The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-14
Plenty OF BASEBALL
TO-DAY AND SUNDAY.
City Leagues Two Unde.
feated Teams Will Meet
This Afternoon.
ToDAYs GAMES.

South Side Park-2 p. M, Wat
SON Bldg. vs. Monongah Glass.
South Side Park p. m, MID
West vs.. stevenson's.
Traction Park--3:30 p. m, Fair.
mont Unions vs.. GAINESVILLE (col.
ored).
Beiiyiew--2:so p. M, Bellview
Juniors VS.. Ninth st. Giants.
ToMoRRows CARD.
Blackstone Fark-s:00 p. M,
Consumers vs.. McConkey's.
Caroiina-2:3o p. M, Manning
ton VS. Carolina.
Clarksburg-3:S0 o. m, Idamay
W. Clarksburg.
Traction Parks p. m, Monon-
gah (colored) VS.. Clarksburg
fcolored).
Four good baseball games are sched-
dled fofthis afternoon and four other
good contests are billed for tomorrow
afternoon, Marion county teams will
participate in all.
Interest in the race Of the leadership
|, of the City league. which has been in
tense since the season opened, will
reach its climax this afternoon at
! South Side park when the undefeated
aggregations representing the Watson
Building and the Monongah Glass
Z. company will clash, and the winner
! will have undisputed possession OF
. first place.
. The hard-hitting Watson Building
. team has won three games up to the
present time and the Monongah Glass
aggregation has won two contests.
Both teams are confident OF victory
and the rivalry between the two or
ganizatiens is very keen. The game
win commence at two o'clock and a
large crowd of rooters Is expected to
! be ON hand to cheer their favorites to
\ victory.
Beginning at 4 o'clock there will be
a game between the Midwest and
Steyenson's teams and this game too
/ is expecting TO be Of much interest.
A game of much interest among the
junior baseball players of the city is
that to take place at Bellview this aft
[, ernoon beginning at $3.50 o'clock be.
tween the Bellview Juniors and the
Ninth street Giants. The teams play
ed n game some few weeks ago, the
: Ninth street boys getting the better
4
f. for the game tomorrow and Is deter
I; mined to defeat their opponents. Bell
view has lost but one game this sea-
son.
At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon there
will be another game at Traction park
between the Fairmont Unions and the
GAINESVILLE, O., baseball team. The
local colored team has been going at
- 4. 90 1aka Af Al,o
best games of the season is anticipat-
ed by the large number of Fairmont
fans who will turn out to see the game.
Baseball fans in and about Manning.
ton Will be given rare treat nj the
national pastime tomorrow afternoon
at 8 p. M, when the fast Consumers
Gas company team and the McConkey
team from Wheeling take the field.
Manager Rothlisberger, of the Ma
rion county team. has been preparing
for the game for several weeks and
willsend his best lineup into the game
tomorrow. The visitors have made
several trips TO this part of the state
in recent years and generally manage
to take back victory. Just recently
the upstate boys were the guests OF
the Monongah team at Traction park
and managed to get away with a 10
victory.
IN another end of the county--up
about Carolina the Warrington base
ball team and the Carolina team will
engage in little Sunday afternoon
game. The game was arranged by
Manager Hite, of the Carolina team,
who can be depended upon for good
organization to face the boys from the
oil town. Due to the fact that the
Idafnay team is playing abroad tonor-
row the Mannington-C Carolina game Is
expected to be unusually, we'll attend
ed.
While Carolina is battling with
Mannington-their sister town-lda-
may will be in the midst OF game
with Ciarksburg at Clarksburg Ida
may is all set for the trip to Clarks-
burg and it Is needless to say that the
Harrison county nine will be loaded
for the visitors. Idamay has made one
trip TO Clarksburg this season return
inE with the bacon" and the Clarks-
burg outfit know just what they Will
have TO face. Manager Port" Knight
viii have his usual lineup in the
game.
The only game between colored
teams In the county tomorrow is that
at Traction park at O'Clock tomorrow
between the Monongah and Clarks.
burg coiored teams. The Monongah
team has played but very few games
this year. but is determined to defeat
K one Of their old rivals in their opening
game. The game tomorrow VIII be
I one OF the hardest games the Monon-
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