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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-15
SINS BIGGEST
STAR Of ALL,
COOLEST EVER
Boy is Sensation of the Big
Games Played at Buck
harmon Tournament.

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Sims and Victory high schools were
the big sensations OF the Buckhan-
non tournament. They say that some
onegaye Victory high school bask-
etball for Christmas and in apprecia-
ton of the gift basketball team was
organized. Be this as 1t may, these
young kids from Harrison county
simply turned tho tournament upside
down Saturday morning when they
knocked off Blhefield's giant team
1913. After time out for lunch Vic
tory came back in the afternoon and
while the crowd. roareR with delight
and surprise, played rings around the
Big Red team from Parkersburg, send
ing them to elimination 1913. In
the semi finals Saturday the strain
started to show on Victory. and they
were conquered by Moundsvilie To-
IL in brilliant game.
It was a great disappointment to tn.
crowd that Victory. did not get in the
finals. After the Bluefield and Park
ersburg victories the fans united in
pulling for them.
Sims, star forward for Victory, a
mere infant along side of such men
as Bell, of Parkersburg, Hawley of
Bluefield, Flanagan of Buckhannon,
and others we might mention, stands
out head and shoulders above every
other Individual player in the tourna-
ment. The nerve and GOODNESS OF this
boy in crucial games was simply unS
canny, to say the least.
In the Parkersburg game, Sims
made the great Parkersburg star, Bell,
look awful komesick. Cool to a mad
dening degree this little fellow drib-
bled and passed the ball all around
Bell. At times it seemed that Sims
was actually haunting Boil, If Bell put
his hands up to block a pass, Sims
would dribble the ball on the floor,
II Bell prepared to block dribble,
Sims shot the ball over his shoulder,
and occasionally just for luck he
would shoot the ball between Bells
legs. At times Sims would get the
ball and wait for Bell to make dive
at him all the while juggling he7ball
from one hand to the other and con-
sequently had Bell see-sawing back
and forth in great style, much to the
delight OF the crowd
In this Parkersb1rg game, during
the second period when every foul
counted to beat the band, this younl
Clsrksburg star amid the din aud roo.
of the excited multitude calmly stop
ped to the foul line eight times and
shot as many consecutive FOULS TOR
his team, this being the outstanding
feature, of the tournament.
I.aA -.
Ho is a good, clean, aggressive
basketball player, deserving Of the
highest praised.
Hats off to Victory, also.
A good school with a good coach
WHO teaches his men to play the kind
of basketball that is credit to the
institution and which meets the high.
est standards of craftsmanship.
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harmon would go through without any
trouble. However, the done artists
had forgotten that Buckhannon had
TO play Fairmoat and that Pierre Hill
and his bunch were anxious to get
revenge for a defeat in Buckhannon
early in the season.
After the Buckhannonites had been
lost IN Friday afternoons tornado the
star pickers had Bluefield and Park
arsburg remaining. Bluefield fell by
the wayside Saturday morning when
victory. looking like a delegation from
a grade school. gave the dope and
the southerns an awful kick in the
Stats. About the same time Victory
nigh was putting crimp IN Blue
field, Parkersburg knocked off Fair
mont 20-4 and at once was heralded
sure champions in view of Fairmont
having beaten Buckhannon. But little
old Victory high school bounced out
on the floor Saturday afternoon and
trimmed Parkersburg Just about as
they had Bluefield. Well. what were
the scribes to do now? oh, there was
Fairyiew plugging right along. All
right, three cheers for. Fairview COM
ing champions. But Washington Irv-
Ing high school met Fairview and
through the efforts of Hill, who de-
liberately made a cowardly personal
foul on A. Amons, Fairview star and
best guard in the tournament disIo-
eating his hip, was able to down Fair
view in a crippled condition by two
points.
Coming down to the semi finals vic
tory high was picked to beat Mounds
vile but lost ont after brilliant VIC
tories over much stronger teams than
MoundsYille; Washington Irving at
the end of the first half looked like
sure winner over Clendennin. but
matters changed decidedly in the sec
ond half. There was no question about
the result of the final game as Mounds.
VILE was about all in, one man giving
out completely and being carried OH
the floor before the game was over.
Is 1t any wonder erasers were in
J great demand?
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WITHOUT HIM
FAIRV|fN WAS
COUNTED OUT
Amnlons Gets little Revenge
for Dirty Trick Played
BY Hill.

