The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-25
FOUR Bic F|VES
To OPEN SEASON
On JANUARY 70
BEI.I.ARE, wREELrNG, MARTINS
PERRY AND I,INSLY TIP OFF
REoULAH SEASON SOON.
Ohio valley Championship Honors VIII
Probably Lie Between One Of Above
Mentioned Floor Teams.

Four big scholastic floor teams. name
" Wheeling. Bc!aire. Martins Ferry
and IAns.y will tip Off their regular
l920-2l season c!thcr on January I or
s. OF course, many arc OF the opinion
that Wheeling had already opened its
season last Wednesday evening against
Mount Pleasant, but after looking over
tho score. one will readily agree that
Il was more Of Il practice game Tor inc
Gold and Blue tOSSers, who hurlesQucd
from one end of the floor to the other,
and finally stopped scoring when theE
had piled up l07 points to their oppon-
ent's IL.
To one OF the above mentioned, the
valley honors nr the championship VIII
probably 60. as all will be represents"
with the strongest floor teams In years
Ono cannot he said better than the
other, as excellent material Is At hand
, for every one OF the coaches. ana therc
remains little doubt in the minds or
local fans. but that the four big hHoS
will come through with the most sue
ccssful season in history. All OF those
mentioned will hook up with one an
other on the floor this year with the
exception Of Wheeling and Martins
Ferry, which schools severed all attn
lciic relations TWO years ago.
opcn Season January 10.
Those who will open their regular
season on January are Bellaire, Mar
tins and Linsly, while Wheeling opens
last on the following evening"
Wheeling will run up against tho
stirrest opponent Of them AL in their
opening encounter. when the Gold and
Blue tossers tackle the highly touted
Marietta hasketers. on the local h!Eh
school floor, saturday, January .. Mar
Ietta. will be recalled as the winners
Of the Ohio tourney at Marietta last
YEAR. and with q team OF such caliDre
and reputation the Gold and Blue Will
probab!v be in for their first hardest
game of the year.
Bellairc opens it's 1o20-21 season with
Triadelphia. and although tho Red and
Blue tosscrs arc not expected TO cause
the .OhioarS any great trouble they VIII,
without doubt give them tusSlc. Poe
and O'Brien are the two big stars NJ
Triadelphia who were lost by gradua-
ton last June. and without the services
OF these former stars, the pike hrc Will
be greatly handicapped. The same can
be said Of Bcllaire, which suffered the
loss of Culbertson. Lopcnan AID Nc
Dcrmott. all Of whom had excellent
basketball qualities But plenty or
good material is at hand for Coach Gal
bareth, and for that reason they are
rayorites over Triadelphla in the open
ing game.
Linsly opens her 1921 season against
Union on the latter's floor. and consider
ing the experience that the Union toss
ers have gained through their four
games already played this year and
the fact that they will be in their own
.hacls yard" the Cadets viii bo IN for
busy evening.
Martins Ferry will tackle an un-
known opponent in GAINESVILLE. and II
cannot be determined just what the
Purple and White toSsers Will run up
against in their openAng encounter but
from past records the GAINESVILLE school
has always boon we'll represented on
the floor. and will expcctedly give the
Ferrians n tough argument.