The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
Wesleyan, West Virginia Uni
versity and Marietta Col
lege to Be Represented.

On the coming SATURDAY. Mays,
Harrisburg will for the second time
lin its history have the honor OF en-
Pertaining the track and field meet
THAT viii decide the championship
:.of the state of West Virginia In
1913 the state track and field meet
was held here and while the meet
! next Saturday does not sail under
the same name. it is of the same or
greater importance and viii be even
more interesting.
VIII Be Held at Fair Grounds.
The meet which Will be held on the
! West Virginia Fair Association
grounds on that date viii be between
West Virginia University at Morgan
town. Marietta. o., College and West
Virginia Wesleyan College of Buck
l.hannon. Followers OF sporting
events among the colleges Of this sec
ton Will at once recognize that
Harrisburg viii have with it on
this date the three leading institu-
tons Of learning within hundred
mile radius. Ever since there have
been intercollegiate athletics at any
of the Institutions named the rivalry
among them has fourished. Mari
eta and West Virginia have been
rivals since the early nineties in every
branch of sports. while Wesleyan
and Marietta began having annual
games as early as 1901 and have met
every season. The rivalry between
: West Virginia and Wesleyan needs
no boosting During the last three
years these two biggest West Virginia
Institutions have been continuously
in the spotlight and their contests
have almost Invariably been the ones
! that settled the states championship.
Sixty Athletes to Take Part
Next Saturday each of these 1nsti-
| tutions is to send to Clarksburg
| twenty of their primest athletes to
compete in the fourteen regulation
track and field events for the inter
collegiate championship OF West Vfr-
gina and southern Ohio. Marietta
last Saturday decisive1y defeated the
Ohio State University, its only strong
rival in a dual meet by the score of
63-47- West Virginia and Wesleyan
are undisputably the strongest teams
in the state In track and field sport
and each year since the 1nter-collegi-
ate meet has been held have scored
! together more than one hundred of
! The hundred and twenty points Of
/ fered.
an Teams IN Good Condition
The reports sent out by the various
newspaper bureaus of the schools
competing here are to the effect that
the greatest efficiency ever known
has been attained in the development
Eof their track teams. In West Vir-
| ginfa's try-out meet no less than four
/, state records established in former
state meets were broken. In Wes-
reyan's try-out three were broken,
and while Marietta has never com
peted heretofore in a West Virginia
meet its records show that. Wesleyan
land West Virginia cannot fail to rec
| ognize its strength. Hinman, Fresh
our. Kelly. Roland and number OF
4 other of its men are considered
i among the very best in Ohio in their
4 special events
! Big Baseball Came
The day as whole promises to be
a great one for C1arksburg- AS was
| the case two pears ago Wesleyan VIII
| have a baseball game at Norwood
park in the morning, the opposition
being offered by Bethany College
This is an important game and one
that has considerable bearing on the
championship of the state -Both.West
Virginia University and Wesleyan
! are planning special trains to- carry
their students to the meet. and will
have bands and roofing organizations
4 to cheer on their favorites. Marietta
while not having special train will
Ihave large delegation of students
and the city promises to be filled with
college men and women. Attracting
as it is. all the attention and more.
the state track and field meet has
the supporters OF West Virginia and
/ Wesleyan from all oreT the state
| those who have formed the habit of
attending the big track and field
I; meet on Decoration Day are coming
! The poorest crowd that ever attended
I one of the state track and field meets
was two thousand people. but this
one promises to eclipse all previous
attendance records. Wesleyan was
almost out or the running last year.
but this year it is represented by
I its strongest team in history and no
previous state meet has been so hard
fought as this one promises to be-
Meet Starts at 2 O'Clock
The afternoons program will start
at . O'Clock and barring serious de