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New Britain herald., 1920-03-17
BOLSHEEIkI ARE BLAMED.

Geneva, March 17.-Policc authori- ties declare that investigations they have made relative to the bombing of the American consulate at Zurich con- firm their theory that the attack was a bolshevik attempt at revenge for the deporaion of sovie sympathizers from the United States. Regrea for the incident has already been ex- pressed to Washington by the Swiss
New Britain herald., 1920-03-17
WRESTLING MATCH.

Tony Eselum of this city has been matched to meet Philip Brigando of Meriden in the latter city in a wrest- ling match for a side bet of S200. The date has not been annouuced
New Britain herald., 1920-03-17

club, camp fire club and Girl Scout troup For the convenience of tran- sients. a list of desirable rooms about
 the city is maintained at the office.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
All Set For Opening Of Local Baseball Season
Let Sandy Coach This Bunch


~ As We have stated have desire
the ofticial pckers
low qcn heavy tasks to fall
or Sandy Toothman would willing
10 Pc press agent take money
OF the following the
sims Victory high school
snoo iorward Hawe Buef cid high school
Pierre Hui Farmont high school, Flanagan Buckhannon nigh
ssnooi Ash school
give SANDY Toothman tbs squad with
some basketball aggregation notice
e[s IN tne list Hawey Hill
wolo De good enough to while Flanagan
flanagan would make
position with credit coing
~ ss-.s f
sims proved himself Buckhannon games
lIle seasoning should become the
ne is said TO be rather old for high school
ne egoiy rules and is
me good center big plays
Lne game an the time a. Ammons, while
70 same IN the big games
as good guard
circles IN long time Many up because
fSS - 80
Dorsey is guard the main reason for the
success OF the title
dangerous shots in the
natte at any stage Hc
IS on the snort end and pulls his
ana Flanagan remarkably
mas nade on them for aaround work Ash
Is an excellent shot One of these fellows roaming
ton He gdes about the place place ever ready to
grab pass and drop the pill through
very hard to guard which adds to his
Any five of these would give
the opposition something serious think about
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
Army Lads Like
These Fast Games

The army boys along the border
are turning to polo and baseball now.
They can't all have ponies and polo
clubs, but they can all play baseball.
The big athletic field at the army post
in Brownsville, Tex, is beehive all
day long. The officers wives come
out to watch the polo stars at work in
the afternoon.
Only week or two ago the foot.
ballers finished a long season. They
played all winter. The weather was
just right. 1t was q bit too warm when
the collegians were playing in the
north last fall so they started late.
There are eight polo teams in this
section and they are now engaged in
a long schedule OF championship
games. With war problems off their
minds the poloists Ore putting more
pep in the game and some sensations
al sport can be seen any afternoon in
the week. They are PLAYING at
Brownsville, Mercedes, San Benito,
McAllen, Fort Ringgold and Sam
Fordyce.
The Fort Ringgold team won the
football championship of the valley.
The various stations are now en-.
gagged in baseball turnament.
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Some Local Sport Chatter

BILE assistance in keeping the morale
OF the team at q high pitch.
Following the coach,s address,
each member of the team was called
upon for d few words on his esperi
ences at the tournament "
Sandy To6thman, Fairmont Normal
school coach, selects the following
men as members OF his All-State has
ketball team: Sims, Victory high, for
ward; Summers, clend high, for
ward: Hawley, Bluefield high, center:
A. Ammons, Fairview high, guard:
Dorsey, clendennin high, guard.
Efforts are being made by Fairmo..,
high school to bring the sensational
Victory high school lads here for a
game with Kahh's men very soon. II
was reported this morning that nego-
tiations would likely be successful
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
Fewer TEAMS
IN CONTESTS
BETTER PLAN.
Critics Think Sectional Tour
nament Plan Should be
Adopted Next Year.

