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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
.WASH:JEFF is
MIRACLE TEAM
Now Composed of Men
Playing First !
Season

MoRGANToWN, March 3.-In
some respects the Washington and
Jefferson college team which meets
West Virginia here tomorrow night
is 4 miracle outfit" in that II is
composed entirely OF men who are
playing their first year on the Red
and Black squad. Coach Byerly has
performed the seemingly impossible
with bunch Of green material
and at present has his aggregation
headed straight for the sectional
title.
Harry Eaton, forward. Aaron
Lyle, center. and Herb Kopf, a
guard, are all Freshmen and this
is their first season OF collegiate
basketball. Walter, another for
ward, and Saunders, the other
guard. are both juniors but up hn-
til this season neither played on
the Red and Black floor squad
Ever since the Conn brothers were
barred several weeks ago the
youths mentioned above have been
playing sensational brand of bas-
ketball and In every game they
performed as, seasoned veterans.
Hundreds OF fans believe that
the Presidents, like the Mountain
GERS, have a veteran squad but the
records dlscredit this idea. 1t is no
small task for five inexperienced
mon to come through a hard sched-
lule after having been deprived OF
the services Of their captain and
another star player and the Red
and Blacks great work is sufficient
evidence Of the teams strength.
NV. & J. certainlyshas tho goods"
and win come here determined to
wipe out the defeat they suffered
at the hands OF the Mountaineers
earlier in tho season w. & j. has
succeeded under circumstances as
adverse as those that fell upon the
Mountafneers and too much credit
cannot be given to the plucky team
that has carried the Red and Black
to such phenomenal success.
It has been rumored Shere that
the Conn brothers, Cecil and Kemp,
will be reinstated in time for to.
morrow's game. There Is no foun-
dation for this rumor as the w &
]. lineup which has already been
forwarded did not contain the
name OF either man. This pair OF
stars kept w. & j. in tho running
during the early part OF the sea-
son. hut fell behind in their work
and were ordered to leave the
squad by the faculty. This occur
red almost three weeks ago and
in The intervening period they
have had plenty of time to make
up" their work and the rumor
claims that they haVo satisfied all
scholarship requirements. II this
Is true 1t would not be surprising
to see the pair In the lineup tomor-
row against the locals.
West Virginia must" win tomor-
rows game II she hopes to regain
some of the prestige she lost last
week when Carnegie Tech walked
off with two victories and 1t will
also be well for the Varsity to win
in order to even up the record.
Since w. & ] aud West Virginia
: first met In 1915 ten games have
been played. Six OF these resulted
In victories for the Presidents and
four ended in triumphs for tho
Mounta!neers, all of which shows
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
Road Contracts Not to
Be Let Until April

Announcement has been made
by the state road commission that
the opening Of bids for certain
road and bridge contracts which
was scheduled for March IS, at
Charleston, has been postponed
until April 4, This extension Of
time is TO give the federal road
and bridge departments more
time to pass upon federal aid pro-
jects for which contracta are to DO
let at that time.
Among the contracts for which
bids are being asked as the paw
ing projects for the Morgantown
road and tho Point Marion road
between Morgantown and the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
RLvEsYILLE GlRLs
Tie Rlyesyille high school girl,

The Riyesyille high school girls
ktkanl will Close the ssaSUn
sthiss evening with a game on their
nwn floor with the lassIes from
Grafton. A great crowd Is expect.
led to turn out for this contest, the
R3yesville girls, having won IN OK
citing game, from the Grafton five
last week on the Grafton floor. Tho
game will-be called at S:15 o'clock.
Ttiis! will be the last home game
for four of the kivesville regulars
isthey will be graduated this year.
The girls have made splendid re-
cord this season., dropping but
three games all year.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
Baseball Records

