The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-21
FOOTBALL Its
APPEAR CLASSY
FANS or THIS VICINITY ARE GOING
TO WITNESS MANY CLASSY
Ellis THIS WEEK.
/ All Teams Are In The Best Of CONDITION
And If Ban Is Lifted, AL
! Is Rosy.
High schools and prep schools 0,

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High schools and prep schools ought u
have The bcs: football season in thelr
| history this fail.
! In past years interest in. the INFER
, choIaSric games have been confined 10
! tn" student bodies Of tn" schools ana Il
| few friends If the players and students.
The thousands Of football fans outside
, OF This group, in every city and village
! hrv, paid !irtln attention 10 tn" teams.
/ 'rh" stars nf the game and thcS" teams
/ boast of many rl"r"r rlaYrr$-aFrn
! known In the UltsiI.: fans until me
! players reach college or hook UP with
some professional team after their hiRh
! school career is ended.
! This fall the war has changed condl-
tions and each and every fan must lena
! forth every effort to whatever athle'ic
activity is on. the program. 1t Is lr"'
that football is great sport ana lu' .
! thermnrc II is essential. being pr"Scrlhco
| ny Uncle Sam in practically every army
! rantonmcnt in tn" United states Whll"
word received from over there Ihu'-
Gates that moro interest is taken in attn
! lctics than ever before. Although money
| IS scarce yet there is enough IN b" spent
from time to time for little recreation
and al The same time help worthy
cause. IL is an absolute certainty that
the teams cannot prosper without your
support. for Friendship these days ~
worth n small hit.
Tho Spanish "l'!u" has tended 10 de-
! crease III" interest. but it seems that ny
tho latter part of III" week. everything
will again be in its normal state.
wheeling.
Looking over tho schedule Of the
Wheeling high school it is listed thereon
that North High of Columbus. is 10 an
pear lt the local grounds for the coming
Saturday. Whether the game VIII Dc
! PLAYED here or not is 4 question. ms IN"
Linsly Institute has IN option on inc
ball park nnd may want tn stage game
there However. should tn" locals H''
| ia take n crack at tho Columbus boys it
would Ne a great attraction and one "l
unusual interest and the first appear
ance of n Columbus team in this city.
II sure would be some drawing card. II
will be definitely known IN the next day
or Two what stops have been taken.
Linsly.
Coach Goodwin announced that ms
bnys would likely so TO Wollshurg Sat
urday. as Il contract has been signed FOR
the game. On the other hand 1t looks
as though the local team will turn down
tho offer on The grounds that they can
do better ut tho Fair Grounds ana since
the Brooke fountains lost To Iriadci-
! phia. II would not he much OF battic
for L.insly and there would he everything
Ia los" and nothing to gain. IT may pc
possible that a fast team will be brought
to The city To MI the date.
! Rivals.
The biggest battle Of tho day will be
staged Saturday ut Brl!airn when Bel
lairr ard Martins Ferry Erapple with
d"aGllt" effort to come out on the long
end OF The count. These teams are bitter
rivals and have hrcn so for q good many
years 4 victory for Bnllairc would ne a
revelation to tho followers OF the school
! will" tho loss on the part OF Martins
! Ferry would cripple her chances 10 think
of winning the title again this season.
Roth teams will get down to hard work
this week and the winner will be watched
with much concern Bcllaire lost TO
Ferry last season by n close score and
with tho game staged on her home
grounds this season and the <act that q
stronger team is available, Red and
Black adhcrrnts nre juhilant over the
prospective outcome.
Others.
Manager Bernard Of Cathedral high
school announced last evening that the
team Is cnrded 10 plny WarWood AT Iun-
mel Green Saturday. providing the quar-
antinc Is lifted by that time. However,
! little, hopes are figured on these lines.
, and il is hardly probable that the tilt
will bc staged MnundSvillc has no
game on deck for tho Weekend. and as
lhr town is quarantinrd. there is faint
possibility OF the team playing. This
Spanish Flu" is certainly doing lot
md Judging from tn" very latest reports
it is going to keep up for weeks to come.
Past Results.
Saturday Martin Ferry took the
starch clear out OF Stcubcnville and
handed the up-rivcr boys n mercilcss
wallopinG 10 the tuno OF 500 with prac-
;irally the second team turning tho trick.
! Wheeling played good game n; Cam
bridge despite the close score which Is. a
disappointment 10 tho local followers.
! but il will aid in the long run md tho
! team should now get down 10 hard work.
thu score ended 49,. Frllairc kept up
! h"i winning streak by taking a ferry
ride to Moundsvill" and nipping the team
Of that place by 4 $50 count.