Before the time for another state
basketball tournament rolls round 1t
| is to be hoped that arrangements will
he made whereby the state tourna.
ment may be reduced in size and can
he run of in a day instead OF taking
two or three days for the affair. While
the big games at Buckhannon were
very successful this year and great
! throngs attended, yet 1t is generally
recognized that things would be even
better If only a few teams were enter
ed in the state tournament. This can
be arranged by playing sectional tour
naments about the state short time
before the state frolic, and then taking
the champions and runners up; or just
the. champions, from these various sec
tional encounters to Buckhannon for
the state title contests. Another way
would be for committee of compe-
tent critics who follow the game close.
lily to pick out six or eight OF what they
would call the best teams in the state
and have the state tournament author
tiles invite these teams to compete
for the states highest basketball hon
ors. This plan, however, would not
likely be as popular or as successful
a way of reaching a decision as to the
champion school basketball team as
the first method.
Not only is the present method OF
elimination not entirely satisfactory
on account OF the long drawn out ser,
les required on present conditions, but
also because with a great host oil
teams entered as was the case at
Buckhannon last week there is toe
much room for unfair advantage to re.
suit from the drawings. The drawing
itself is on the level in every respect
but the peculiar twists of fate and
luck in the original drawing and the
redrawings often gives one team q
great advantage over another, and
teams that logically should come to
/ gether do not clash.
| By having sectional tournaments
about the state and then sending only
q very, very limited number OF teams
to the state meet 1t would practically
! be an insurance policy against lucky
1 features for, any team In the drawing,
/ So far as the number of teams going
to the state meet is concerned 1t could
easily be reduced to six, or not more
than eight. Six or eight sectional tour.
itaments with the six or eight winners
of these contests going to the state
games would in our opinion be the
ideal manner Of reaching a decision
of the school champions OF the state
! That such a plan has the backing
4 of many was evidenced at the big
games at Buckhannon last week where
the question of making the champion
ship battles less complicated was one
of the main topics of conversation
among the spectators, scribes and
coaches during the leisure moments
All seemed united in the opinion that
some such change should be made, al
the state championship tournament Is
getting to be too big an affair to be
handled in the way is has been tc
date.
The annual Monongahela Valley
! Tournament under the new scheme
would serve as one of the elimination
series before the title games.
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VARSITY TO PLAY
WASR-JEFF team
Must Have Victory satur.
day Night for Success
full Season.

MoRGANTowN, March 1e.rhe
final gamesof West virgfnia,s basket.
ball season here on Saturday nigh,
of this week will be to very great
extent teh determining factor Ia the
Mountalneers'a success or failure this
year. To date eleven games have
peen won and ten have been lost.
record which is not bad at all when
It is considered that the schedule this
year has been an exeeptionaiiy lons
and ,arduous one and that victories
have been achieved over Yale, W. q
j, Pitt and other strong fiyes. A win
over w. & ]. Saturday will make the
second for this season over the Rcd
and Black and will give amid
grounds for claiming the season to 50
successful one. w. & j. previous
to this year has never lost d basket
ball game to West Virginia. II Coach
Stadayold's men can turn the trick
twice in one season nothing can take
away from the present team a most
unusual distinction.
With the final game OF the wear
three daps away, the Mountafneers
lineup is uncertain. This seems un-
usually strange, but Coach Stads-
void has really been handicapped by
the abundance of material this year.
Martins return, while hailed with de-
light by all Moutaineer followers.
really worked to the Disadvantage Of
the local team in its first few games.
Hill, Dawson, Morrison and Kiger
had been playing together more than
two months when Martin started, and
wonderful basketball player that he
is, he could not i1nmediately fit into.
the lineup and play his best brand Of
basketball. Martin, of course, wlll
play Saturday, as teamwork with the
big Charleston boy as a unit has been
steadily improving. but ii is possible
that Bob" Hawkins viii take either
Captain Morrison's place or that OF
Hill at forward. Morrison's knee is
badly injured.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