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Tie iirx which has been hanging on
Fairview highs trail for the last
month or more again asserted itself at
Buckhahnon and eliminated that team
from the running Just when they
seemed certain 70 get into the sem.
finals and very likely the final game
Of the big tournaments Playing Wash
ington Irving high school late Satur-
day afternoon, Fairyiew was picked a
winner BY close margin, and to win
this game putithe Fairview lads in line
to play Clendennin in the semi-finals.
However,, Marion county's men did
not figure on fellow by the name OF
Hill on the Clarksburg team, who has
carried a reputation for dirty work and
unsportsmanlike conduct ever since
he has been playing on Washington
Irving high school team. This is the
ladfwho tried TO cripple the Fairmont
Hin in the game at Clarksburg some
time ago when Kahn's men played
down there, the fellow $50 big he can't
control his muscles Before the end
Of the first half Hill committed a
cowardly personal foul on A. Ammons,
the Fairyiew stat. guard and keystone
Of the team. crashing into his lad, at
time when Ammons could offer no
protection to himself, with his full
weight resulting in serious injury to
the Fairyiew boy, his hip being. thrown
put of place.
Without the services Of Ammons,
The power OF Fairview was much re.
duced, green man having to take Am.
mons place and the team GENERALLY
being detnoralized. They fought game.
ly to the end, however, only dropping
the game BY the margin Of two points,
Thus went glimmering Marion coun-
TVS last chance for high honors in the
Tournament.
AS Ammons was being cared for by
a physician in the dressing room Just
otter his injury. vengeance on Hill was
threatened by Fairyiew fans and play
ers present.
Never mind HILL" said Ammons
between sobs Che was crying not only
with severe pain, but from being
knocked out of the contest when he
had been all Keyed up to carry Fair
view through to victory, and his nerves
temporarily went to pieces under the
shoclS) The win be sorry some ddy. He
viii get his n could have perhaps
saved myself little by getting him
halfway when saw him rushing at
me. but | did not think he would be
guilty OF such a cowardly trick"
Ammons did get little revenge
Saturday night in the semi-finals. Aft
err being treated several times by
physicians. he asked permission to see
the final games. Clutches were Sc
cured for him and lie hobbled around
from the entrance OF the gymnasium to
seat in front Of the, press box to see
Fill and Washington Irving go down
TO defeat IN tho semffinals against
Clendenntn and to hear the, crowd
ride Hill for his dirty work in tho
afternoon.
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LAKE CHARLES, La, March 12.-
Three cheers! Here's an ex.sporting
editor SO infatuated with baseball that
he makes an annual pilgrimage south
Just to mtngle with the vets and bush.
ers and get little workout himself.
He is George NJ. Graham, several
years ago sporting editor of the Phil
adelphia North-Amertcan. Now he
has better job-general sales mana.
ger OF the Pierce-Arrow automobile.
Graham is down here reducing"
with Macks athletes. When he was
newspaper man he was kept on the
hop all the time and didn't have to
come south to reduce.
Graham left the newspaper field In
1916 and at once began a meteoric ca
reer In the automobile world. Soon he
had an opportunity to go with the
Pieree-Arrow company and he has
more than made good there. He is
drawing down annually many times
the amount he received for his ser.
vices as sporting editor.
But baseball is in my blood and I
generally find time each spring to
come south with Mack and get lit.
tie limbering up and drop e few
pounds" he said.
First day out Graham stopped bali
off Scott Perry's bat right in the pit
OF his abdomen. There's green and
black splotch there vet and it still
hurts. But Graham has loosened up
sufficiently to stop them with his
glove now.
During the war Graham was chair.
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Eraser Greatest Asset of
GuessersatBig Tournament


