The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-12
Of the State in Big Basketball
Tournament in the County
Seat of Upshur.
BUCKHANNoN LOSES OUT
BY a Score of 20 to II in the
Concluding Game of the
Tournament.

BUCkHANNON. March 11.-Before
the largest crowd that ever assembled
in West Virginia to witness basket
ball game the Parkersburg high school
basketball team defeated the Buck
hann0n team on the West Virginia
Wesleyan College floor here tonight
in the final game for the state high
SCHOOL championship. The winning of
u is game gives the Parkersburg
'eam possession Of the huge silver
basketball offered by West Virginia
wesleyan College for the team Win
ming the state championship three
times in row.
The Buckhannon high school team
lad played and won fourteen games
during the last season and which was
expected to win the state champion
ship, although losing to the Parkers-
Lurg team won the honor Of being
rnnner-up in the tournament and each
member OF the team was presented
with solid gold basketballs suitable
to use on watchfobs.
Trophy Presented.
At the close OF the final game amid
Tho cheers of=the 1900 fans present
-Dr. Wallace b. Fleming, prestdentzof
Nest Virginia Wesleyan College, pre-
sented the Parkersburg team with its
trophy and the Buckhann0n team with
Us gold basketballs. He also present
I'd the cup offered by himself to the
school having the best organized root
crs present to the Buckhannon high
school.
The final game of the 1916 tourna-
ment was the fastest and most hard
fought game OF the contest. After a
Ten minute rest following the semi
finals the Parkershurg and Buckhan-
ron boys came back on the floor with
a do or die spirit, and had fighting
spirit in their eyes. AS soon as Ref
cree Davis sounded his whistle start
ing the last game Of the tournament
and the one which would decide the
championship for which twenty-tour
Of the leading high school teams of the
state had been trying so hard to win
during the last two days it was seen
that the game was for blood.
Crawford Draws First Blood.
Crawford. Of the Parkersburg team,
drew first blood, caging a clean field
goal from midfeld. Parker, OF the
Buckhannon team, then missed a
chance for foul goal which was
quickly followed by Bell. of the Park
Clsburg team, missing chance for a
foul goal. Ross, OF the Buckhannon
team, then tied the score by cagtng
n beautiful field goal from a difficult
angle. Neale and Bell, of the Parkers-
burg team, added four to their count
by two neatly executed field goals. At
this time Parker, star player of the
Iuckhannon team, was thrown heav-
ily TO the floor and play was dlscon-
t:nued for few minutes and 1t was
thought that he would not be able to
play any more. However. after a few
n.fntues rest he started back but was
dizzy for several minutes and did not
MAY his usual good game again during
the contest and was taken out OF the
game during the second half by Coach
LGnham.
First-Half Lead.
AT the end Of the first half the PARK
c-sbure team was leading by a score
cf is to s. In the second half the
l:uckhannon five closed up this gap
considerably and at one time the
Parkersburg team was leading by the
margin OF only four points, but at this
point the Parkersburg boys came back
slrong and gradually pulled away
until at the end OF the contest 1t was
leading by twelve points.
Bell and Crawford played the best
game for Parkersburg while Ross was
the star performer for the Buckhannon
team. Lineup and summary:
IarkerSburg-e0. Buckhannon-17.
Eeale observation-disclosures. FaFheF
Forward.
Crawford OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ross
Forward.
Dewar ................... ShFoyeF
Center.
Altman ........:...:....... Layheld
Guard.
Bell observation-disclosures. 2AuHEpauhA
, Guard.
substittuions-Hymes for Parker
Field goals-Parker 8. Ross 4. Neale
3. Crawford 8, Dewar 1. Bell 5. Foul
Gals Parker.3 out OF IL. Bell 5 out OF z.
Reteree-Dayis. OF Pittshurg. Timer
Kellison. of Wesleyan. scorer-Vance
OF Wesleyan. Time of periods-15
minutes each. The same officials acted
in all the tournament games.