For IL in succession Ty Cobb tie American Lea
in batting This record covered period
ing from 1907 to 1912
Honus Wagner for II consecutive years, :S9T to 1913
hit 800 or better in the National League.
Willie Keller Tor eight consecutive years National
League made 200 hits reaching the high
for that organization in 1897 with 243.
Babe Ruth in three in the American League.
homers in 1921 stands the record.
"stuffy McInnes during the of 1921 played
entire at first base and only That
very questionable.
Gibson in 1903 caught consecutive games for
Pittsburgh His team the National League pennant
year
Ed Walsh in 1908 worked in Sc games for-the Chicago
White sox. He saved many games aIreet pitcher
credited with 40 victories himself
In 1920 George Sser OF the 81. Louis 257
base hits breaking the that both major
leagues.
In 1855 Harry stovey stole 156 bases,
been approached by Of the moden-day
"old Hoss Radbourne in 1884 pitched In 72 games
games in succession that season.
"Wee Willie Keller while with the Baltimore Orioles
through entire in the National League without
striking out He at bat 200 times before he retired
strikes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
Weathei'man in Better
+, Frame Of Mind Today

Mild, spring-l'kc weather prevails
In Falrmont today.
In contrast to the cloudy, wet
and dismal conditions OF the last
few days, there is not cloud In
the sky. and tho sun shines down
with q pleasing warmth.
The weatherman is in an opti-
mistic mood as he declares tho
good weather is TO continue, his
prediction being for continued clear
tonight and tomorrow. with higher
temperature tomorrow.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

that the Varsity must add another
victory Il 1t Is TO remain on any
thing like even terms with w. & ],
Since 1918 seven games have
been played and SO far neither
team has been able TO defeat the
other by a margin greater than
four points. Each Of the seven bat
ties have been bitterly contested,
three being decided by one point.
The close scores evidence the Bit
terness OF tho struggles and tomor-
rows game, from present indica-
tons. will not be an exception.
The Presidents are out for tire
championship and revenge, and a
victory over the Mountaineers will
bring both SO they can be expect
ed to play their best basketball OF
the season.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
Auto Booster Plates
for Fairmont on Sale

Fairmont automobile booster
plates, to be attached to the stats
license plates, have been placed or
sale here at tho Standard garage,
1t was announced this morning by
Carl Beatty. president ind mana
ger OF the company. The booster
plates, on which appears the name
Faifmont, are being sold In Nor.
gantown and Clarksburg by the
chambers OF commerce,
The plates are being sold here ut
IS cents n pair, a price which the
local dealers claim is practically
the same as cost.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

record sporting editor dug up the dope from
the National league statistics much surprised anyone
In going my books find that
end 1896 entire
games in the spring 1897 finally whitfield
The National league had pretty pitchers
days Cleveland had cy Young and Mig Cuppy its cincn
fine staff
Nichols styetts and Kobedanz were
Chicago boosted Of Clarke Griffith Briggs Friend Thorn.
Pittsburgh Kllan Hawey
keeping the have
mentioned.
When player hit against bunch he
deserved II.
strike because was chop hitter
took frce swing at ball always choked
swinges fellows like Ruth easy to strike
addition had good eye and seldom The
pitchers had them for and always picked
cripple also resorted to the bunt to great advantage
what known place hitter In those
felders heads place
weren't
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

Congressman in wastinston
who served in the World War are
pressing the government to act
for the 6Xtradition of Grover G.
Bergdoll, the Philadelphia slack
er, now fugitive in Germany.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

While lacking major league
polse this infield seems to have
great promise. and may be biz
when it gets settled TO big league
ways. In the meantime, however,
Pat Moran may have some anxious
moments. II Eddie Roush quits
his absence will be'felt at bat and
in tho field.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

It's the same story in every
training camp with the possible
exception OF the New York Giants
who seem pretty well fortified
outside OF McGraw every other
manager has some serious prob
lens to solve between now and
the opening of the season.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
GUYS TEAM

Tihe famous Pittsburgh Colle-
gianswilfabe back in tho game the
coming season for their twenty
second consecutive campaign. Ma
r.teF ciub Of their kind In the
tasi can how record Of this ma
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

