The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-15
UNIVERSITY
ATHLETICS
WILL BE BENEFITED ny cENER.
Gus APPROPRIATION FROM
STATE.
Disposition Of $4,000 BEING Con.
sidered-Traek and Baseball Men
Awarded Letters.
sDeelsl Dispsteh to The intelligence.

special Dispatch 10 the Intelligencer
MORGANTOWN. w. Va. June IL
Az meeting OF the athletic committee
OF the university held Saturday even.
ing In the council room OF Woodburn
Han the question OF what disposition
shall be made OF the $4,000 appro.
priation recently made by the IegisIa.
ture for permanent athletic improve.
ments at the university. was thorough.
discussed by the board members. ali OF
Whom were present Acting President
r n. Trotter and DELEGATE James n
Moreland OF this city. were also rres.
ent and conferred with the hoard reIa.
i've TO the various propositions set
Ior'h Tor the expenditure OF the
money.
Enlargement OF Field.
or all the propositions which have
been considered. the one which AZ
present seems TO be looked upon with
most favor by the board. is the en-.
largement OF the university athletic
held and the Improvement OF the field
so as 10 make IL better adapted 10 ali
forms OF outdoor athletics. Plans dis.
eussed at the meeting Saturday even.
ing would provide for the cutting
away OF the embankment on the north
side OF the field for considerable dis.
lance beyond the present point. tho
erection OF hillside bleachers OF a per.
manent nature for football and track
and the building OF a quarter-mile
track. In case this were done n IL
mighty probable that the baseball dia.
mond would be laid out so as TO 1dace
nome plate outside the present left
held fould line. thereby making IL nos.
Side 10 construct a circular grand
stand from first to third base The
present grandstand could be removed
and the field filed in clear 10 Com.
mencement hal. This. II Is said. Womb
give plenty OF room In all the outfields
as we'll as make II possible TO Law out
a football playing field for which II
would be easy 10 arrange advantage
Gus seating facilities.
Nothing definite was done nv the
board at Its meeting Saturday even.
Ing as 10 what form the permanent
improvements TO be made. shall take
other propositions which have been
advanced include the erection OF a
track house and the building OF A
stadium on Observatory hin. The
board viii meet again on June 2s AT
which time IL IL expected some der.
rite steps towards making the i'm
proyements. will be taken.
Letters Awarded
Two managers were elected by the
board Saturday evening. John Niede.
meyer. Of Benwood. being the seIec.
ton for manager Of track atbIetics
IN 1916. and @. A Campbell. OF Char.
lesion. manager OF baseball for 1915
Track and baseball letters were
awarded by the board as follows.
Track BrannOn. Blosser. Briers
Burnside. DeForest. TuckwiIler. GRIT.
nth. Lamk. Steadman. FreudaL New.
man, O'Connor RuppelIe and Man.
aver =. r. Miller. the latter receiving
the managers MONOGRAM
Baseball Barron. Fulton FidIer
simon. Leathorwood. Morrow Ayers
Jersey and Manager Peoples. the lat
ter a managers monogram
Athletes having won their letters
for two consecutive years and entitled
10 sweaters are.
Track Bannon. Blosser. Tuck.
willer. Burnside Ruppelle
Baseball Barron. Fidler. Simon
Ayers. Hersey
May Be Others.
In the awarding 81 letters 10 the
baseball men. the liat Of rliribIes vas
NOT completed and % b. very probsbie
that several other men on the squsd
VIII receive their letters. among
them hrinE Huffman. Cbenowetn
and Sioop9 ~ viii be- necessary ,.r
tho letter committee fo investirste
more closely into tho seasons record
Of theeo men f0 see n they have fui.
hlled fhc requirements Chonowetb
DO he has played in sufficient number
NJ games f0 receive letters. will be
awarded sweater as the award or
1915 letters would make bic second