The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-25
GREAT INTEREST
SNBNIFESII.E.D
N BIG GAME /
FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTS ARRIv
ING FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
CONTEST.
MANAGEMENT EXPECTS BIGGEST
CROWD iN'sTATE's HISTORY
OF ATHLETICS.
THREE HUNDRED RIOTERS ARE
COMING FROM THE PAN
HANDLE.

With scarcely "a hours Intervening
Until the time for the big football
game which will be staged at South
Side Park tomorrow afternoon, inter,
est in the gigantic struggle Is very
high in this city and If the day of the
contest breaks fair, It is freely pre-.
dicted that the largest crowd that ever
witnessed an athletic event in West
Virginia will be present at the toss-of.
Already the vanguard of the foot
hall enthusiasts have begun to arrive
ir. the city and every train coming to
the local station today has swclled the
number of visitors.
1t is announced by the management
that the contest will begin promptly
ut 2:30 tomorrow afternoon The spe'
cial trains which have been chartered
III various parts OF the state will arrive
tomorrow forenoon, so that the entire
crowd will be here at the starting
time.
Wheeling promises to send one Of
the largest delegations and reports re.
ceived today from the Panhandle say
that 300 passengers will board the spe-
cial from that city.
Clarksburg too. will help swell the
crowds by many hundreds. An invita-
ton has been extended to the Harri-
son County University Club by the
Marion County Club, asking that its
members come tomorrow in a body and
march with the local organization
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athletic park.
The students and band from Wes-
leyan- College will arrive tomorrow
morning from Buckhannon in special
trains and will hold demonstration and
parade upon the streets before going
to the football field. The Wesleyan
team has already made its appearance
here and is at present quartered at the
Country Club, taking a complete rest
before the game,
The Varsity team will arrive tomor-
row morning followed by the entire
student body Of the university, the
splendid cadet band, and hundreds of
enthusiastic followers in the college
city. They too will parade through
the city's main thoroughfares.
The entire state is interested in the
contest to be waged tomorrow. For
many months, the newspapers have
carried article after article, comparing
the strength Of the two teams and tell
ing of their exploits upon other fields
OF battle which have just been pre1im-
mary to the Thanksgiving day meet
in this city. While this has been the
case and the exploits of every man on
the two teams is well known to the
public still the wagers on the contest
are about equal and neither side is a
favorite in the betting. The record of
the two elevens this year seems to
Justify the equal betting upon the
outcome.
The seat sale closes here tomorrow
ut ten o'clock. There were some good
seats left this afternoon but those who
want to see the game should get their
reserves quickly for the Indications
are that every seat will be taken by
the time that the sale closes. Stand
ing room will be taken. There will
be hundreds who come at the last min
rtes OF the sale who will have to
watch the contest while standing in
positions that are none too good.