The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-19
kELL|SON GOES
FROM WESLEYAN
FAMOUS GRIDIRoN COACH LEAVES
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN To
TAKE UP NEW JOB.
made Methodist Teams Famous ana
Leaves Athletics at School after
Ttne work.

BI-CKHANNON. June lS.-The res
ignation OF Coach John Snowden kel-
uson. West Virginia Wesleyan College.
was made public hero today. While II
had been rumcrcd that kellison would
nor return 10 Wesleyan next year. yet
with a hard foot ball schedule staring
the McthodistS strongly from the front.
il was hopcd that the retention of kel-
lison could be secured for at least one
more season. However, III" noted atm
letc who helped place Wesleyan so high
among the bigger athletic teams or the
country by turning out the wonderful
gridiron machine Of 1917. which sprung
such q big surprise by demolishing the
University Of West Virginia in the
championship game of tho state, has re-
ceivcd some tempting offers which could
not h" turned down, and yet promote his
personal aims.
Kellison is an aIlumnus of West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan and was one OF the most
popular students that ever played on
tho varsity teams. kclliSon was also
very much in the limclight AS student
and was quite an orator His efforts as
an organizer we'll spent. and II remains
To be said of him that he is a leader OF
men.
Having been granted a bachelor OF
science degree in 1916. Kcllison was re-
turned TO Wesleyan as an athletic ofh-
Cial for the ensuing year. Then. after
having proved himself a strong coach,
he was returned the following year as
joint coach with Alfred Earle Neale. This
was in the fall Of 1917, the year that
| Wesleyan boaStcd the greatest football
team ever turned out in the history OF
the institution. During the spring Of
1915. Kcllison was enlist cd in the army
After a few months at Camp Meade he
was sent TO Camp Taylor as a candidate
! for n commission in the central orncers
| training camp. lie was Wen on the
completion Of his course when the ar
mistice was signed. and practically all
/ the men who were working for commits
sonS chose to be discharged. 1t was
at this time that Kellison returned TO
Wesleyan and took up the worK OF
developing n fine basket ball team. The
| team h" turned out won thirteen OF the
sixteen games played.
Following basket ball. came baseball.
| The team was built up from nucleus
| OF two old stars Kellisop again DEM
onstrated that his ability as a coach
Is not confined to anything small, as
Wesleyan had a strong nine which won
! a large percentage Of the games played.
Probably Kcllison's resignation at
Wesleyan has struck the institution the
hardest blow that II has suffered. in
years. The townsfolk and all athletic
fans in this vicinity are loud in their
praise Of Ker1son and his loss is being
seriously felt among the strong boosters
of the college. However. it is known
that Kellison Is to be allied with the
athletic world in a nearby institution.
so that his loss 10 the sporting public
will not be so keenly felt as 1t would
be were he to drift far from the vicini-
ty Of the land Of his nativity.
With Kellison. goes the best wishes
for success in his work. He Is a prod
uct OF Wesleyan, both academic and col
lece and athletics. His loss means an
uphill fight for the Wesleyan athletic
officials who remain to hold the growing
institution OF Methodsm among the
prominent colleges Of the country, ath-
letically.
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