The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-08
THIRTY TEAMS
ENTERED IN STATE
BASKETBALL TOURNEY
GREATEsT SCHOLASTIC EVENT TO
BE AT BUCKHANNON,
MARCH Is AND IT
Preparations Wen Under Way-NameS
of Officials Announced-Much IN
terest Being Manifested.
Social Dispatch 10 Tho Intelligence.
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Special Dispatch 10 Tho lu;rllicrnccr
BtCklTAEEO\, ". Va. March -
The greatest athletic event ever staged
in Nest Virginia will H.. ned in lurk-
harmon upon March ID and Il. Inc da,H
or tho Fourth Annual West Nlrslhia
High school basketball tnurnan1"nt. RE
paratiuns are we'll under way ANA that
the coming tournament is 10 hc AN cE"ht
without precedent il evident from III"
number of strong teams entered anu mo
general interest that is being shown IN
the affair in every section OF tho state.
At this date there are thirty-lWo
teams entered. and thor" may IL. more.
In NIL probability, when tho inat count
~ made after all entry cards are IN there
will hr some thirty-iuur or fhlrty-nEe
teams. There are already nine teams
entered in III" ''scvent"cn tourney thte
have not been in any previous West Nlr-
ginia tourney. The teams dchnltely en-
tered at this date are Bnckhannoh.
Charleston. Chester. ClarkshurE. Gay
Cowen. ClendcnnIn, ElkIns, Fairmnnt.
F'airview Grafton. Harpers Ferry. Jane
Martinsburg. Middlebournc. Magnolia.
Parkersburg. Piedmont. Princeton. Ra-
venswood. Redwood, Salem. Shinnston'
Sistersvillc. Summcrsvillc. Su o II;
Thomas. Terra Alta, WcllShurS ana
Weston.
The largo silver trophy that WAS car
ricd Off by the championship Charleston
team in 1915 and By the championship
ParksrShurE team in lNl6 will again be
competed for. Solid gold haskctballs Will
be awarded 10 the winners Of the lrnn-
mcnt and 10 the "runncrs-up." DIR. Wal
lace r. Fleming, president of the Col
lege. will offer q beautiful loving cup
10 the representation doing the pest
roofing during the tournament. This dc
ciSiOn vii! bc rendered upon the merit
OF the roofing and tho number III tn"
delegation and the dlStance travelled
will be taken into consideration.
The referee will be Mr. Free Davis.
Carnegie school OF Technology. Pitts
hurgh. Ia. Davis has acted as official
in the previous West Virginia tourna-
very satisfactory. Harry Vance and
Karl J. Wagner. College Juniors ut Wes-
leyun. will act as scorer and timer re-
spcctivcly. All tn" ARRANGEMENTS and
mana cement in general will b. unde:
tho direction OF r. W. Shumaker and J.
s KelliSon, athletic officials AZ Nes-
lnyan. These men will DC ably assisted
by q large corps Of students, police, ct
Cetera.
The Tournament" paper which has
been put out at noon upon the first day
Of the tournament each year. will again
be issued this year with an edition twice
as large az before. The publication Is
under the direction Of d. D. Daniel
y new feature Of til" tUurnament Will
be large lunch room which will be so
meals in the gymnasium will he able 10
do 50 al moderate cost. Karl Miller
will have charge OF this part OF the
tournament program
Special train service will be given
where there Is demand or where it can
be done III order 10 accommodate the
public. Special train service from Wcs-
ton will absolutely be necessary. There
will be other special train service and
the regular trains will curry extra
coaches.
There will be ample seating room for
all who wish 10 attend the tournament.
or course tho attendance will be larger
than ever before but this has been taken
into consideration and the arrangements
for seating have been cared for accord
inEly.
The tickets for the tournament are on
sale. Season tickets Will be sold so IA
to afford the purchaser the opportunity
! Of seeing the whole number OF games
at the cost OF eight cents per game. The
singl" session admission will be reason
able accordingly