The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-07

Coming events cast "A shadow
Ssefore hand, and if the shadow
Enow looming on the sport horizon
ds a criterion or prediction of true
esorth long before the ideas OF
JGnuary have been passed Fair
mont and Marion county will be
In the mid st OF one of thu greatest
basketball seasons that the sport
fans OF this city and county have
!, ever enjoyed.
Casually glancinE ~ the sche-
dulles arranged for the two local
high schools, the M"anninEton.
Fairview, and Pennington high
school quintets at the schedule
meeting Of the MononEnhela Val
ley High School Basketball league
held at Grafton recently one finds
That every high class basketball
five in the league will make two
or three invasious of the county
during January and February. In
addition to this high class pro-
BAN OF entertainment Offered by
the high school %quintets the Fair
mont Normal sch DOL quintet ias a
fine schedule Of games arranged
and ten of their battles will be
played oil the home floor. Two of
1.-THE most interesting games on
their card are the West Virginia
university game scheduled for
January 81 and the Wesleyan Col
Ngsge game scheduled for March 4.
In addition to these two hiS games
the Normal passers Will meet
Broaddus, d. & F.. and the rotO-
mac state college players,
The games already announced
hy the high school tennis arc all
Valley League games and will be
augmented by a number of games
With high class teams from other
sections of the state. IT has al
ready been announced that Fair
mont nigh will play the big Red
team Of ParkershuTc here and
Coach Frank Ice is d~ickerinE with
3, number OF other coaches for big
games for the home floor. 1t is
not known as yet whether the East
Side boys will book any games
outside OF their league schedule
but Is It thought that several ad-
dItional home games will be book
ed.
With the schedule making par
TALLY out OF the way the coachcs
are now getting down to the more
Serious work Of selecting the most
promising candidates from the
several hundred boys OF the coun-
~ who are making the fight OF
their lives TO be among the FIVE or
ten players who will represent
their schools on the court this win
ter, Many pathetic sccnes are be-
ing enacted In the gymnasiums OF
hthe county when some young lad
who has worked hard Is told that
he cannot make the team this sea-
son but that he will be good ma
tSrfal for next year.
Somehow It appears to us at this
writing that the boys who make
the teams Of county r to be
pltied for to play on a basketball
team in Marion county this next
two months will e much in
the life OF the young men Of school
age. Only the strong of heart and
of body will be able to stand that
HLTdlu that LlGN VIII OG pNN
: through. the games will come thick
and fast and all will be lard
fought and interesting.
But on the other hand the boy
who can stand up under the rigid
training rules and make a team
and play consistent basketball
sduriug the coming season viii
have lots to be proud OF. The
smoke Of the Christmas ceIebra-
tion will have hardly cleared away
until the floors Of the gym Will he
swept and marked and the shrill
SNlasts Of the officials whistle will
announce that the season is on,
The first game on the present
sehedules of .the local quintets IS
&for January 4 when Tairmont high
viii clash witt the East Side high
in a game on tho East Side floor.
From that date on until March II
there will be 4 basketball game
in some OF the courts OF the city