The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-30

A.R.S ENJOY
HARD FIGHT
Inn Plays Well for Lo-
can Pete Makes Good
BOuncer
sy LARRY.

pattys but they we're little lax in
the matter Of invited guests. Among
ot6srS they invited the Wesleyan
Bsgps TURNER'S, who were to act as
the sacrifice on the basketball al
There must have been some
initiate about the affair. as the
Wasleyanttes who were supposed
"a be meek and lowly gave the 10.
catsF j horrible and painful kick in
the Stats, the final count being
4.1s, which is not even close as
YOU: can well figure out for your
But never mind. it was a right
smart little party at that and il you
happen to like things fast and furi-
oliB, and, well seasoned, the affair
Sgas all to the mustard. The play
mrs rushed each other all over the
lot tpardon, we mean the floor
Z and the boys must have felt rather
tired when the game was ovor.
sThsre ewas much more old fashion
ed rough house than basketball nno
gBoG9 Garrett had his hands full
with the hard boiled eggs.
Coach Kahn OF the high school
showed some real basketball work,
splaying was one Of the fea.
tiites OF the game. Kahn is no
int but he showed the big fell
rs fEoms Wesleyan few points
Bout passing and guarding that
tnade them sit up and take notice,
came out Of the battle with a
dlE cut optic, the result of u
adnn- collision with "Hoot" Elan
pete Hamilton came into the
gme late In the final half and
ghed up the visitors In master
sshion. The Wesleyan lads
I'd q tendency to play rough and
botftplan sent Pete in the game TO
gsfe them little medicine out OF
y Stlleir own bottle. Pete made good
ms h4a-Hespect. He rolled three or
u. touf OF them over on the floor ana
hanged several others up against
\, tEis wall in manner that made
ielrs teeth rattle and took lot
os fight out OF them
stIIongfellow" Shuman was book.
ed to- 9Eart the game at center for
the locals but just before the game
started he requested to be permit
ted to sit. on the sidelines and no
amount OF persuasion could get
him into the contest. This Is the
inst time Shuman ever wanted to
stay sout of a game, so he must
have been suffering from some all
fmhnt.
GREAT shooting by Johnson and
4 CLARK for Wesleyan put the visitors
In the lead early and they were
never headed, despite spasmodlc
outhursts of real form shown by
the locals. Knight, the local star
shot was so we'll covered during
the game that he had little chance
Ia do much, and was the victim OF
some very aggressive tactics by the
visiting guards.
In the second half of the con.
i test, Wesleyan resorted to some
dilly.dally tactics, passing the ball
around from one to the other at
one end of the floor. OF course,
this Is permitted according to the
rules but It is poor stuff and the
HE9MNF2 aG&NV N4AGAL4 u lAbC iOOllAlS
for this bit Of by play.
While the locals got walloped
last night, It was shown the "Y"
team has the stun and after an.
other game or two they will be In
condition to make things interest
int for all Corners.
Is a good crowd turned out for the
,Same last night, despite the fact 1t
was vacation week and the future
games will likely be witnessed by
capacity crowds.
The foul shooting was good,
johnson making IL out OF IA and
{ I5RmIlton nine out Of 10.
phessa details:
Wesleyan, "a. FaIrmont, 10.
1ohnGoh .............. Hamilton
Forward
Clark I. !. '..........:.... Fleming
Forward
after ss7a ..'.- c:.:::' Hill
Flanagan ...,...... Wilson
Potter ~. ............... Kahn
Guard
Substitutions Krushank for
fIIAnEgnn; knight for Fleming:
Hamilton for Wilson.
Field goals: Johnson, 4; Clark, s;
4a6ASah,2 q; Hamilton, 3: Hill, 2
pulss Johnson, IL out Of II;
hamilton, 9 out OF 10.
aeferse; Garrett.
go minute periods.