The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-25
Some Local Sport Chatter

Here is little inslde HtufI on
why the Normal trimmed Clarks-
burg so handily last evening. AS we
stated before, this is inside stuff and
confidential and you much not tell
any person about it. Sandy Toothman
was reading in The West virginian
last night a letter to the editor abou
Frank Keeney. Down near the end
of the letter, the writer of the epistlf
stated that Catalina used to close all
his Grafton with Carthage delenda
est" (meaning, so he said, Carthage
must be destroyed'D. Sandy couldn't
get old Catalina swords off his, bloom.
ing mind and all during the supper he
kept murmuring about "delenda est"
Just before the game last night
Sandy got his men off in corner and
made a wonderful speech Zone whic
old Catalina would have been glad IL
have heard, if he could have been
presently and then he winds her all u
with "Clarksburgo delenda est" and
told the boys to go to it. Mike
Hamilton told Sandy he didn't know
what in the hell kind of a drink he
was talking about, but he would take
swallow or two along with any
other guy. Pete Hamilton shook his
finger at Sandy and says, "What
what, what, whatsat you say" while
Jimmie knight had presence OF mind
enough to send his valet. Conley, fol
a Latin grammar and distionary. At
the end of the first half with the score
only 1871 in Fairmont's favor. the
grammar and dictionary arrived and
between the halves the boys doped 1t
out that Sandy was trying to tell them
ClaTksburg must be destroyed. Once
they knew what he wanted, they went
right out on the floor in the second
half and knocked the stuffing of the
metropolis OF Harrison County, and
was not much of hard Job at that
Poor Jimmie Knight ran about 1000
miles, more or less and only got one
basket. However, Jimmie should be
glad be got so much good exercise.
Boom, old top, who took Pete's
place In the second half, was an
broken out with good basketball play
ing. He was in the game up to his
neck all the time. Thorn got Boehm
with his elbow once and took all tho
wind out of the local star for a cou-
pie of minutes.
Nerva Shuman, sister of Longfellew
shuman of the Normal, also has bas-
ketball ability. She will be one of the
mainstays of the Fairview girls
team tomorrow evening in the CLASH
with Clarksburg. The Shuman fam
ny seems to be right there on this
basketball business. Longfellow had
a good time last night, getting three
baskets and necking visitors right ant
left.
Mike Hamilton just ran wild, get
ing seven field baskets and IL gouls,
He would have made more fouls, only
he fell on his ear and damaged his
Snyder, catcher, and Ross Young, in,
fielder recruit, will be the stars, for
the almo City is none other than
their home town.
The Los Angeles ball club has
signed sandlotter by the name of
George Valentile. He is a right-hand.
ed pitcher.
This time of year the ball stars
seem to have only one word IN their
vocabulary-"Gimme-n
Indications are that the Giants,
pitching staff, as already constituted,
will be the strongest in the National
League, but this eminently pleasing
condftios will not deter John ], Nc.
Graw from attempting to strengthen It
even further. With this end in view
he has gathered together an impress
sive array of young and mostly I'M