The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-24
v; Y, U.-bETHANY
WEEKS CLASSIC
MOuNTAXNNER TLooRMEN MADE
STRONG COMEBACK IN LATTER
PART OF EASTEHN TRIP
1AgEsd Playing In Opening Games
freshmen Meet Salem College
Tonight

Special Dispatch 70 Tho Intelugencer.
Morgantown. Jan. 23-After getting
| or TO poor start and losing the games
u Penn State College and Cornell Uni
rorsity OUTFITS by one-Sidcd scores the
West Virginia University haskctceTs
| came back strong In the closing con-
tests OF the trip and made Il splendid
showing against Colgate and Syracuse.
While tho team failed TO win any of tho
Eastern collegiate games and was also
una bic to Increase their prestige nation
ally n the floor sport. the defeats do
not have any bearing on the Carsity :
season. The present season has been L
success thus far. because the team has
already eliminated Carnegie Tech from
tho race for the championship Of the
tri-state district The most ardent
Mountatneer fans hardly expected the
team 70 win majority OF the games IN
the East. and the four rercrScs We"
not entirely unexpected. The season s
far from being failure and tho Noun
tn!neers Viii start work this week for
the coming home games. The varsity
does not have another game away from
MorgantOwn uut'l February -. when
FP!;t will be played. Coach Stadsv9ld
will get his men N shape during TINS
per! cd for the sh towards the ScCtlUn-
NJ championship.
The big feature OF the eastern jaunt
was the showing against Colgate and
Syracuse. whose teams are equally AS
strong as Cornell. Once out Of the rat
the varsity played good BASKETBALL and
there was not the slightest traC" If the
ragged playing that marked the games
with Penn State and Cornell.
Coach Stadsvolds crew got of 10 a
very bad start ny losing the opening
game To Penn State. Sid. The Noun.
'a!ncers suffering another overwhelming
defeat Wednesday, night when Cornell
Won by i 81 to 10 score.
The varsity was decidedly off color"
In both these contests and the only re-
decming feature OF the defeats was the
spectacular floor work Of George IitN.
who made n great showing. HllI. alone.
played in good form. His dribhl:ng and
mates offered him little support and he
was pOwerleSS.
Against Syracuse, however. the team
showed some VI the stuH that enabled
Il TO defeat d. and f. college. CarneG!n
Tech and Fairmont "Y." The Orange
haskctccrS were played 10 Il StandSr,ll
and would have been defeated had Mos
Ter. til" tail center. dropped a long He'd
goa! through The basket just four &C.,
oAdS before the final whistle.
Tire game was also very close. hut
the team seemed To be slightly fat. curd
after the hcartbreaking encounter n
Colgate. Syracuse won Ivy the score uf
% 10 Is. hut they had 10 tSht hard
every minut" to keep ahead of III" hGEht-
ing MountnineerS. II was clear thar
West Virginia played herself out
against Colgate but the players tough:
hard until tho end.
The entire team showed n Srea, i'm
provcmsnt in password in the Syracuse
and Colgate games and certainly would
have Jared better II the first two games
r K had played the same sort OF baS-
ketball.
Next Friday night the strong Bethany
quintet Will be IN" attraction here. II
is reported that the Eunalo. Creek insti-
tuition has strong floor team and Will
give West Virginia n hard battle. Tn"
BETHANY contest Is tn" only game on
the varsity schedule between now ana
February Sth
The Mountainecr Freshmen will nav"
to show great Improvement over ikcir
playing in the first two games II they
expect 70 defeat Salem College here to-
night. Salem has an exceptionally
strong team and recently held MUSkin-
gu lnCollcRe 20 2l-20 score. Salem
has defeated some Of the best teams
IN this section and Is confident 81 trim
ming the Freshics who are rounding IN
70 shape