The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-20
MORE FACTS
ABOUT LOCAL
FLOOR MEET
A Few Details Given by
Toothman in His Bull
letins.

Sandy Toothman, director of the big
Monongahela Valley basketball tour
nament which will be staged In this
! city next Friday and Saturday, has
Just sent out two more official an
nouncements concerning the tourna-
ment to the various high schools Of
the state who are interested in this
great event and to the presA of the cit.
les where these schools are located.
The high points of the announcements
terest to those who are looking for
ward to the big scholastic floor event
/ of the season:
Drawings.
The results OF the drawing on the
coming Saturday will be made public
at the office Of the county superintend-
ent of. schools in the court house in
Fairmont at 900 q. m. on Friday, Feb
ruary 27-the first day Of the tourna-
ment. Each team may have repre-
sentative present at this session. I be-
| lieve it was not made clear in one of
these announcement sheets that moth
ing would be made public at the draw
ing Saturday. stated that each team
might have a representative present
| If desired, but 1t would be of no ad-
vantage to any team il they had some
one there. The drawing will be done
by the men mentioned heretofore who
are men of honor and hold positions
{ of trust here.
will appreciate 1t very much If you
will send that picture and pennant to
me for display in the window which
l have secured for the purpose-A G..
/ Martin and Co. Book Store.
! Twenty teams are entered. Wash
/ ington Irving from Clarksburg and
Morgantown are not entered. Terra
Alta and Belington shuld BE- added to
, the list on the posters or window cards
sent out for your use in your town.
Hotels and Eats.
Paul Smith, of the Normal school
will meet Elkins, Tunnelton, Beling-
ton, Salem, Lumberport anG take tiem
to the Manley hotel where they will
be quartered during the tournament.
Curley Tough will meet Weston;
Grafton, Masontown and show them
to the Kenyon hotel.
Gay Shuman will meet Blacksmith
! and Jane Lew and take them to Cne
Jackson hotel. Shuman will also meet
Rivesville and Fairview.
Mr.. Duncan will meet Buckhannon
and Kingwood and escort them to The
Watson hotel Also Shinnston, Lum-
berport and Warrington.
! Jimmie Knight will meet Terra Alta
and Victory and take them to the Nc.
Alpin hotel.
Warrington, Pennington, Rivesville,
/ Terra Alta, Victory and Shinnston will
eat at the Palace restaurant on Main
street.
Elkins, Salem, Tunnelton, Lumber
port, Weston, Grafton, Masontwn will
eat at Harvey's restaurant on Madison
street.
Blacksville and Jane Lew will eat
i at the Jackson where they room.
! Buckhannon, Kingwood, Fairview,
Belington will eat at the Watson Cafe,
corner Main and Madison streets.
Each team will play but one game
on Friday of the tournament and no
! team has a very long journey. Games
are 80 minutes in length with a rest
peroid of fifteen minutes between
halves. Therefore we are asking that
insofar as possible that all the teams
I
time in the forenoon on Friday. You
may eat upon arrival and be shown to
your hotel. Only ten of the twenty
teams via play in the afternoon. The
other ten will play in the night ses-
sion Of the preliminaries.
Please notify me again of the time
of arrival. Many Of the teams left this
item from the Entrance card. In or
der to have the machinery work so
that SHAH have some one on hand to
meet you this information is necessary
again.
! Fairmont, Fairview, Pennington,
Rivesville, Warrington and Shinnston
will return home Friday night. The
car will be held until connections can
be made from the gymnasium. The
management of the tournament will
pay the carfare home and return for
this night. The distance is only an
hour at most from here and it is diff.
ficult to get rooms together for the
teams so that they will all be together
under the care and direction of the
coach.
! If you are not notified before arr.
val of where your team will eat, the
person who meets you upon arrival
will give this information. The hotels
as announced is correct so in case Of
any slip-up you can get to the proper
place. The hotels have been notified
of whom to expect.
Carpenters are busy enlarging the
seating capacity of the Normal gymna.
SUM. We plan to handle about three
hundred more persons when they are
through than we were able to accom-.
modete before.
The announcements are signed by
Homer C. Toothman.