The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-21
UNIVERSITY AND
WESLEYAN Next
Concluding Game Of This
Important Series Seized
in Fairmont.

81 IN. t. .
The most important basketball
game Of the entire season will be play.
ed between West Virginia University
and Wesleyan college on Saturday OF
this week and Monday and Friday OF
the following week. The first game
will be played at Buckhannon, the sec:
ond at Morgantownt and the third, II
necessary, at Fairmont.
These games between the two slarg'
est state institutions will not neces-
early decide the championship though
It would appear ut this stage that the
dope" would give them q higher po..
sition in the race than the other corl:i
tenders, but in spite Of the result
not deciding the state4title the games
which will soon be played will attract
twice the interest from West Virginia
basketball fans that any other series
does. Wesleyan and West Virginia
are, under. ordinary circumstances,
pre.eninent in West Virginia athlet
les and their meeting in any branch
OF athletics naturally assumes state
wide Importance.
Although the result of these three
games will not definitely decide the
championship OF West Virginia, u VIII
70 long way toward doing SO. West
Virginia has beaten Fairmont Normal
on her own floor and at this stage OF
the race would apparently easily de:
feat her on neutral floor. Should
West Virginia win two out OF three
from the Normal, the victory OF the
latter over Wesleyan earlier IN the
year at Fairmont would not cut much
figure should Wesleyan in turn win
two out OF three from West Virginia
in the coming SERIES Wesleyan and
Fairmont Normal are not scheduled
to meet on Wesleyan's floor. nor are
they scheduled in another game. AT
Fairmont when the Normal beat Yves
Ieyan the score was decidedly close
and undoubtedly game on Wesley.
an'g floor at this time would result
in a victory and especially will this
he conceded in view OF Wesleyan's
victory over Davis & Elkins. This be-
ing the case It would still be neces'
sary for Wesleyan to win the series
from Davis & EIkins in order to pc
undfsputed champions. Toward TINS
she has already won one game, nut
this was on her home floor and the
game at Elkina would be much more
difficult. No third game is provided
for between these two teams and It Is
likely that none vii! be arranged:
West Virginia does not play Davis
e. EIkins and this is certainly to be re-
'gretted in view OF the strength OF the
d. q 2. team. It is practically certain
that no team can beat Davis & Elkins
IN the Elktns' door. Third games, then,
between Davis & Elklns and Wesley
an or at least single game between
West Virginia and Davis & Elk1ns on
neutral floor Tin case the former
teams wins the Wesleyan series) APP
pears absolutely necessary for any de-
cision to be served at in 'the-Stat
Championship race that Is being stag
ed. Davis & Elkins has beaten FAIR
mont at Fairmonts and undoubtedly
will beat her at Elkins. Should west
Virginia also win two out OF three
games from Fairmont this would pref
ty definitely eliminate the Fatrmont
team although it is certain that there
are some who would cling to her VIC
torv over Wesleyan at .Fa1rmonteand
especially would this be so II Yves
Ieyan should eliminate West Virginia
and Davis & Elkins.
The whole matter hinges to a very
large extent on the result OF the ives
Ieyan.West Virginia series and It is
certain that the sporting public OF
west Virginia will grant to the team
winning this series the ledge" In the
distribution Of the honors should moth
ing more decisive develop In later
games OF the year such as Fairmont
Normal winning the deciding game
from the w. ". u. or Davis & Elkins
doing likewise from Wesleyan.
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