Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
BASKET BALL
TOURNAMENT


Annual High School Basket Ball
Tournament which will be held on the
commodious playing floor of West
Virginia Wesleyan College on March
Ia and Is, will be toal eclipse Of
every athletic event of its nature
ever staged within the bounds of
the Mountain State Entries close to
day with twenty six teams at pres
ent lined up to compete for the
handsome silver trophy and West
Virginia's scholastic supremacy.
But ten days bridge the time until
the first blast Of referee Free"
Davis whistle shall sound play Of
the first preliminary. A stream of
heavy correspondence from every
city, village and hamlet Of West
Virginia has assured the management
that more extensive preparations
must be made as regards local en-
tertainments, special trains, seating
commodities, etc than has been
necessitated at any previous tourney.
Accordingly Myron B. Hymes, and
his cooperating official, Mahre II.
Stark, have a beautiful stage set for
the performance of West Virginia's
scholastic phenoms who shall COM
prise the States supreme Winter
Garden Of 1919.
In order that the number of games
be reduced so as to relieve the vast
strain burdened ON the men who 20
thru the semi-fnals and finals, and in
order that only the strongest and
most deserving teams enter upon the
scene of action, new ruling elm
mates teams which do not win the
mates teams which do not win at
least fifty per cent of the total mum
Der Of games played throughout the
entire season. This makes it pos
sible to play the tourney in two days,
also insures that every game will be
full of thrills, keen play and enthused
by rabid mob of rooters
The following teams are entered
at present with Wheeling Highs for
NAL entrance blank being expected
in the last mail to-day: Bluefield,
Bristol, Charleston, Cendennin, Buck
harmon, Ceredo- Kenovi, Moundsville,
Redwood, Sstersville, F'airmont,
Elkins, Magnolia, Grafton, William
town, st. Adams, Spencer, Thomas,
Pennington, Weston, WEIGH, Lumber
port, Morgantown, Rivesville, Prince
ton, Jane Lew, Tunnelton, Keyser,
and probably Wheeling.
Bluefield and Buckhannon have not
bowed to defeat this season. Buck
harmon has rolled up more points
than any team in the state and looks
like a whirlwind in action. Clenden-
min, having the same team this sea-
son that she hal last when she de-
feated Buckhannon in the final bout
Of the tourney, has lost but one
| game-that defeat being registered
by the Upshurites. Wellsburg has
| skidded over everything in the north
with the exception of one game on
| Wheeling's home floor while Blu
fild has cleaned up everything en-
countered in the south Clarksburg,
Redwood, Fairmont, Charleston,
Bristol and probably other teams of
doubtful calibre, are teams of un-
developed material and are striding
/, rapidly into maturity, hence the e.
merging of Dark Horse" such as
4 Clendennin proved to be last season,
would not jilt the fancy of the
sporting public. Wheeling, if en-
tered, will be strong contender as
only two games have been dropped
to date by the up-river five.
Aside from the big silver trophy
being offered to the winning teams,
gold basketballs will be awarded to
the individuals playing upon the win
ming five and the runners-up. The
The Fleming loving cup will again
be competed for by the roofing del
egations while trophies amounting
to several hundred dollars in value,
to be given to individuals for steller
feats of various nature, will be a.
warded by local organizations and
business men.
There will be six sessions begin
ming Friday morning, March Is.
There being twenty six teams enter
ed, twenty seven games will be re-
quired. Series tickets are being sold
at three dollars. These tickets adj
nit the bearer to all games, thus
makig a cost of but eleven cents per
game. Series ticket sales are being
conducted in several of the larger
cities of the state and can be had by
addressing Mgron B. Hymes, Direc-
tor of Tournament, Buckhannon, w.
Va. The Acme Book Store and
Fowkes News Stand are headquar-