The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-26
SCORE
ANDSATURDAY
CONTEST FINE
Locals Get Awful Walloping
at Fairyiew Saturday
Evening.

Basketball relations were resumed
Saturday night between Fairmont
and Fairview High schools, and the
game which marked the resumption
ofrelations was one which was highly
satisfactory in every particular
from Fairview standpoint, and sat
Eisfactory in a Fairmont standpoint in
every particular, except one-that
lone particular being the score. Fair.
view COPIED the contest by the mar
gin of 46. to %, a margin which the
most hopeful press agent of highly
esteemed political candidate would
scarce dare make for his employer
during the campaign. AS we mem
toned before, everything was lovely
except the score from the Fairmont
standpoint. The crowd was a capac=
tty one;- the treatment accorded our
heroes (soft pedal on that word for
Saturday night) was all that could be
desired; the referee was fair and hon
est and of good repute; the roofing
OF both the Fairmont delegation and
the old home town folk of Fairview
was simply "amalgumpshush," which
is shorthand for splendid.
After the massacre on the floor our
boys were delightfully."- entertained at
some sort of social function by the
girls basketball team. Basking in
the smiles Of their handsome hosts,
our lads soon were able to. forget the
trials and tribulations OF, the early
hours OF the evening. We were not
among those present around the fes-.
tive board expression borrowed
from the stereotype files for this spe-
cial occasion) bue yet we feel reason
ably certain that we are not stretch
ing our imagination to the point
where 1t will be disfigured for life pic
ture given in the second sentence Of
this paragraph
The game opened with a rush and
closed the same way, the home play
ers conducting, seemingly, perpet-
lual rush at the Fairmont basket and
] dropping the ball through the net
with a regularity that became terri
bly, monotonous as Tempus kept fu-
igiting along. One could look up most
any time and see q Fairview player
taking a deadly aim on the basket
and see the score keeper getting rea-
3dy to mark up another number on
the blackboard. Several time dur
ling the contest the local boys got go
ing fast for probably 80 or 50sseconds
at time. scored few points in rapid
succession, and then lapsed back into
la semi-conscious condition and
watched the parade pass in review.
The terrific onslaughts of the Fair
view team were greatly enjoyed by
the assembled throng, and ever and
anon the lusty lunged rooters would
lift their voices in a happy chorus OF
,Iadmiration.s IT
Fairmont had a very hard game
Friday night, and this in part may
accouLs for the rather one-sided VIC
tory secured by their rivals, but 1t
would be. highly unsportsmanlike for
any effort to be made to detract from
4 the Fairvfew team. They have a
basketball team of great ability, and
the game was won by superior basket
ball playing at all stages, even IL the
local boys were not in the best of con-
dition. Unless we miss our guess,
other teams will come to know of the
prowess sf the Fairview lads before
teh end of the season. Fairmont has
a chance to even up the series when
Fairview comes here later on, and
/, this contest will be worth seeing. The
details of the sad event are given be-
low:
Fairmont %. Fairview As.
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