That small rubber affair attached
to the end of all, more or less res
pectable lead pencils, commonly
spoken of as an eraser played the
greatest part of any thing in the bask.
etball tournament concluded at Buck
harmon Saturday evening. The So
called critics, scribes, prophets, dope
sters and go on who came to the tour
nament without being in possession
of this handy little eraser with which
to obliterate bad guesses secured
erasers after the Buckhannon- Fair
mont game and continued to use them
freely between that time and the IL
yale.
Every scribe and gucsser, buys, begs
steals or has presented to him before
the opening game an official score card
all rugged out wtthsSlines for results
Of first round, second round, thirl
round, tri-finals, semi-flnals and n
nails. The first thing that the wise
guy does is to sit. down off in some
corner by himself, or possibly with
some other wise bird, and proceed
to play all the basketball games and
fill in all the blanks on the official
score card, showing the winner In ev-
cry contest, Others are content 10
pick winners from round to round.
Up until the Fairrnont- Buckhannon
game the dope was running close to
form the only bad ak,betng Charles
toms defeat at the hands Of Parkers-
burg, and the wise boys were feeling
right strong. But from the defeat OF
Buckhannon on it was Just case OF
making. substitution in the favorits
column all the time. After this game
the guessers ventured no predictions
except from game to game and these
were mostly sadly off color, Buck
harmon was the big fayorite together
with Charleston as the tournament
winner when the games opened, with
Parkersburg having look-tn and also
Bluefield.
Charleston was eliminated by Park
ersburg in tho second round, but this
was not an overwhelming blow. Buck
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.Clarksburg section and growing less
in numbers every day. Several Clarks-
burg people coming down on the spe-
cial train Saturday night expressed
relief that Victory and Washington
did not come together in the finals.
This was on account of the fact that
If the big Washington Irving rough
neck, Hill, had attempted any of his
dirty work against the Victory lads
it is likely that spectators would have
jumped out on the floor and dragged
Hill of, thus starting a big row.
What we have said about Hill and
Washington Irying's coach We do not
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doesn't know thing or two about the
choice holds of Hopping.
Caddock.s speed was too much for
the Frenchman and he pinned him TO
the floor in a little less than an hour.
The invader showed a lot of knowledge
OF the mat game and when lie learns
the speed of the art as practtced in
the United States may prove a real
contender.
His war record stands out so keen
ly that 1t has trailed him across the
ocean trail from sunny Picardy.
He didn't exactly pick up tank and
carry 1t about the battlefield on his
back, but he did right one OF the biz
caterpillar crawlers that was cut of
commission and saved his battery's po-
sition. The heroic deed was done I'm.
der heavy, artillery and muskctry fire.
Salvador wears Croix de Guerre
and the military medals of both France
and England and has been mentioned
three times in dispatches for bravery.
AS to athletics, he started as o
bicyclist, later became runner, then
a weight litter and wrestler. He won
the heavyweight Championship Mt the
Inter-Allied meet last July at the
Pershing Stadium, near Paris.
He weighs 212 pounds and is a hand
some fellow, dressed either in his
wrestling tights or his natty French
uniform.
It's refreshing to find a real hero
who Is not seeking to use military
medals as wedge to PR OFF the lid oil
the box office money till.
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Some Local Sport Chatter

Home again. Home from the most
peculiar, series of basketball battles
mortal man ever loked upon. Glen
DENIM won the tournament and
Moundsville was the runner up, but
If there are not four or, half a dozen
better teams in the. state, then we
will eat our hat at sunrise. Uncanny
twists of fate, lucky drawings and re-
drawings, the swatting of two mighty
teams by the hitherto unheard of Vic
tory High lads of Clarksburg, the in
jury of Ammons, of Fairview, and
other things, all conspired to bring
together in the final batte1 two teams
who did not represent the two best
aggregations in the state. Buckhan-
non, Parkersburg, Bluefield, Fair
view and Fairmont, under ordinary
circumstances, are better than Glen
denim was this year. If any of the
above named teams had clashed with
Clendennin in the finals we doubt if
the first prize would have gone down
the Coal and Coke Sunday morning.
To the surprising work Of Victory
High school in two games, when. they
eliminated Bluetield and Parkersburg
- altar the other, to the sensational
playing Of Fairmont in one game,
when they walloped Buckhannon, and
to the glorious good luck in the draw
ings, Clendennin may be thankful.
for the championship, and Mounds
vile thankful to the came for getting
SO far as the finals or semi-finals.
There are stronger teams in the state
than Clendennin teams that could
better represent this state at Chicago,
but they won the tournament through
the regulation system of elimination
adopted and they must be recognized
as the champions without reserve.
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Worthless Without Moral Sense.

