The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-28

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Grafton High School five. The
game will be played on the East
Side floor. Colebank. is reported to
have q strong team. He is one OF
the best coaches In the state, and
! ~ he has any material at all will
have formidable aggregation. A
lreturnt game will be played in Graf
eton on Saturday night.
To Play Cubs.
Sandy Toothman's Normal team
VIII play the Monongah. Cubs ON
the Normal floor next Monday eve.
ming. The teams are evenly match.
ed and a !. good game Is expected.
The two teams played at Monon.
gah last year, and the local lads
took the game. They will be out
70 duplicate the trick on Monday
SEeyening.
Industrial League.
Il is planned to start an Indus
trial Basketball League at the Y.
". g. a. next week, IL the schedule
can be arranged by that time. A
preliminary meeting was held at
the \. II. c. "A. last night to work
out the details Of the organization.
" Is planned to have six teams In
the league. Five organizations
have signed UP now. they being the
~. "a. e. B. Co., vMonongah7 GLASS;
Feirmort Mining Machinery, the
Owens Bottle Co. and the Domestic
Coke Cortoratfon
Shows Class.
ny Cobb Is strong for southpaws.
ny. pretty good hitter himself,
frankly admits that most left hand.
efsS trouble him, far more than right
handlers.
Such being the case, the natural
conclusion that Cobb must draw,
issthat most iett.handed batters are
troubled even more than him by
southpaw pitching.
No doubt that "a the reason why
Cobb put through the deal for
Southpaw Ray Francis OF the
washington Club. =
Cobb figures every club that
wants to have a chance as pen
nant contender needs a southpaw.
Now that II Is definitely settled
thaf Oldham will not be Tiger.
Cobhls best bet us a southpaw
passed on. Bert Cole seems to be
Just 9 BIZ shy Of major league call.
her. m
All Of which made It necessary
that Cobb 90 out and land south.
paw Francis proved to be the
best possibility on the market,
Hero is how he looked to Cobb: :
Francis showed me more stur
than 80 per cent OF the American
! keagne sonthpaws last year. /
didn't find him soft picking by any
means 4 am OF the opinion that
he will develop into the best LEFT.
handler Detroit has had in years.
Well Earned Victory
West Virginia fans have a right
70 feel entirely satisfied with the
Mountaineers Showing on the
coast Christmas Day,l says Charlie
Hodges In the Morgantown New
Dominion, in reviewing the Con.
zaga game. The Mountainee
met foernen. worthy Of their steel
N many respects and with but 1T.
tle over twenty four hours rest
after hopping from a rattIs: On
the 5000 mile Journey, they went
out and battled to victory over
one of the gamest, hardest fight.
sing and easily the greatest for.
ward passing team on the Pacific
Coast. The Mountainous aoaear.
"a to be outmatched as much In
the matter of weight as they were
against the Rutgers and when
this was Increased by an except
fnnai forward passing attack Of
the Neutrality-suspicious., against
sch no special defense had been
pared and Of which the Noun
ters had not the slightest ad.
Information, the victory is
satisfactory.
teanas apparently suffered
10 heat but the Mountain.
emed even more CRAFTY
pped than their western
ts. whose schedule raj TN.
Inber 0 and who, therefore,
roke training for the same.
Containers were IN iairiy
shape. but It Is doubtful II,
1ek q rs degree temperature
Hey were able 10 stand the gaff
HE their opponents.
West Virginia ltkewise played q
game that demanded greater ply.
slf.Sf strength than REQUIRED by
tie open attack OF GohSaga. The
lr,ay average viii show that the
Nop1 ainesfs used approximately
/. - ~ cent running attack and IS
t,es cent overhead while the tx.
res are probably the exact re.
sqfss for the Gonzagists.
The 1rishmen depended. almost