The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-14
5IXTEEN TEAMS
AR|.E|:TOGONPE'
IN TOURNAMENT
TO Be Held by Wesleyan C OF
lege at Buckl7annon March
19 and 20.

Won, and BASEBALL only fairly started
the main athletic interest OF the Wass
leyan student body. the Buckhannon
toWnspeople. and to degree, of the
whole athletically inclined public or
West Virginia is the big state hisir
school basketball tournament which
will be held on the Wesleyan floor
next Friday and Saturday. March
and 90
The toufnamen; started last yeilI:
this year is proving TO be ono or the
most popular events ever staged I'M
the state. Last year only Wheeling
and Eiktns competed This year K,
date, sixteen high school basketball
teams representing every important
municlpalaty OF the state. and its az
cry corner are entered. and the en-
5trles do not close till the coming Mons
day
So far Elkins; Wheeling Parkers-
burg, Charleston Fairmont. Weston
Buckhannon saiiview, SistersvtIle
ME1ddlebourne, Davis. Thomas, Pied
mont, Clarksburg, NGllsbErg and Ssss7s
lem are entered. These teams have
shown themselves throughout the
regular season to be the sstrongests
IN the state Once in long time
these teams have been beaten IN
teams not entered in the tournament;
lDut victory more often has come with
these teams and there is surely en-
tered Ter the very cream of the high.
school teams of the state.
Of course Wesleyan takes no sides
and once Buckhannon nigh is eIilii=
mated local people Will be as strong
for one team as for the other There
as, however. a great deal OF specaia4
t1ons here as to the strongest team
Parkersbung has many fayorites here
due to the prestige of e Greasy Ssaie
and his strong advocacy or the
strength OF the team from his hons
!Io"n- Eiklns, on account of its. steit-
ling game here last year al we'll as its
performance here IN beating Buckhafl
non non .pT such a IA rye SEQ re--SShfs season
is deservediy popular. Wesleyans
friendly rivalry with Dayis-EI Ik In asa
stimulates interest in the EIkins team
wheeling high school played here this
year against the local high school a 81
we'll as in the tournament of:
and made an impress sion that has moi
Who'll diEappearedx Nheeline,s
strength. especially that which lies
IN the size of her team, is goin to-
stand her in excellent stead. is tfissa
general Impression here.
Fa1rmont high with popular for
tneI ~ esieyan man in charge
G -, mas many advocates. Ikets
il1anham, as he is faniliarly Ion o rvr1sS
has developed at Fairnlont. teanas
that has lost but one game this sea 81
son and Won about a dozen or more
and nc vii und oubtedly be one Of TIC
leaulng teams in the meet Eya
view - another popular team, Mi,ic
IT gong right the day o. the finafs5STs
vii make trouble fol. every opuon-
ent. loot hman's team has silcwnf IN
deniabi e lass in the 1najolity, OF ifs
games this Year, though ii, q few al
en- en- his men have been off form and
feats. & SsssSs
\. The most hkely dark horse; I, conz
sluered here is ri edmont. Strange
to say. this is another team .tiaat Ia
handled by Wesleyan eradra4ss
Clark, and he has broug ht out IN TIM
Town low, OF Piedmont d team that. whiles
Little LII known s in this section. he's beat-
en- en- every team in the Potomac valley
ana comes to the tournament WITH
NaTs championship already annexed.
P1edmont has Won eight &C tMe1yes
games played this year. WIfer
comes to Size Piedmont is anotheFs
Team tnat cannot be overlooked
. While& all teams have their booster
~ " IS seldom that sixteen teams could
loe pn nslz : that would be more nearly
eq ItI IN strength than those VIII
MI compete e here Opponents
be setected by lot for the DreliTo;nl.sF
airy games and Whatever teams are y
matched. exciting games may be ex.N
pected. because TO lose a single game
eliminates a team and In this slieaIt.
the preliminary games assume iust
as much 1 inn ortarea as the finals
ARRANGEMENTS ran IS lceal stanti-t
Point are Amos s.s The teams
VIII be entertained at the two pTiiisss
ctpal hotels for the most part. though
the Wesleyan track house and pri-
Fates residences will take care OF sa
number One hundred and all
told, is the number Of player, mana
gers and coaches arranged for and
nn MI alone Will form quite "a crowd Of
Visitors for this college town
Free Davis. z, e noted burg I'll
onfcial will hand Ne the entire series
Of games. Fifteen minute halvesw viii
be played and one game will follow
another in rapid order. Friday
noon four preliminary games VIII ba
played and the rest OF the periimin
aries Will low day night
urday afternoon the semi finals VII NJ
be played and Saturday nigh the
biggest and deciding games vii take
place Special trains have been az
ranged for from Weston and Eakins,
both before and after the game, and Ct
fully I've hundred Visitors IN ADDS
ton to the players are expected ia b
for the event The tour
namentN engaBes more athletes "a han
apy: other event of an athletic III
ture ever held In the state not even
excepting the interseol legfate