This is "Biz" Dawson himself. Yer.
satile athelete on the list at West Vir-
ginia university. Dawson is Clarks-
burg product, and is we'll known in
Fatrmont, having had much to do last
summer with smashing Of Monongah
Glass hopes for 1.-THE city league pen.
nant. He pitched and was the star
batter of the Fairmont Mining Machin.
cry team last summer. He plays on
the basketball, football and baseball
teamsat the university.
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Talking with Coach Boyer, of Fair
view this morning and he seems to
think that II he were picking an AN
State team 1t would be as follows:
Summers, Clendennil high, or Sims.
Victory high, forward; Bell, Parkefs,
burg high, forward; Hill, Fairmont
high, center; A. Ammons, Fairview
high, guard; Dorsey, Clendennin high,
guard. This is very good selection,
All the men mentioned In Boyer's list
are to be found in the eight men Sc
lected by The West Virginian tonight
with the exception of Summers, OF
clendennin high.
/, There is not much Joy for West
Virginia in the semi.official announce.
ment that Moundsyille will represent
this state at the Chicago tournament.
It looks like an early goodbye for
West Virginia in the Windy City
games.
Local baseball fans will be glad to
know that all the troubles OF the Fair
mont Industrial Baseball league seem
to be at an end, and that they may
look forward to another big local base
ball season. The price OF admission
will remain at 10 cents for single
games, and season tickets will sell at
two dollars.
The Clarksburg Telegram gives the
following account OF the celebration
staged Monday at Victory high school
in honor Of the Victory team for its
great showing at the state tourna.
ment:.
Victory high school at Adamston
took day of Monday to celebrate
the sensational record made by its
basketball team In the annual state
tournament, which closed at Buck.
harmon Saturday night. The general
holiday, however, was only the be-
ginning of what promises to be an
entire week Of celebration featured
by entertainments given for the cage
heroes, who, unheralded and unsung,
struck fear to the hearts of the states
leading quints.
Speeches by Coach Galen A. Wal.
lace, members OF the team and Off,
Gals of the school featured the ex.
orcises in honor of the quintet held in
the chapel Monday morning, follow.
ing which students were dismissed for
the day. !.
THE exercises were opened with
the singing of Victory High School
by the assemblage of students, after
which members of. the team were
taken to the stage amid mild cheer.
ing. On account OF receiving medi
cal treatment for injuries received in
the games, Brady Sims, captain OF
the team and star forward, was late
in arriving. When he did enter the
auditorium, the crowd rose to ite
feet and cheered itself floarse. Called
upon for speech, he told TIM students
that the team had given, its best Ell.
forts toward bringing the champion.
ship to Victory high and then asked
that a vote be taken on the question
OF whether or not the team had done
Its best. chose believing that 1t had
were asked to stand, and the great
crowd of students was on its feet in
an instant.
Coach Wallace, in his speech
claimed no credit for himself, but
was loud in his praise OF the mem.
lbers of the team and its supporters,
He referred particularly to Charles
Nuss, the old Washington and JEFF,
ferson star, and John @. Southern
and James NJ. Shields, OF this city,
who, he said, had given him yalua
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
ePoPp SEQ SONS BOX

Only when confined to his bed from
illness does Pop" Downey fail to SEQ
his sons fight. They Keep him pretty
busy, too, for there are three of them.
He has travelled from coast to coast to
see his kids in action, paying his own
expenses. Bryan Is lightweight.
Tony is weller and Joe is a heavy.
weight.
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so GOODBYE RLuEs

Tom Fairweather is now offering
for sale the blue uniform that the Des
Moines club wore around the Western
League circuits in previous years.
They are too hot for comfort, says
the man with no rain in his name.
They will wear white uniforms at
home and gray cloth on the road.
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hE,a Ap,a RRorAER

Johnny Wolgaat Is now TRYING to
emulate the record set by his once IA.
nous brother Ad. He looks very much
liko al when IN the ring. His first ap-
penrnnco in the east was at L.ancaster
whore 40 keyoed Young Terry in one
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back to work for the White Sox and
won't enter the business world.
We got to have basepal whether
school keeps or not.
There are more holes in the big
league clubs than there are in NUM-
cipal golf course.
Manager Blank announces he'll have
good team as soon as he gets anoth-
er catcher. and his pitchers report,
and an infelder or two comes in a
trade, and he buys two or more out.
fielders. It's just like mobilizing ham
and eggs.
The cold snap in the south hasn't
stars. Most of them are still bloom
ers.,
On raw day the natives haul in
the therometers so the visitors can't
verify their suspicious.
Much longed for days the day that
some bird strikes out Babe Ruth in
New York. !.
History appears to have reneatsd
itself when Oscar Egg, Swiss bicycle
rider, took spill in the six-day race
the other day. Remember the famous
case of Humpty Dumpty?
Third Baseman Milton Stock, who
has been a holdout, notified Manager
Branch Hickey of the st. Louis Ma
tionals that he is on the way to tho
Cardinal cGmp at Brownsville, Tex.
If he signs, Pitcher Oscar Tuero will
be the only Cardinal holdout.
According to intelligene from Cali.
fornia, Duffy Lewis has blood poison.
ing in his arm. Another player out
there. Wolter Leyerenz, the pitcher,
has the same trouble, and neither
knows the cause of the infection.
Babe Ruth made whet is known as q
Sucker" throw when he hcGyed to
the wong base and 1t Il runner ad.
vance who should have been held at
first. In the same practice game Babe
also made fine pickup of a hard
| ground ball and held 1t to single. He
is fielding much better than he is hit
ting.
The Yankee catchers have a new
cry, zone away" instead of zone
down" is the slogan now when there's
one out.
One Of the Red followers bet / to
4 that Babe Ruth will put the ball over
the rightfleld fence at Miami IL he
come to bat six time in the games be-
tween the Reds and the Yankees. Ivy
Wingo got clean home run to right
field inside the ground Saturday, and
the ban did not come anywhere near
the fence, which looks to be half a
mile from the home plate.
=,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
PERFECTLY GOOD STOCK

4 guarantee oftsix per cent interest
Is being guaranteed on baseball stock.
Tho Syracuse club In the Interna.
uonal League is marketing $4,000
worth Of stock to the fans with a per.
lectly good guarantee on the invest,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
Results Of Games
Played on Alleys.

