The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
TWENTY-EIGHT TEAMS
WILL TAKE PART I'm.
ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
Buckhannon Will Have to Take
Care of More Than 1000
Visitors for Two Days.

H Il y
Two weeks from yesterday and to-
day the state high school basketball
tournament will bring to Buolshan-
non the largest crowd ofsvlstors the
town has ever entertained. From
all present Indications there will be
approximately three hundred play
ers, coaches and managers connected
with the various teams. Twenty
eight teams are expected, according
to the announcement and each team
will be composed of from seven to
ten players in addition to coach and
manager. That the number Of spec
tators will more than double the
number, OF those actively engaged in
the tournament Is putting 1t very
conservatively and Buckhannon and
Wesleyan will apparently be under
the necessity OF entertaining one
thousand visitors through the entire
two days of the tournament.
Must Take Care Of Players.
OF course the players must be
taken care Of first and to this end
accommodations for fifteen OF the
teams entire have been engaged at
the two leading hotels. and now the
athletic authorities are engaged In q
thorough canvas of the town to Sc
cure additional rooms for those who
will compose the teams. The Wes-
leyan track house will entertain last
years championship team. Charles
ton, and one other team which Is yet
to be decided upon, and four private
houses owned and occupied by prom
inent citizens have been secured and
in each OF these a team will be
placed. The problem Of feeding the
players is not such large one as ar
rangements are under way whereby
tho domestic science departments of
Wesleyan College and Buckhannon
high school will have charge OF the
overflow from the regular hotels and
automobile service will be maintained
to carry the players to and, from
their meale.
Both Hotels Filled.
Both the leading local hotels advise
that they have been refusing to re-
serve rooms for out Of town people
for weeks as their entire capacitys
are engaged either by their regular
trade. the high school teams or the
earlier reservations. There Ia some
talk Of operating regular daily spe-
cial train service between this city
and Weston for the benefit OF those
spectators who are unable to secure
accommodations hero and inasmuch
az the Weston high school team will
be entered and that point Is co1ven-
iently located on the trolley line this
would meet with a great deal OF Ia
vor. -
Sale Of Tickets.
The sale Of tickets for the tourna-
men will begin next week and from
all present Indications the supply: will
be totally Inadequate. The Wesley
an gymnasium 10 rated for capacity
OF about one thousand people, but
the largest known crowd tofbe jam
med in It was 900 at last years tour
nament. In spite of glowing claims
to the contrary this Is the largest
seating capacity OF any hall In the
state and when $50 Is subtracted
from this total to account for the seat
Ing Of the players at the last nights
gamer and for newspaper representa-
tiyes. II can be seen that but $50
tickets can be sold. This number win
hare to take cara OF Wesleyan's stu
dent body. the Buciehannon towns
people with all their enthusiasm
over their own strong team. and the
hundreds of visitors from the thirty
OF. more towns which Will sbe.repreT-