The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-21
LOCAL LADS
DEFEATED BY
! LARGE SCORE
Team is Away Off Form
And Has No Chance
in Contest.

fARKERSBuRG, Feb. 21-Fair-
: mont high school looked very bad here
last night in the game with the To-
cal high team, going down to humfl-
n,iating defeat 36-11 in game that
was ragged and practically without
any features. Both teams played poor
basketball the greater part of the
game. The only bright spot in the
entire affair was the team work dis
played at times by the home crew,
I. and the big Parkersburg star, Bell,
vas responsible for the system OF
passing used SO successfully by the
winners.
Fairmont was absolutely withou,
punch and their playing was one OF
The most disappointing efforts the
writer has witnessed all season The
first half ended 21-5. and with three
minutes to play in the last period
Parkersburg put in an entire new
team of substitutes with the excep-
ton of one man, Wilson. The sec
9ond string however did no more dam
age to the Fairmont team. Kahn's
men played no more like they did
last Monday night when they defeat
(. ed Grafton than night is like day ana
I. seemed utterly at sea from the start
TO finish Of the game. Before the
| first half was over Coach Kahn re-
moved Dean from the game and SEM
Small into the battle, and his work
/, together with tina of Browns were
|. the only redeeming features of the
! contest from the Fairmont angle, al
though Troxell came to life in the sec
y ond period for a few minutes and
\ knocked off three field baskets. l.
i was simply a plain case of being so
. far off form as to be pitiable as far
! as the Fairmont bunch was concerned
while there was nothing much to brag
I about what was done by the win.
;ners. They have good team. but
nothing above the average unless they
can show more stuff than last night.
7, They looked good last night only on
: account of the fact that Fairmont was
! making such poor showing as to
+ offer practically no resistance to the
home team.
The first ten minutes of the game
produced such slow basketball from
both sides as to be painful from q
spectators standpoint and one could
hardly keep awake. After that time
& Parkersburg came back to life willis
Fairmont continued to sleep on.
Dutch Neale. who worked the game
had very soft snap Of it,
Funk played nice ball for Parkers-
burg, getting six field baskets and
really was a bigger factor in the final
result than the much touted Bell. Funk
seemed to be on the job when some
one was needed to toss in a basket
while Kelley got couple of dandy
baskets from difficult angles.
A good sized crowd witnessed the
game and was disappointed in the
showing made by the visiting team
has Fairmont had given Parkersburg a
sound beating earlier in the season al
Fairmont and it was expected that
sone of the best games Of the season
would be staked. The sad details
follow.
Fsirmont II Parkerssurq SO
Fro1en .................... Bell
Forward
brown .--............-.. Kelley
Forward
Hill ..t............. Wilson
Center
Romino t.-....... ..,......... Ferrel
Guard
Dean -. ......-.......... Funk
Guard
Field goals Bell 4, Kelley 8, Will
son & Funk 6. Troxell 8, Hill 1, Ro-
mino1 Fouls-Hill out of 4, Bell
2 out OF 4. Fairmont sustitutions
Small for Dean and Fleming for Ro-
mino.