The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-01
|BESI TEAM \
WINNER o.
BIG GAMES
Buck hannon Enti tiled to Vic
tory Fai1view Gets
Much Glory.

WAY ND IN tQpsnur county In the
town Of puck hannon. there is great
Joy today. because Coach Ross, .Pop,
t1ona8an,e boys; II. and F. and their
helpers Stanley, Evans, Swisher, Rohr-
bauBh. AshWorth, ctc. \ are back amonA
rae natives of sBuckhannon after
Short Journey TO the heart Of ciyiliza-
ton not only safely back safe and
sozlnd 70 the familiar wildwood but
bringing With them a loving cup, gold
basketball silk shirt and the cham
pfonslip Of the Monongahela Valley
high school basketball tournament. In
pfner words late Saturday night Fair
view and Bnckhannon high schools
came together on the Normal floor in
the finals of the tournament and at.
ter 80 minutes of play 1t was found
TINT the Buccos had rolled UP 81
p4Int IS against % by Fairview, and
Is being an nnlucky number as COM
pared to under the existing, con-
qiLione Buck hannon was declared to
have defeated Boyer's men and al
lowed to wear the victor's laurels.
Ihrpugh very unusual luck in the
d<aNiug. Buckhannon had very easy
sailing all through the tournament.
PLAYING hut one major team outside
OF line qnal contest team being
Gu tom which was vanquished after
giving much trouble in the first half.
I1irvieW ON the other hand had two
u11iof games TO play before the FL
r4!s. Meeting and beating Grafton and
FaIrmont But despite this fact we
believe ttat the majority Of the I'M
biased fans who witnessed the tour
nament games will agree with us when
we say the best team won. Fairview
has cracking good aggregation. The
writer has praised them on many oc.
c<sipns during the season and holds
them among the best in the state, but
cishan1on has a shade on Boyer's
men and his fact can not be denied,
and there can be no abb for Fair
vIo#s defeat in the final game. Had
Buckhannon drawn FaiTyiew's card
for the tournament, and Fairview
draWnis Buck hannon's the ultimate
result would have been the same, al.
1bpugh the score might have been
closer I'M the final game by six or
eight poihts
Buclshannon,s team has weight, en-
dnraices speed and experience. This
Is 4 comb ton that is hard to beat.
TRUE. Rtink hannon looked feareust,,
faw IN the first half of the game with
the midgets from Blacksmith. in the
Saturday, fterrloon game, but that
e>rnetWAs simply q very forceful illus
trat{or or d condition that Goes up
now md again in all lines OF sport
when q team that Is far superior to-
tho opposition has a hard time getting
stnrte and at times fails to get
started at all, going down to defeat.
We venture the assertion that should
Bnckhahnon and Fairview come to-
ecther In q series OF seven games on.
any neutral floor such as the Normal
that nckhannon would take at least
four out of the seven, allowing day
Of resi- between battles OF course
no such series will ever be arranged.
There IS yet one more chance for
FaIrvieW TO prove she Is superior to
Buckhannon and get revenge for the
defeat Saturday night. Both teams
are entered in the State tournament
at Buckhannon and If they happen to
come together there is sure to be a
battle royal The writer hopes Fair
view WIN be able to land this contest,
II It 50 happens the two teams meet
Whiie Fairview lost the champion
ship. and no doubt 1T was q sad blow
10 the hopes OF these sturdy lads and
their loyal friends, there is much
honor and glory for them in the run.
nor aip posi- tion. They fought good
fight ana stuck to the finish, and lost
out only because 'Buckhannon high
had Just e shade the better Of them
for an around basil .ettnil and caught
them when! they were Off form through