The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-27
MANNINGTON. NJ
GETS UNIFORMS
Members Of Football Game to
Be Guests at Fairmont
Game Saturday.

MANN1NGToN, Sept. 27.-Today
the Warrington High school foot.
ball gridders will step out with
new uniforms, and Kelly with his
green neck tie will have nothing
on them for loud colors. Neverthe-
less the combination OF Irish green
and white in the jerseys and stock.
ings make very neat appearance
and they are the best looking uni.
forms that have ever been sported
by a Warrington team. Complete
uniforms were issued to twenty
players including jerseys, pants,
stockings, shoes, helmets, should.
er pads, sweat shirts and elbow
pads.
Monday and Tuesday practice
sessions were both hard workouts,
and the boys were ready to call 1t
a day when the codch yell THAT'S
ALL" In addition to running signals,
taking out ends and backs, going
down under kicks, practicing kick.
offs, passing ETC.. an hours scrim-
mage ended each session.
Coach Blake stated he was far
from pleased with the workout in
the scrimmages as a whole but
that some lew men showed up
very cleverly. Last evening Fred
Shine, Harold Barker and Gore
Beall showed up especially well on
the second team and broke through
the first team almost at will and
smearel the plays before they
would get started. Part OF these
were placed on the first team later
on and put up an equally good
brand Of ball, and unless there is
more fight on the part Of some
that have been running on the first
team there may be some new faces
seen in the lineup when the kick
off starts the game at Shinnston
on Friday.
Mannington's stock took quite a
jump today when 1t was learned
that Hart, Mannington's two hun.
dred pound tackle, would be elIgi-
BILE for competition this season. 1t
was feared for a time he would be
unable to play, but tho conditions
under which he was questioned
have been overuled and he will be
in the lineup for this year. He is
heavier than last year and is show
ing his old time pep at practise
since he has learned he will be able
to play. Last year he was placed
on Stansbury's third all.state
eleven and this year expects to
land on the first.
With the exception OF two or
three men who have sustained
minor injuries in the early season
workouts the entire squad is in
good condition, and II they escape
the next few days will be able to
show at their top. form in the first
game Of the season.
Saturday the Warrington team
will be the guests OF West Virginia
University at the annual clash be-
tween that school and West VIr.
ginia-Wesleyan at South Side Park,
Fairmont. 1t is planned to attend
this game in a body and the boys
hope to receive valuable informa.
ton along football lines when they
see two teams lined up against
each other coached by such ma
tionally famous football men as
Fats" Spears of Morgantown and
Bob Higgins of Wesleyan.
Today the practice will be held
at Hough's Park, and a large crowd
will be out to see the boys IN &C.
ton, 1t will be more or less Of an
workout as the photographers
will be out to take pictures OF the
individuals Of the squad for use
in the school year book. The fol.
lowing men received uniforms
yesterday: Captain Jones, Prich-
ard, Hart, Kendall, G. Beall, L.
Beall, F. Shine, Hess, Barker, c.
Rymer, G. Rymer, Garner, Gump,
Magee, Ryan Barr, Flanagan, Huey
Morris, Mercer.