
would have something IN both n the
State institution was represented Dos
a Varsity I'VE ID. a r. has % coupl"
~ men who will bear watching and
the Clarksburg Scholastic has several