The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-18

.. MCRGANrOwN. June 17.-(SpeciaD
s-romorrow afternoon at three O'Clock
u.sp&. L z. Rodgers Of tho West flr-
ixtnaA baseball team viii trot out hiS
.aRxr~GatSon that has made . record
saeeond TO mono ever made by W. V.
u. nina To do battle in Its mai game
of TIA season against the Alumni, an
'aSgrtEatioa gathered together by Sen
ator J, H MeDermott from the best OF
the stars who have formed mountaineer
teams in tho past
49, This contest win be no easy ono 1or
the VARSITY. The Alumni team will be
made up Of men who have been play
tsnR actively throughout the present sea
lAon. Raymond Ffdler. the star catch
or who finished his work fere In the
iSprtnE OF 1917. has been playing with
AN independent team at hcReesport
IPs-. and Is in excellent shape TO receive
Hester June's slants. June himself has
ibeeu pitching for CiarksourS. Ida May
and other West Virginia semt-pfo
teams and Is in m'd-s"HSon FORM. Al
first base will lie Dalton simon VINO
starred at the first sack IN l9lA ana
s1s15. He has been playing In the CITY
league At Fa.rmont. Al second will be
either Mike Leatherwood or Chas.
HodEeA the former just discharged
from the service whore hc played some
ibaseball to keep IN shape and the lat
ter lust back nom France wh"r" n" has
played In a number % games tbs spring
I'm the A Z. F. At Sh"rt-St"p VIII be
Bill Lively who played her" IN l?I-
his last year Lively. Ell S'ni'h
Charlie McW-norter and "HosS whey
are all coming from Charleston where
they are playing on the lndepcndeh'
}team there and are IN fine shape NC
'Whorter will likely play third ana
'SYiley and Smith IN the outa"ld. other
'putfielders who Will De available arc
ebay Casio. captain here N 19l4. Kemp
or. shelton. the present mountalneer
coach and several others not so well
known TO local fame Jack kcHna
will also be On hand 10 pitch and though
at y probable thar Jun" viii start the
game because Of the fact that he mas
Ibeen playing regularly this year. Ken
ma will not 10 overlooked IN The mat
tter OF hurting. In l9lT ne hurled me
alumni 10 a Il game with one or the
'best teams the MuuntaIneers nave mad
an recent years.
a. L.atte<ner To Pitch.
Jack IIattcrner who finishes this year
four years OF brilliant service on the
mound for the MountaineerS- will I'M
douhtedly be the selection OF capt
Rodgers to hurl against June and his
cohorts. It, Is Latterners last game
and OF course he will eendeavor 70
make 4t good one. In Joe Harricks
iplaea In left field there will be either
'widmyer. the young MsrtinShurg boy
whose work has looked so good his
spring; Nefflen who has pleye>H in RICH! |
'faeld in a number OF games this year, or
Glenn Kiger the New NartlnsourS boy
who looks especially good at the bat
,othervise the lineup Of the varsity
will be intact;
Big Commencement Crowd
= A crowd that will approach In size
Efhzf which watched the w. & J. siausn-
.ter hero on Decoration Day Will likely
fbe on hand for the hral contest The
largest commencement crowd Of recent
years Is here and with the governors
might ceremonies on the evening fol-
lowing me game and commencement
proper on Thursday morning the base
inall game will find Morgan'own AT the
peak Of the crowd that VIII gather
Johnston win again umpire and the con-
test win begin promptly at three
O'Clock.