The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-19
GREAT CROWD
WILL ATTEND
Big CON TEST
Wesleyan Team Will Arrive
in Clarksburg Early
This Afternoon.


etbaIi five left here on the noon train
today for the city of Clarksburg where
the biggest and the most important
game Of the year is scheduled to
start at s:15 tonight. Wesleyan col
lege, champions in the collegiate cir
cles for the year and the Keyser Col.
iegians, champions of the state in al
Independent basketball circles, are I'd
clash for the state honors. Each fivei
have won game from the other and
both are keyed up to that point of
winning which Is difficult to defeat
west virginia Wesleyan has vol
20 games and haslost six. The losses
with the exception of the one game
10 Keyser has been without the state
and has not had any bearing on the
good record of the yea. So with this
record behind the five, the Methodists
are moi. only confident OF victory but
are going into the game with expec-
tation of playing the best basketball
they have ever shown to Clarksburg-
ers and fans from over the state who
viii be presen-.
Wesleyan has a. strong set of men
to enter in the championship struggle.
At the forwards there are Johnson
Fisher and Snedegar, Potter will hold
down center, and Rohrbough, Starg
and Ross are in trim for the guard
positions. OF these men five will be
started and II injured or for any other
reason any of them do not move in
true form Coach Don Drumm will be
ready with others to shoot in the
breach. Wesleyan has been going
at a speed without precedent in the
recent bouts so that when the grand
finale of the year is on tonight, the
Methodists will be expecting their fav-
orites TO put up the game of West
Virginia basketball.
The great game OF indoor amuse-
ment is growing annually in its speed
and In scientific play. The great
teams of the past are rapidly sur
planted by the more scientific and the
more open game of today. Wesleyan
is not a heavy five and in no case does
the Buckhannon five desire rough
game whesea weight counts and not
science. The record established by
the college tossers has been hung up
through the merit OF speedy five and
not through bodily clash! Keyser
plays fast clean basketball and in the
Buckhannon game which was won by
Wesleyan the game was sensational
from every angle. The ball was play
ed, long brilliant shots prevailed and
except for running with the ball, dou-
BILE dribbling, etc, few fouls were
called.
Wesleyan's outlay of players will
reach Clarksburg about 2:3o today and
will be quartered at the Waldo hotel.
They will be under the care of Coach
Don Drumm and will be kept pretty
close to their rooms until time for
he big battle. Student manager Low
Their eight players, Coach Drumm,
Director Shumaker and host of fans
comprised the party which left here
on the noon train. 1t Is estimated that
fully 200 fans took their departure
with the team. OF this number About
one half were students while towns
folk made up the other numbers.
Owing to the fact that there are
several social functions being held in
honor Of the Wesleyan people after
The game. the special which was at
'irst arranged for and, announced, will
not return here after the game. The
Victory gym is quite a distance from
The station and 1t would be very late
when the team with the accompanying
Ians would get ready for the return
The team and the many visitors will
be able to get back to Buckhannon
FAIRLY in the morning so that there
viii be inconvenience. The minimum
On special for tonight was $40 which
rum Is too large considering that so
many of the accompanying rooters and
ans desire to spend the night in the
Harrison metropolis.
AS stated before Wesleyan is enter.
ng the game expectant Of victory, and
the five moves at the speed shown
n the Creighton Wesleyan game,
Wesleyan cannot be defeated by the
Aeyser lads However, the pride of
he Methodist college would not be
INJURED should the game be lost. The
shampionship of the collegiate cir
lies has been granted to Wesleyan
~ the unbiased fan and the sports
men who have followed the leading
collegiate fives OF the state this sea-
ion. This game is for the collegiate
r@ftt f9a44Sh1 AL lduTelS
N a nutshell. 1t will be a big rose
n the crown for the c,tlegiate champs
they can pluck victory from the
Seyser lads tonight. 1t will put the
hethodists on the top pinnacle OF
sasketballdom in this state and in
he Pittsburgh section of the United
States. Yes, and by Wesleyan having
ron over Creighton, champions OF the
Vest and nv lMarfaffa and otha. .r,,.,
:oing down 10 defeat at the hands of
his same champion five of the great
Vest. the Methodists should hold the
Easiest lnureis any team within tne
orders of this state has ever held
Think II over. unbiased fans. Am 7
light A glimpse at Wesleyan and
<csser tonight will give any fan an
Impression that the two fastest five
&c this state in all time. played for
he "free-for-allr state Championship
4 Clarksburg on March 10, 1920.