The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-03
2O0 GUESTS At
BANQUET GIVEN
FOOTBALL BOYS
WHEELING AND BELLArRE PLAY
ERS AND FACULTY &N
pOoSTER CLUB GUEST
SPIRIT or FAIR Play IAupEp IN
GATHERING AT AGLhAAh1
LAST NIGHT
x1vAIRr OF TWO SCHOOLS ONLY
EoUAI.LED By TAE S1s TSNo
Cood sportsmans ship In

Good craftsmanship In high Schooi
athletics IN this part Of the ONO a'teS
received one Of the blsseSt ooostS II" III n
history last night At the Elks oihlrE nan
in Reliaire when some two hundred 1901
hall players and faculty men from INC
Bellaire and Wheeling high sch0o!S' as
guests of the Bellaire Boosters NIup' "a
down to a Sumptuous banquet Win az
ths trimmings Of speeches and scnool
cheers. Amid the splendid decorations
OF Red and Black and Old Cold anu
Blue, tho Booster citizens OF beliaLi g .
and their football guests arose 10 pa;
tribute. not to the football team that
ynn lhs Thanksgiving Day game on me
Wheeling Field, but to the splendid
spiri, of true SportSmanShlp that WAS
Jiyrlaycd BY the players of both schools
and By the seven thousand spectators
from Wheeling and Bellalrc.
In thu words Of John Fish. president
of In. Rellaire Boosters Club. the Rn-
Duct given last night was not LOT tne
purpose Of celebrating q victory on inc
football field. but TO celebrate lar
greatcr victory as displayed by the vic
tory of good spOrtSmanship over poor
snort smanshlp. Mr.. Fish was enthuSi-
astic over the fine spirit OF rivalry as
played by the Wheeling public and the
Standardization Of the Rcllairc Schools
J. v Nelson, acting in the capacity OF
postmaster. then called upon humDer
nr representative men for brief remarks
and the burden of these remarks was
ths remarkable advancement of tho
snirit Of fair play and honesty as prac-
tcrd by coaches. players thu Puoi'o
Tribute to Principal Johns
In introducing Principal II. Il. johns
or the Wheeling High SC1Ooi, toaStmas-
ter Nelson paid the local educator on" or
the highest compliments OF the evening
whom he stated that Mr.. Johns was one
Of the Wheeling men largely responsible
for the high plan" upon "hlch inc
Wheeli,.x, athletics We're being conduct
Principal johns. in his talk. gave the
Wheeling High School students great
Shin displayed by Wheeling teams and
congratulated Rcllaire upon the wonder
full team that they produced this year
MIR. Johns then gave BRIEF hlSt"rE ol
the forward progress made IN the con-
duct of athletic contests since the or
ganiZation of the Ohio Valley Athletic
K,la,i Ross. coach Of the Wheeling
team and ". Galb"rlch. Of the Bcllair"
tam spoke sloam%%%'IiE nri 2L IN, the rr E%GH
THANKSGIVING Day contest captain
Cutshaycr, OF Bcllairc and Captain
Steinbickcr. Of Wheeling. spoke IN Ike
manner and CAV" evidence OF their nm"
they, in behalf OF the Rclla!rc students.
then presented Captain CutShaN"r VITA Il
large silver loving cup.
Director of Physical Education Of tn"
Wheeling schools. Alfred @. Anderson
spoke Of tn" fine spirit that prompted
the Rcllaire Boosters Club 10 pay Such 4
fine tribute To good SportSmanShip. II:
H. Rndewig. Of the Bcllairc BOARD "l
Education felt that such exhibitions OF
friendly rivalry as was displayed on
THANKSGIVING Day will do much 10 Gre
III. more friends for tn" game of foot
ball and that To be n successful player 4
boy must have TN" spirit I" work. Ia per-
severe. tn Co-oprrute and TO be ambitious
to succeed.
Another prominent member of this
live Boosters organization. Ralph Nick
olson emphasized tn" point that such an
organization can have just what ii sets
out to get If IL wants clean athletics IN
the high school il Wlll grt clean athlct-
i,.s and IL the citizen hnoSt"rS want poor
SportSmanShip they viii get what they
boost for.
Elks Serve Banquet
The fine banquet was served by com
mittor of Bellaire ElkS in splendid
manner and these caterers can get high
recommendations from the two hundred
committee was composed Of Elmer Shan
uef"it. Mile Martin and Butch Ian
holm. The ElkS also donated III" use Of
their hall. The ic" cream was donated
bv StiIlwcll and TN" feed was paid for
bv the Booster club whose officers are:
John FISH. president; ben Morris. vice
president: Fred WaSSman. treasurer and
| Michael Foley. secretary. Among the
! other Boosters present were :. II. Blum.
VI. :. Sonn"born. Geo. u. SpraEg. Karl j.
E:ggimau. William Dorer. Herbert Ben
nett William Frazier. Arthur Morgan,
Herbert McEey and Julius I.ufcSky.
Seated at the speakers table were: SUI
r"rirtend"nt ]. V. Nelson: Principal
Floyd Deacon: Business Manager II. W.
Lamb: director OF Physical Culture Az
rcd o. Anderson: Coaches K"lccl Ross
and w. Galbcrach; Principal II. Y.
Johns and the officers Of the Boosters
club,
Al tho conclusion &C this epoch MAX
lmE GLlh- w.ME for LMr nrOm0limm mt