The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-03

EairvieW Hammers Out Need,
~ ed ,Tailies in Final Round
Of Great Game.
) ~ LARRY.

Showing that old fighting spirit
that has made them famous III
basketball, Fairview High School
won from F,aitmont High school ut
South Side Park yesterday after.
moon II to 10 by means of great
[sr ally in the ninth inning that netted
Sfire runs.
\ #TThe faithful rooters who made
X the trip from Fairview for the game
and stuck to the finish, certainly
were happy last night. and they
Chad a rightfto be proud of the lads
! who represented them on the d!a-
negond.
.. seemingly hopelessly beaten
s2,,Sien they went to bat in the ninth
the visitors pounded out a
ictory, making five runs and thea
retiring the home crew without i
man crossing the plate.
Mlchaels at first base for f'al7
mont High School was again the
ss5bIngles, two being triples, and was
robbed OF two more hits by good
n catches He seems TO be a natural
ESSi1it ter. and about the only conslSS-
$erlt batter that Ice has on tie
team
while the Fairview rootcrs
stamped their feet and yelled fcr
action, r. Ammons opened the
y snfnth by stopping one of Crlss' IA :
4 shoots and got q free ticket to first.
4 Toothman. Wilson, y. Mlchaels
and p Michaels singled. which
with an infield out and two bits
aof bad judgment in the fleld pGI
5eoYer five runs During the half
Ginning, Lafferty took Criss' place az
pitcher, and then Criss was sent
Eback in, while Solo took Reed $ place
in the outfield after Reed had
4Gpu1led a boner in not trying to get
man at the plate.
In F'airmont's half. Underwood
u tossed out Sloan. Leonard then
n Beat out an infield tap that tool;
az bad hop as 3. hmmons reached
for It. Leonard took second as IN
derwood grabbed high boundet
from Putnam's bat and threw him
" out at first Sole ended the game
by striking out.
round After Wilson had famed
Il and n. Michae!s had sent a high
Fly to Reed, p Michaels smashed
Il q. shot one down the third base line
h ItStook bad bound as Pierce was
n set to get it in left field and rolled
Ito the fence for a home run. Fair
mon t. came back with three Ga1nor
reached second, when n. Michaels
threw wild over first. Lafferty sin
FgIed, Scoring Gainor. After the play
rat the plate on Gainor. Gump threw
the ball wild to second and Latter
.ty preached first on an error Mich
aelss tripled, scoring Criss. Mich
aels was caught at the plate whea
The attempted to score on Sloan's
4 tap in the infielG. Sloan died steal
mo nh Ross famed
"a hit, one hit batsman and two
errors gave Fairview two runs in
1 the second round a double, sin
gle, two stolen bases and a missed
third strike gave F,airv;ew two runs
n the fifth.
Fairlnont came back with three.
With men on second and third
Criss singled to left, scoring both
of them. He moved up TO second
Y on the play to the plate and scored
3Son MichaeIs' single.
Fairmont made four more in the
sixth An error. two singles and
sMichaels' second triple were re-
sponsible for the scores. This end
eat the Icemen's activities along
]. This line for the day. A single by
ssSToothnan and n. Michaels double
gave Fairyiew a run in the seventh.
The story of the ninth has been