The New York Club has the
outfield problem on its hands.
Babe Ruth and Bob .Msusel will
be out for Ave. weeks as the result
OF the suspension by Judge Lam
dis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
Suiil!6H liluBEgssiIp
Rn Ri1I,< Evans
BY Billy Evans

Several big problems confront a
number Of major league manag-
ers.. They must be solved during
the spring training trip.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

At Cincinnati Pat Moran is
going to have practically a new
infeld. At short and third will
be Cavenoy and PinelIi, two new
corners to Cincinnati, At second
and first will be Bohnc and Fon-
seca.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

incidentally Gibson has a few
infeld worries. Third base is a
matter Of doubt. likewise second
may cause him trouble. This
fellow Traynor. who Joined the
club last fall, looks like a good
bet 10 solve Gibson's worries In
the infleld.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

The finish of the 1921 season Is
not going to add any confidence to
the Pirates. In addition, Gibson
may be without his star catcher,
Schmidt, who threatens TO retire
because Of salary difference.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

state line. The Gypsy bridge nea,
clartshurg Is also Of generalioea
interest as It will eliminate q
dangerous grade crossing and YIN
straighten the state highway route
considerably.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

Perhaps the biggest task that
Manager Gibson of Pittsburgh
will face Is to make his players
forget all about the 1921 pennant
race. After seemingly having It
won the Pirates blew in the
stretch.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

substitutions: Hite-tor Harsh
bdrger, Fairshire for Leatherwood,
Cupper for Crop. Rigerson for
Merrells.
Field baskets: Henry 2, Ridgley
8, Ice Q, Colegank /.
In the preliminary game, the
Fairmont Boy Scouts defeated the
GIarksburg Scouts -21-12. Lineup
and summary:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

Manager Miller Higgins must
fill that void in some way SO that
the loss Of these two players will
not seriously handicap The chan
ces Of the Yankees to repeat In
the American League.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
KiwanIs Gam.

Clarksburg Kiwanis club won u
well played basketball game last
night from the Fairmont Kiwanis
club 1921. the game being staged
on the "Y" floor. Fairmont was
leading at the end. OF the first half
but could not stand the pace in tha
second round. Lineup and sum-
mary.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

Lack of consistent pitching
played havoc with the Tigers
chances last year., 1t is possible
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

The pitching problem is the
most serioues one that confronts
Manager Speaker Of the Cleveland
club, the runner-up In the Amer
lean league last season.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

If 1T is Manager Cobb'sl good
fortune TO have one Of his recruit
intlelders make good at short ii
will go a long way toward settling
his problem.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

Substitutons: Greenzoone for
stusban.
Field baskets: Rose 4. pelsardo
2. Dean, Callahan Q, Clarksburg,
Coughan 2, Heenan.
Foul baskets. Delsardo S in IL,
Coughan 2 in s.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

Detroit has two infeld posi-
tions. as well as pitching, to worry
about. Jones at third and Blue
at first will show real class. II
Pep Young returns to form second
base will be satisfactorily taken
care OF.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

Either Walter Mails or Jim
Bagby must do a large comeback
for the Indians, possibly both, II
Speaker is going to make things
interesting. The rest of the club
will deliver II It gets pitching.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

shortstop is the big question al
Detroit, with second base II
doubt. A team that is not salts
factorlly taken care OF at those
two most important positions IL
under very serious handicap.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03

that the recruits Pilllette and
johnson will add considerable
strength to the Tigers pitching
staff,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-03
PAR-YEE.

THE BACK REFLECTS n UNIQUE
TREATMENT WHILE THE. FRONT
rs OF SUBSTANTIAL CHARACTER.
,PAR-YEE rs 5ADRE RTISEI1 IN
THE CURRENT ISSUE OF 7l5R
'SATURDA1 EHENING Posi-.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-15
ATHLETIC NOTES OF H.
s. AND COLLEGE.
Baseball Season Opens
Boys Win AT Lafayette.