In the bowling leagae last night
Hartley's forfeited to Mining Machin-,
cry and The West virginian took two
out of three from the Midwest, Scores
were not available this morning.
STANDING Of Clubs
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
LAWYERS PLAY aAlL

The legal fraternity at San Diego
has been smitten by the baseball bug.
The lawyers of the city are keenly In
terested in sport. They have a strong
baseball team. vs.,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
WALKER GOES WEST

The Kansas City heavyweight, Hugh
Walker, has gone to Portland, Ore,
where he is booked for two matches.
Sailor Petroskey and Boy Mccormick
will be his opponents.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
EX-REp WITH AKRON,

Earl Mosely, former Cincinnati hur-
Ter, has been signed by the Akron
club. Mosely worked in 81 games for
the Reds in 1916.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

The Brooklyn Regulars batted Pref
fer and Miljus safely IL times Satur-
day, Miljus yielding 10 hits. Smith
and Con1an allowed the Yanigans six
hits, of which Kilduff made two. Hy
Myers and Michel cut off homers with
sensational one-hand catches. Kill
dun played brilliant game at third.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

One thing big league managers
ought to insist on before picking a
southern camp is plenteous fuel
supply.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

Big league ball clubs go south in
March to get used to the kind OF
weather they have the first OF April
in the north. 1t is still quite proper TO
take an ovecoat south for spring
training.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

BY Myers and lack wheat have
agreed on terms with the Dodger man.
agement and signed their Brooklyn.
contracts. "
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

Reconstruction has received anoth.
er setback. Joe johnson is going
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

Admiral sims Is not The only Sims
in the public ltmelighu There's
that Sims kid from victory High
school. ~.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

Ping Bodie can play just as good a
game of golf as Babe Ruth, but still
he don't get his name in the columns
as often.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

II some people could go around the
world for a nickel they wouldn't get
out of sight after paying their income
tax.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

Just picture one of Remmie's schools
With famous birds perched round on
stools
Say teacher, dear, what do they mean
BY cutting loose at batter's BEAM"
"And say, teacher. may l chew a.bit
OF natural leaf il l swallow it?
I'd be glad to pitch 'em dry
If l may spit in the hitter's eye"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

They have. about decided that. the
kick in football will do for few more
seasons.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

The poisoned olives are about ready
to be served at the training camp
tables.
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Threean Two
KLEMMiE,s SCHOOL

The tastes thing in the catalogue
Is Umpire Klem-the peGagogue,
He's telling pitchers what to do
What amt fair and what's taboo.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

The Yankees are mighty well
pleased with the showing of Bobbie
Meusel, Pacific Coast recruit. Even
Babe Ruth admits the youngster takes
almost as good a cut on the apple as
he himself does. ~
The ozarks were very oozy at Hot
Springs at last reports.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

Ray Schalk will hang up record
for catching 1000 games for the White
Sox this season. He is only about 40
games behind this mark now. Few big
league receivers ever approach this
record.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16
McGraw will have to do Luther
Burbank"-deyelop his own lemons.

Hal Chase may change himself into
the personality of Frank Merriwell for
A motion picture concern had an
nounced that Hal may be Frank in
more than 500 stories of the famous
Merriwell series.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

There are more holes in the big
league clubs than there are in a NUM-
cipal golf course.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

Local baseball fans will be glad to-
know that all the troubles OF the Fair
mont Industrial Baseball league seem
to be at an end, and that they may
look forward to another big local base
ball season. The price OF admission
will remain at 10 cents for single
games, and season tickets will sell at
two dollars.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

back to work for the White sox and
won't enter the business world.
We got to have baseDall whether
school keeps or not.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

The Yankee catchers have a new
cry, zone away" instead of zone
down." is the slogan now when there's
one out.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

/, There is not much Joy for West
Virginia in the semt.official announce.
ment that Moundsyille will represent
this state at the Chicago tournament.
1t looks like an early goodbye for
West Virginia in the Windy City
games.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-16

Manager Blank announces he'll have
good team as soon as he gets anoth-
er catcher. and his pitchers report,
and an infielder or two comes in a
trade, and he buys two or more out.
fielders. It's just like modifying ham
and eggs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-14
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