The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-30
SPORT At AN END
TEAMS TAKING Up BASEBALL
SCHOLASTIC SEASON CLOSED LAST
EVENING AND PROVED
GOOD ONE.
MANY Schools in the Field and Most Al
Enjoyed roo Seasons Benatre,
weusburg and Cathedral Strong.

The local scholastic basket ball Sca-
son came to an end with tho staging OF
! ,hn contests Mt thu ]i!cllrir" gym last
.v"uIng. ribs season proved 81 very E"od
. nu.. ,nu%ticriag IN" '"NIStInc CONDITIONS
and mach jnI"rss; WIS manifested IN the
. popular indoor sport. Perhaps IN" rNh-
son :u- his can be attributed 70 the
: fact tina; tn" teams wcr" twenty Inttch''
and enjoyed good records.
Good Teams
This season was IN excellent on" Tor
! ra,hclral. W"ll&bur-. Erllair" and St"u-
brnville. and IN" records gathered were
very GOOD in al respects. This quartet
| Of teams presented the real class of the
valley and members on the respective
lIrc-ups who have starred in IN" season y
work arc some Of the best ever tnrn"o
our In This vicinity. or tho You" IN
, number OF games won Cathedral leads
! with - wins ont of IS, Wcilshurr roi'''s
next with lt out Of -. while E"lialrr
and S~tcuhrnvilie follow In order n7nsd.
i'crhups OF the quartet Wrl!sburE Is the
strongest balanced machin" and on" or
h" best IN" valley has had in r"r"'t
years. Cathedral L. n close second and
had a Dependable live. but no; 1nsi" rs
good rs last years qu!nt. Rellatr" and
S~tcuhcnvilln had likely looking aEEr"-
cations and enjoyed one Of their best
schedules.
Stars In Lineup.
WcllShurC had an all-Star comntno-
tion and with 4 man thc c7ltbrc OF Mrr-
rolls as coach pulled through with $0rno
excellent accomplishments. This crew
IA tho only one hat WAS able 10 stop
n" mnd dash OF the Cathcdralttrs when
hoy 4 reached tho total OF Is straight
wins. Tho Potter hrrthcrs and Captain
Jacob present \ classy trio Of floor ar
lists ard tho former were picked by
many IN the all-statc team.
Cathedral had a classy patr in SlrEc~
myer. center. and 1nnvo. guard. his
deuce playing a stellar game all year.
Niccemynr Is ono ~ thr hest forwards
developed in tn" high school class In
,hr state. and his ~foul-shootinS 10 SUI
0"rb. Taryo plays n clran steady game
Mt suard and holds down his position In
Hret class style. McGannon. the midget
forward. also played n good game for
his first year. Culhcrtson has proven
ono Of tho real stars ~ the pick ~ all
and ho has kept HnIlnlrr in the running
with his CLASSY performances. watkins
IS tho whole S.cUhrnvillr team and this
lad certainly has somc record IN field
goals for the yc,r.
BASKET BAN Successful.
Taking the season. Ill IN all. Il was
? very good one and no dc~rraeo IN At
'~"ndancnS wcrr noticeable. whilc no
crowds rhat attended the Cathedral
NV"!lshurg series made up for the poor
attnndanccS that wore IN evidence Mt
Wheeling high. Lfnslv and Philadelphia
Tho latter teams enjoyed vry poor sea-
sons. due to various cason+. hut still
| NhnnlinS has not lost tho l",st hit ..
credit, for the Eirle team has upheld
everything that otherwise might have
been lost
The schools VIII now axe ~ IA srball.
and while all VII not re actively en-
r1red. Ltaslv. Cathedral. MoundSvi1ln.
Tri1d"'7hia. Bridgeport md Elliott will
h" represented IN the diamond. X has
not be"n definitely decided whether OF
not IN" Old Gold and Riue nine will he
PIT into the field. Those not n tnkr rp
baseball Will devot. their time 70 tn k