The base ball season for st. Pet
er's College classy aggregation will
open Easter Sunday with gam,
between the locals and the strong
Avery Island team.
This will be the first opportunity
the local fans have had to size ur
the new diamond and fine new grand
stand that has been fixed up out at
the Colleg grounds, and curiosity to
see this will no doubt bring out d
grand crowd, to say nothing of the
hot contest assured between these
evenly matched mines.
On Monday, April II, the second
game of the season will take place,
the visitors on this occasion being
the Loreauvlle team, who are excep-
tionally strong this Spring.
Each game opens at 8 p. NJ, anC
admission to each has been fixed at:
men 80 cents, ladies 35c, and children
25 cents.
From what transpired Wednesday
afternoon, it looks as if New Iberia
High School has good chance to
annex a lot of honor in the annual
Athletic Contest this year.
Our local athletes journeyed over
to Lafayette on Wednesday and held
a trial track contest with the State
Institute boys. The Iberia boys were
not expecting much against the big
Lafayette fellows, so were highly
elated over their showing, which in
cluded three first places and num-
Der of seconds and thirds.
Milton Delcambre was the hero of
of the event, gathering in the first
honor in the 22O yard dash, first in
high hurdles, and first in low hurdles.
Big Joe Alfano landed second in the
shot put, hurling the iron weight 40
feet and 4 inches.
In the pole vault Alton Lourd
landed third, scaling the bar at about
9 feet. Vaughn Taylor ran the mile
for New Iberia and captured third
place.
Quite bunch of rooters accomp-
anied the Iberia athletes to Lafay-
cite.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-15
N. DeBlANC BADLY
INJURED.
Sad Accident Occurred AT
S. P. Depot.

on Tuesday morning serious ac-
cident occurred in the Southern Pa
cihc freight yard, which had sad re
suits for Mr.. Michel DcBlanc, one of
New Iberia's esteemed citizens.
1t seems that Mr. DcBIanc. who i
yardmaster here, was doing some
switching at about eight o'cloch
Tuesday morning When he tried to
pull the pin to cut loose two ears
the automatic coupler on one side
would not work. He climbed over the
drawhead to get at the automatic
on the other side, doing 50 without
giving the engineer the stop signal,
as he wanted to save time. He fell
to the track with his right leg on the
rail, which was horribly manglcd
from near the ankle to the knee
His fellow trainmen tied up the
leg above the wound to stay the
great loss of blood. and then rushed
him to Dauterive Sanitarium whore
it was found necessary to amputate
just above the knee joint.
Mr.. DeBlanc has survived the pain
ful ordeal remarkably well, being
man Of great forttude. and is re-
ported as doing really better at this
time than was to have been expect
ed
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-15
BUREAU IS NOW
ORGANIZED.
Body Now At Work For
Betterin8 Iberia.

The Iberia Parish Farm Bureau
has at last gotten down to real bust
ness, the work of preliminary org
anization being now all attended to .
Last Saturday over half a hundred
active members met in the Court
room and formed their Board Of Di-
rectors. This is one of the most i'm
portant parts of any organization,
and our local Farm Bureau has made
good start in selecting such a
worthy Board, which consists of:
First Ward-Dr. u. S. Perret and
Gustave Leblanc.
Second Ward-Louis Pesson and
Sidney Hebert.
Third Ward d-Clet Provost and AL
bert Thibodaux.
Fourth Ward-John Bonin and J
+. Broussard.
Fifth Ward-Jos A. Segura and Al
bin Segura.
Sixth Ward-Leon Landry and A..
A. Theriot
Seventh Ward-N. J. Derouen and
Albert Delcambre.
Eighth Ward-Damas Moresi and
Camille Provost.
This Board will meet in New Ibe-
ria on Saturday, April Is, at 2:30
p. NJ, to elect the first set of offic-
ers and attend to other important
business.
At last Saturdays meeting, at
which Mr. A. A. Theriot presided,
and Mr.. st. Dizier acted as Secre-
tary, Mr.. Bacque, Parish Farm Agent
of Lafayette, made talk on coop
erative work in building sweet pota-
to curing houses in his parish. This
seems to be such a good proposition
that committee of eight was APP
pointed to look into the matter for
iberia Parish, being Messrs. John
BONN, DR.. Goodwin, Albin Segura,
Leon Landry, Albert Delcambre, N.
F. Breaux, Alfred Granger and A.
A. Theriot.
The Bureau now numbers one hun
dred and ten in this parish, with
others still joining.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-15
FIELD DAY TO BE BIGGER
THAN EVER.