Men must learn to discriminate, and
that implies a moral sense and an en-
lightened and disciplined will. Without
them failure in the business of life is
certain. Masterful natures without
moral sense, or, If they have 1t, dis
obedient to 1t, are always weak ma
lures. History gives the record Of many
such. They are profitable for ''lhstruc-
ton in righteousness"
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somewhat ElderlY nRoy.n

whats the matter with Flossle to-
night?" somebody asked Tessie Tabas-
co in the dressing room, Indicating one
of the girls who was showing unmis-
ssigns of temper. "Her boy
promised to take her out to dinner to-
night, and then didn't turn up" How
was that?" According TO what she
said his favorite grandchlld is very
ILL.,"
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Rather original is this big, strap.
ping fellow Salvador chevalier,
heavyweight restler, who has lately ar.
rived from France.
Although he has a thrilling war rec.
ord to his credit he says he didn't risk
getting seasick just to parade his med.
ais over here.
Give me lot of work on the Amer.
lean wrestling mat and let's forget
about the war;" he says.
He didn't seek any setup on his in.
itial showing in this country, either,
unless you figure that Earl Caddock
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Sacci Will Build
IL New Houses Soon

Within short time p A. Sacci,
local contractor will start to construct
twelve new houses on his lots on Col
rmbia street, between Diamond street.,
Front street and Edgeway. They will
be either five or. six room houses ana
he win dispose Of them when buyers
come along. The houses will be of
modern construction.
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calories

It's well-Rnown fact, said the man,
who is fond Of airing. odd bits OF
knowledge, that there is as much
strength in couple of eggs, as in a
pound OF beef.
HIM! snorted the actor, I've on.
countered eggs that were stronger
than any pound Of beef could possibly
be.-Pearson's. :.
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The first shipment of gold from Lon
don to New York was arranged March
8, when Kuhn, Leob Co. obtained ST.
100000 of the metal In the London
open market.
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If Clarksburg could do away with
Coach Merrells at Washington. Irving
and Hill of the same school; the Har-
rison county metropolis would have
two .orgfHNttions instead Of one Of.
which they might be proud. There.
is no reason Washington Irving
should mot play as clean, sportsman
like ball as Yictory-but she never.
will as long as such individuals as
Merrells and Hill are permitted to
stick around. The conduct of Hill
when he knocked out Ammons Sat
urday afternoon is the deepest black
mark of a long series Of blots on his
reputation. But he is no more to
blame than his coach. When coach
continues such a man as Hill on the
squad the suggestion is strong that
the coach teaches him his dirty tricks.
or at least approves Of them, and
keeps him OF the team to serve a pur-
pose. It Is generally rumored in
Clarsburg that there is to be new
coach at washington Irving soon. For
the good of the institution and In be-,
half OF clean athletics in West Vir-i
ginia gchool circles we hope So Mer-
rells has muddled things badly sew
8eral dimes this year, and it is thought
thai his days are numbered as coach
In West Virginia school circles. His
friensd are limited even in the
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man Of the board OF automobile men
at the capital which represented the
motor truck manufacturers of the
country. The companies represented
turned out $4,000 trucks for the allies
and this country. That was some auto
mobile achievement and puts Graham
in the front rank Of automobile men.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-15

An Anglo-American corporation has
formed the Consolidated Diamond
Fields OF Southwest Africa, with a
capital stock of $22,50O,0Oo, to pur-
chase all German interests in the
great diamond mining concerns what
was formerly German Southwest AZ,
RIGA.
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While in the ciytl War. rs per cent
of the soldiers were under. 81 years of
age, in the recent war 90 per cent were
under 81.
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DUNBAR TO PLAY.

