The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-26
SCHOOLS RREBllRE
AIHZEI.G.M.E!E..!L
College Athletes Will Com
pete For Large Number
of Prizes.

To compete for the J.. o. Watson
cup, which Is a magnificent trophy
offered To the college scoring the larg-
egt number OF points in the meet, and
"a order that the sixty college and
htfeen or twenty high school athletes
nay decide as to who shall be the
hoidersso some fifty gold, silver and
bfanze medals and various other
small cups offered by the governor OF
the stEteSSU. 3 s. senators. congressman
and other politicians and business men
Of the state, West Virginia University,
Marietta (ohio) College and West VIZ
Gina Wesleyan College Will meet in
tgtangular track and field meet at the
new fair grounds in Clarksburg Satur'
day. In adj ition to these big institu-
lions az Sarge number OF the biggest
lshfehs schools in the state will have en-
ffrfeSftns the special high school events.
Thesresult Of the college meet will
decide the West Virginia champion.
shipffors 1915 and will also give to the
winner OF the meet the right Of the
title ofschampions Of Southern Ohio
on account OF Marietta's defeat OF
Ohio University.
Insthe morning at ten o'clock at I'M
ion Park the first big baseball game
OF theS local season will be played when
wesleyan and Bethany will meet In
one OF the important games OF tho
state collegiate schedule. The first OF
this series will be played at Buckhan-
non on Friday OF this week and the
game here will no doubt attract wide
attention.
naturalization OF the Importance Of
this meet is given in the fact that a
special train will be run by Wesleyan
supporters from Buckhannon to Yves
tons ffromwh place special cars will
carry the crowd to Clarksburg, arriv-
SingsatG mine O'clock. At noon another
special train will arrive from Morgan
town, this carrying the West Virginia
university track team, the famous Ca
dettBand AN lda large crowd of students
and 3Horgantown people for tho meet.
/ Special street car service will also be
established between Fairmont and
Glarkaburg and 1t is likely that the
3. &S0sSwill find it necessary to attach
Special cars to all regular trains run
ming and out of Clarksburg on the
dayof the big meet.
The meet is being handled Jointly
BY West Virginia University and Yves
ieyan, and Director Pyle of the Uni
Sersity and Manager Stansbury Of
Wesleyan have been devoting all their
energies to the proper staging of the
big affair The fair grounds provide
ansidealF track as well as field for the
weight and jumping events, but still
other Improvements have been made,
and It isfsafe to say that the field will
be the best that has ever been provid-
ed for "a state track meet. The meet
has been extensively advertised
throughout the press and by large
window cards. all over the central sec
ton OF the state. The merchants OF
CIarksburg; too, are being provided
! with "a large number Of West Virginia,
Marietta and Wesleyan pennants and
banners and these are being used to
decorate the windows. The officials
secured are the best obtainable in
West Virginia and include practically
eyerySwell known athletic man in the
state Elaborate programs are being
provided, and in fact not the slightest
detail is being left unattended to.
Tickets for the meet will be placed