The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-09
INEXCUSABJE CONDITIONS PRE-
VAILED AND OUTCOME SUB
Jet TO MUCH CRrT1CISM-
Ferry should Have Played the Contest
and Aoidod By Rules OF Con-
tract and Executive.
EeIlaire htsh school. BY right If for

Eellaire high school. BY right If for
ceirure, claims the championship Of III"
Ohio valley in scholastic circles for m"
year TalS While many contend that
Martins Ferry should he tn" riGhtfut
claimant. thlS decision is Qu"ii"d by the
rules Of the "Fooihail Guide. which
uphold n team in case of non-arH"aTahc"
or not abiding by the general rules. Sol
lairr and FERRY were IL nave mot a. In"
Sixteenth street ball park Il; E"iiair"
Saturday in d game that was labeled hS
;hc title one. Contracts had been sIgH"h.
which made !; Il legal game. p"St-S""H"h
or no pos, -S"asun. and II was /" y"
played under the jurisdiction Of thc high
school officials and nat thc STUDENTS.
Fnrry's refusal TO play on account &C Ia"
Iuclisihtiiiy and tn" fact th0l E"!lalr"
gave consent either way. gives th' RI
crCe's % verdict - hcr--1nd I'll" cn'tin-
pionskIp. Il was = rare p;cr" 81 WON
and has never happened h"Ior" III local
scholastic circles !; WIS plain case
Of wanting 10 sacrifice prrrcl3l" for VIC
tory. and in these days this .ls not p0pu-
lar OF acc"ptlblH.
Reason.
To 20 into detail in regard 10 N" YER
die, would be useless but Il brief 1t was
like this: i.pschs-. after the Thanks
school season was over auit school and
moved to Youngstown. Ferry had school
hast week B"lo!rc didn't. Captain
Clarke wired L;ps'Ncr on "Wednesday
advising him "f 4 gam" and asking HIM
Ia com" Immediately. which h" did on
Thursday. Superintendent Walls con-
tends tina; tho boy WAS back in his PC
tatIors for the week md waS therefor"
inalIciblc. ana ma rHrt 'hat h" l"l
sGhon! is enough % count Ann out. And
according to Tho rules lhS Is suffice
beyond a doubt. Tin players and sta
nrxt year, rs ne VIII still oe ~ hlGa
school
S;obSs IL Wheeling takes Il hH"krt"ld
job without Il word Of ""Inm"n; from
anyone His SHlcctIou ~ unauin.Cus. Re
ing a moro boy. "Hugh"y" has no equal
IN thu state and would mcasure mp with
tho hnst If high schno! players IN IN"
entire country. "" IS naiuraf horn
player To tho core. runs broken ficid
IN a fauitl"sS manner. while his spec
tacular all-around ability is particularly
commentaries Duo 10 his Invaluable as
SET 10 The team. I have chosen Stobhs AS
the captain Of my "all-scholaslic" clav-
on. and earnestly believe :ha. thi'
proud con"@rion of stalwart young m"n
would Civ" any scholastic outfit in The
country n WORTHY hattie for hhnnrs.
Summing up my selections. ca" road
lily see weight. speed. agErrssivonNss
md experience. all IN" requisites ina
merit n good eleven. Ni;h az aT"raE"
wni@ht oF 163n pounds. this team ranks
with tho best The valley has had in Stv-
oral years The second team comes IN
n close second. and IN some cases TN"
rlaycrs arc so evenly matched that th"ir
work on one particular day turned IN"
time. I could have made Snvcral inn
nr6rarncnie by switching The positions.
but played each man as Il" played IN
every game 0F t71e season. following III"
Same procedure Of Walter Camp n So
leC1ing 10 AIl-Americaa eleven. TITS
team with Coach Guy +. Holden and
Prof II. T. Johns coaching tho lin" and
Russell Goodwin and r.. Y. Calvin run
ming tho barkfi~ld would give rho best
high school team in the country a mir
and harf battle.