Dunbar High school Will play KEEL
ley Miller High school at Clarksburg
Friday. This viii be a fast game. A
large crowd ofrpoters will go with
the team.
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The oil runs to the refineries of the
United States for 1919 wer. s61,52O..
153 barrels of crude oil, or 900, 1855 bar.
rels day.
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The showing of victory High school
in the tournament is going to be a
great thing for that school in athleh
les. 1t. will give them the needed in
spiration for greater things. Keep
your eye ON Victory.
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To our notion Parkersburg and.
Buckhannon were the two best teams
entered in the tournament, with just
a shade for Buckhannon.
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Coach Boyer is generally very cool.
but what he told the Washington tr-
wing coach after the game in which
Ammons was deliberately badly in
jured would not be fit to print. And
at that Boyer did not say half enough.
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1t was midnight on the ocean,
Not street car wasin sight:
The sun was shining brightly
And 1t rained all day next night.
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Bluefield started a substitute. or
two against Victory High. They soon
yanked them out of the game, but It
was too late TO save the game.
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There are many other things We
might tell you about the tournament,
but this is enough for today. Some
more after the battel views tomor-
row.
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Just to show the strong effect un-
expected victories HI re ON many peo-
pie, allow us to quote a recitation de-
liyered to all who could hear by
prominent Marion county citizen just
after the victory Of Fairmont over
a
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II love you, darling salary
The mRrS'lous Heinc swore.
.And when you grow up big and fat
III love you y lot more, 2

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want TO reflect directly against the
school or the other players on the
team. The other boys are all right,
audit is tough luck they have to work
under such adverse conditions.
Practically every person admits
that the fastest and best basketball Of
the entire tournament was staged By
Fairmont in the Buckhannon game,
but the trouble was Fairmont only
had one game like that in her system.
4 = Jasper Colebank, of Grafton, pick
ed Clendenntn to be in the finals the
FIRST day OF the tournament. He pick
ed Buckhannon as the other team to
take part in the final game.
Who's to be ON our All-State team
Well, in the first place. we are not
going to pick an all-state team. but
tomorrow's paper Will carry list OF
seven or eight players selected from
the tournament teams who. in our
opinion, would make tsme scombina-
ton for any good coach to train into
championship conditions. There win
be five regulars and two or three sub
stitutes in our list. ~
Bell, OF Parkersburg. took his de
feat by Victory in very good fashion.
This big Red team star was bounded
by the crowd continually about his
age, tainted by the frisky littia
Clarksburg star, Sims and besides
carried the burden of directing his
own team, Yet he stood It all and
took defeat without any display OF
letting his temper get the best OF him.
and was among the first to congratn-
late Victory on their unexpected tri-
umph. This was q severe test OF
craftsmanship. and the Parkersburg
man is to be Congratulated. "A
Coach Boyer is generally very cool,
but what he told the Washington tr-
wing coach after the game in which
Ammons was deliberately badly in
jured would not be fit to print. And
at that Boyer did not say half enough.
Bluefield started substitute. or
two against Victory High. They soon
yanked them out of the game, but Il
was too late TO save the game.
Just to show the strong effect un-
expected victories hsf,e ON many peo-
ple,. allow us to quote a recitation de-
liyered to all who could hear by
prominent Marion county citizen just
after the victory OF Fairmont over
Buckhannon: n
It was midnight on the ocean.
Not street car was in sight;
The sun was shining brightly
And 1t rained all day next night.
We won't give the name OF tho
prominent citizen, because he would
soon become the object of the ieal-
ousies of all the leading poets of the
community who write verse for the
edification Of the editorss waste paper
basket. ~
There are many other things we
might tell you about the tournament,
but this is enough for today. Some
more after the battel views tomor-
row.
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We won't give the name OF tho
prominent citizen, because he would
soon become the object of the ieal-
ousies of all the leading poets of the
community who write verse for the
edification of the editors waste paper
basket. ~
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want to reflect directly against the
school or the other players on the
team. The other boys are all right,
audit is toughsluclk they have to work
under sueh adverse conditions.