The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-12
MARTINS FERRY
BAT Ties SALEM
LEAGUE PARK WILL BE SCENE oF
; BIG BATTLE AND TIE ONLY
ONE IN OHIO VALLEY.
Idnsly Goes to Wellsburg, While Bel
lairo Journeys to Parkorso burg
Other school Notes.

Mr. Flu cannot get ahead Of the
Ohio valley. and as n result there Will
hn ono biz attraction In whlch al
rans can rest assured Will be num-
diuger. Martins Ferry high. last year
champions. will take up arms against
tho speedy Salem. O., eleven at Paddcn
nark, Martins Ferry. and IN attraction
dc luxe is assured. The tcnmS nave
never met on tho cridi-on. but u unEc
Of rivalry exists. and coupled with inc
discrimination of the champs I" +"
through another dcfcatlcsS season.
makes the contest all tho more i'm
portant Salem has classy team ana
Judging from advance reports. il is very
heavy and fast and will come to the
city with the intention of putting the
"kibosh'' on The aspirations "f tho popu-
lar Oycr-thc-rivcr school. Coach ira
ham has had a dandy week with his
boys and reports them working better
than ever. several shifts will, be noted
in the lineup. of which the most I'M
pur;ant Is tho placing "f Captain lt;iil-
kin back to has old position a. end.
whore he shunc rcSpicndcnt last season.
being picked as one of the sul-ScholaStc
eleven Ferry has a fast. heavy team
and all indications point to announcer
winner. Already one fast team has
been put away. and taking the spirit OF
the boys as n Sslmple, nothing Will stop
them in their wild climb for the bacon
and tho Fcrrians arc going "ovcr the
top as they have done In other lines
OF cndeavor. This viii DO tho only
gan1e of any kind in the valley today.
and tho popular park is expected to be
flooded with enthusiastic f;LnS. while
somo Of the other high school elevens
will attend in body tu get line on
the champs" Nothing has been left
undone and a record attendance Is as
surcd. Game will be called ; sharp.
Bellaire.
Coach Rogers and his cohorts depart
this morning for ParkcrshurE To meet
the husky team OF that place in the
down state teams opening encounter.
Nothing much has been heard from the
Fed and White school. but records OF
former years are enough to put any
school on guard, and should the FED
ard Black come out victorious. EellaIrc
stock will so above par. and place
of high esteem will have been won.
Daily practices have been hold with eN-
ccllcut results rs seven Of last years
men are available, and plenty OF new
men have reported The boys arc fast
heavy. and reliable. and Coch Rogers
has been pointing out the weak spots
which have numbered tho boys q bit. and
with several more complicated plays
added, lsAfaire will uncork 4 puZZlinE
attack on the down. staters- East Liver
pool was given o merciless drubbinG
last week and it seems that Bcllaire has
set a difficult pace for the other val
Icy teams The contest today will be
watched with unusual interest.
Linsly.
Coach Russell Goodwin. famous W.
& J. star, has already inStilled the Wv.
& J. system in his band of husNcs, and
while the team has been more than
handicapped. due to no practice whatso-
ever this week. nevertheless. victory
is expected in the clash with WcllsVillc
this afternoon 1t was announced that
tho team would make the trip in autos
and make use Of any time they may
have to run through signals prior to tho
game Linsly has excellent prospects
this season, and taking the opening
game as a criterion. the Orange and
Elack team seems to be the one "h :
crg- for oil schools TO try and down.
school will make the trip and help TO
Quite few loyal followers Of the
l.encouraE &c tht boys on for another vic
tory and q step higher towards the final
goal
Aside from the game at Martins
Ferry, no local teams VIII hc on the
sridiron, Wheeling VS.. Buckkhunnnn be-
! ing called Oft Wheeling will play
! Washington at the Fair grounds next
Saturday. TodHy1s game between Cathc-
dral and Warwood is off and will be on
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