The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-19
Wheeling IS
WINNER OVER
LOCAL CROWD.

.
and Umpire is stumb-
ling Block
BY LARRY
rpiInTtnE our moon.kissed trail
tiet ied from ! Wheeling to Fair.
mont last night and eventually
landed 3 band Of tired and weary
bail players and fans in tho home
hay We had not a thing TO do, ex,
cert q try to keep from treezing
10 death gaze upon the pictur.
esque scenery as we wendell our
vss out Of West Virginia and into
rehnsylYania and out Pennsyl.
ysnia into West Virginia again and
think
keep from freezing to death.
Hatch the scenery and think
theHe three and the greatest OF
ttsse was think.
10 defy the teeth chattering
chill was obviously of little avail.
the scenery was MARRIED hero and
tiere by barking dogs and groan.
tng gyumbling frogs, thus leav.
ing thinking alone available as a
source Of time killing.
SO is we thought and rode and
fois and thought, We figured up
the assets and liabilities Of a day
tltll % complications. large, small
and medium. Here are some OF the
Deductions We deducted as we
drove on and on.
Assets
900 mile suto ride.
two dollar Fatrmont meal for
% cents at Waynesburg at noon.
I chicken and waffle supper.
i first prize in the l00.yard
dash Iwon by Homer Tootbmanl
ne having the honor to hold his
cpat and hat while he ran.
] second prize in the 100.yard
dash won by j. knight We hay.
ING the honor to hold his coat and
est wnle ne san.
HIST prize IN the swimming
race wpn by Goat Ridgleyl
detotlr that was not bad.
good Joke pulled by Beebs on
mfpe on the way out,
Liabilities
bob,taiied ball game gone To
smash
several hours sleep lost forever.
Just a. We we're going TO sub.
tact the liabilities from the as.
tets and divide by two 10 get the
offieisi batting averages we hit
fhss covered bridge al Barrackyille
ana stopped figuring for the eye.
nIne
Asiiftle as we might say about
ne ban game probably would he
too much and what We would like
Ia say about some aspects of the
same and the umpire NE could
not print
IL sufficient To remark IN
PASSING, however that wa never
bstora went "a far "a NAV an short
Il came IA ret licked "a unexnect.
eds
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whsre he Kiwanis nIcnic was he.
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fosei or5aslittle later After singing
fi,e national anthem of The base.
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