The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-15
.FAIRNONT BACK
IN TOURNAMENT
DEFEATS WEIGH
To Meet BuckhannOn Tout
ed Champions This At
ternOon.
.FAIRVIEW LOSES OUT
Trimmed by Clendenin in
Best 1000 People
Present.
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BUCKHANNON, March 15.-Draw-
Ing luckily Fairmont High school man.
aged to break into the game again to-
day at the sixth annual state high
school basketball tournament being
held under the auspices Of Wesleyan
college, here, and threshed Welch
I High by the score Of A to 16.
This afternoon the Fairmonters will
clash with Buckhannon High in the
trial finals which alladmit will be a
hard pill to swallow because Buck
hannon is touted at the coming state
champions at this tournament Should
Buckhannon High win as is expected
1t will clash with Wheeling High
school.
Buckhannon is crowded today and
1000 people are heer for the purpose
of attending the big sporting event.
Feeling is running high and interest
is unusual. No radical shakeups have
occurred that would justify any Of the
representations of yesterday being
changed, that is, that the champion
ship honOrs rest other than between
Buckhannon, Clendennin and Clarks.
burg with shade of preference with
Buckhannon. Some OF the close OBJ.
servers Of the gae believe that a dark
horse" will slip in, but generally little
opinion prevails in that direction. The
tournament closes tonight.
Fairmont Noisy.
Hopes are entertained that Fair
mont High will bring back to Marion
county the Fleming cheering cup. The
boys are all making lots of noise in an
effort to leave town with 1t. Last
night some youngsters arrived from
the "old town" and Joined the rooters
so that now Fairmont has cheering
band of SO strong.
Fuzzy" knight will probably be
awarded leather medal for his lead.
ership in cheering. He is letting moth
ing undone having assumed the rolo
of an "actor-man," appearing with his
face all dolled up with burnt cork.
Anything to take back the cup to
Fairmont," added one OF the enthusias.
tic Fairmonters.
FalTH1oHL E1l9H WINS.
By lop-sided score Fairmont High
walloped Welch High school A to 16.
Fairmont had easy sailing and had
Felct on their knees most all Of the
time. When the whistle for the half
was blown Fairmont led by the score
OF 19 to 9.
Troxell shot field goals to beat the
band and amassed nine in all, lending
a hand in basketing six out Of nine
fouls. The foul shooting was much
better today and Fairmont made a
good showing in this regard-much
better than yesterday when they fell
down frequently. Hill speared three
out Of four fouls. Hill scored five
| field goals and Wolf, who was substi.
tuted for knight, scored two field
goals, also. Sewers was the princi.
pal scorer who made all Of Welch's
sixteen points.
Tho line up and summary follows:
FaIrmont, ~. Weleh, is.
knight ..........F........ Sewers
Troxell Observation-Disclosures. Anderson
Hill ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Reese
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Hamilton ........G........... Shaw
Substitutions-Wolt for Knight; Ro-
mino for Brown. Field goals-Fair-
mont, Knight, 2; TroxelI, 8; Hill, s.;
Sewers, 5. Foul goals-Troxell, S out
of s; Hill, out of 4; Sewers, 6 out Of
8.
FaIrvlew Trimmed.
In what has been considered the
best game of the tournament purely
from a skillful playing angle, Fair
view was defeated here today by
Clendenin by the score of q to "a.
1t was nip and tuck and was hotly
contested, but was clean and short
of rough playing. At the end of the
first half the score was tie-13 to 1S.
Weaver was the star for Fairview,
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