There was notable gathering III
New Iberia Wednesday when nums
ber of gentlemen high in the circles
of agricultural and live stock exten-
sion work, assembled here to com
plete plans for the annual Field Day
that is set for next Thursday
Among the important visitors were
Prof. Dodson, Messrs. Chapman,
Staples, Burleson, Lacroix, Hadden
and Redhead, all of the State Uni
versity; Secretary Burns of the Tex
as Short Horn Breeders Assn, and
Parish Farm Agents Casanova and
Dutch of Vermilion, Guidroz and
Racquet of Lafayette; VOORHEES, Of
st. Martins; Cade Of Acadia, and st.
Dizier of iberia.
From what we have been able to
find out, this years Field Day will
far surpass any previous effort along
this line. Crowds are planning 70
come from many adjoining parishes,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-15

The Zedeer
Chauauqua
st formerly with
Mr. Zedeer organized the quintet than with
With vions which
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-15
Chicken Feed For Sale, SOC per
Sack delivered. Jennaro Drayage,
Phone 21O.

Vice Commander Bourg presided,
with c. Dudley LeMaire, Adjutant of
the iberia Post, as Secretary.
The chief topic discussed was the
Legion Service Campaign" which
opens on April 18th and ends May
18th. 1t is the plan of the Louisiana
headquarters to have thorough
canvass made of the whole state,
distributing to every ex-service man,
a QUESTIONABLE which, when filled
out, will give the Legion all informa-
tion necessary in helping them in
filing claims for compensation, hos
pitalization, back-pay, reinstatement
Of insurance, etc.
Houma was selected as the next
meeting place and the delegates left
New iberia greatly impressed with
the hospitality of our local veterans
and well satisfied with the success
of the caucus.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-15
BOLDT MILL ENLARGED.

The new machinery that has been
awaited for some time at the big
Boldt Paper mill, put in it's appear
ance this week, and already is under
course of being installed.
The purpose Of this new machine
is to enable Mr.. Zimmerman to turn
out a much heavier product from the
mill under his charge, for which
there is strong market.
The mill will probably have to I've
shut down for about fifteen days be-
fore the change can be completed,
but when it starts up again the out
put will be greatly increased as a
result of the new installation.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-04-15
NOVELTY IN HOME.
TALENT SHOW.
Classic Program BY N. l.
Dancing School.

The people Of this city are in for
something entirely new in the line
Of entertainment, when on Saturday
April 22, the first public program of
the New Iberia School of Classic
Dancing will be given at the Elks
Theatre.
Miss Hunter. director of the dane
ing school, has her pupils in high
state OF perfection, and eight mum
bers will be given that should be n
revelation in grace and beauty. The
elaborate costuming alone will be a
feature well worth seeing.
Besides the dancing numbers, there
will be a specially selected Tai
madge picture, the first show start
ing at p. M.
The performance is being staged
for the benefit Of the Women's
Council, and they have placed tickets
on sale at several Main st. Stores
and at the Chamber of Commerce
office.
The program of dance numbers in
My Lady Goes A-Walking. Patricia
Gavotte. ;. Louise Lewald and Sue
King.
Romance. .... Marion Murphy and
Evelyn Colgin.
Lady Vanity. ....... .Juliette Levy.
Military Dance. Ethel Mae Frame
and Dorothy Shraut.
Spanish Dance. =. Sarah Moore and
Alberta Decuir.
Tea Cup Girl. -. Marjorie Haase.
Group Dance. 49,. ...... BY Class.
The novelty Of this performance,
it being the very first of it's kind
ever shown here, is certain to pack
the theatre at both performances.
Those who have seen some of the
rehearsals state that the program
will be a big hit locally.