The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-22
|PLUV|US AND
FROST WOULD
]. CHECK CROWD
But There Will Be a Record
Y Breaking Attendance
: at Contest.

James Jupiter Pluyius and John
Jack Frost tperhaps you never heard
these Fellows first names before, but
really sucn prominent people must be
well supplied with names) are work
ing in cahoots to keep down record
outpouring of basketball fans for the
Marietta-N Normal game at the Normal
school this evening, which is sched-
suled TO begin at eight dongs of the
clock. The way these two birds work
things Is lust like this: John Jack
Frost gets on duty about four or five
IN the Afternoon after James Jupiter
Pluyfus has messed things up all day
with his sprinkling can, and the re-
suit is that in the morning there is q
fine sheet of ice for pedestrians to
,scramble on like SO many eggs. Very
early in the morning James Jupiter
gets back on the job and soon has a
thin layer of water over the ice, so
one can get a bath as well as bump
when one falls victim to the trap set
by the two j. Is.
However, 1t is unlikely that the
Iehorts of these two aforementioned
'-gentlemen viii greatly cut into the
attendance at the game tonight, for
the attraction is one of the most al
Turing Of the entire season and a
ichance to see the Normal and Mari
ietta in mortal combat will not be de-
;nied the average fan by any condition
.underfoot or overhead. So it Is like
:ly that the gymnasium will beepacked
ito the guards when the referee blows
This whistle for the opening of the
game.
Those who come early to the game
this evening to avoid the rush and
confusion at the last minute will be
entertained with preliminary setto
between a team representing the East
Side High school and the Pennington
High school team. While this battle
may not have all the thrills of the
Combat at eight O'Clock, yet at the
same time IL will be very interesting.
The Traction company is making
preparation to handle the crowds to-
night. A basketball car. will leave
the barn at 7:15 and come down
Fairmont avenue behind the regular
city car and follow the city car out
Locust avenue, leaving Madison street
lat 1880. These cars, together with
the regular Edgemont car which goes
out Locust avenue at 7:45 will give
"a good service before the game, and
after the game special cars will be on
hand to bring the crowd back.
In a speech the other night be-
tween the halves, Sandy Toothman
praised the Marietta team to the blue
sky and back again; but way down in
his heart we know that Sandy has q
'sneaking notion his Normal bunch
might take a fall out of the visitors,
which would be a very fine way to
celebrate the occasion in our humble
estimation. 1t is possible that the
new lineup for the Normal, which was
:mentioned in The West Virginian sew
..eral days ago, will be seen in action
tonights knight and Hamilton being
at forwards, Boehm and Tough at
guards and Shuman at center. While
this Us not absolutely certain, it is the
general opinion that such change
Will be in evidence when the game
.stgrts.
. Greasy" Neale, famed football
and baseball player member of the
I: Cincinanti Reds, champions of the
world, is coaching Marietta, and of
course will be among those present
at the contest this evening. Greasy"
has many friends in this section who
VIII be glad to see him again and he
VIII likely be forced to hold sn infor-
jtnal reception before and after the
,same.
Marietta has won all her games
this season, scoring 1876 points to her
.opponentss rs in three games played.
Marietta won from D. and E. 1921,
from Muskdngum 45-37, from Otter
ibein 35-1g Don Whiting, their star
forward, leads in scoring of his team
with points. whiting holds the
national collegiate record in number
,of points scored with AZ Sin IS games
in 1917. Reiter, the other forward
'en the Marietta team, is the find of
he season. Stewart at center was
last year to Marietta what Whiting
:alawys has been. Whiting was in tho
service last year and did not appear
with hsis college on the basketball
Aoor. Reiter is former all-Ohio
forward from aDyton, Ohio. Eaton
and Hunter, two of Marietta's foot
ball stars, are playing the guard posi-
lions.
The Normal school has been handi-
capped all season by lack of chance
TO work out on the new floor. The
floor was not in shape to be used un-
I'll the second game of the season and
games. some of the hardest on the
schedule, have been coming thick and
fact, so that the Normal has been
forced to get. its practice in real
games. The Normal has, however,
won two games and lost two so far
this season, scoring 116 points to the
opponents Ill. The Normal has won
from D. and e. 45-24, from Waynes-
burg 27-16 and lost to Wesleyan 30
p and TO the Keyser Collegians Al
2e.
Just An Accident.
Why, Johnny, you've got a lump
pm your head. Have you been fighting