The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-22
south SIDE TO
TACKLE SPEEDY
Miners OUTFIT
Other Good m Booked in
Local Territory Today
and On Sunday
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4 AUuOLL1 IuRllhSSE Oh Tue
South Side independents, took
Greed Bolyard out to dinner last
might, opened a few choice bottles
Of buttermllk and otherwise show
ed the weather man o good time.
Consequently today is, as the
author Of "a Real Diary OF a Real,
Boy would say. "brite and fare"
and the South Side team will be
able to battle at the ball yard this
afternoon with the Grant Town
nine with the sun shining down
! upon the athletes and spectators
with q pleasing smile.
Tho gam6promlses to be a very
coed exhibition Of baseball. The
teams, so far as records show, arc
evenly matched. Carl Schlmmel,
former member OF tho Watson
building team In tho old City
League, will likely be on tho
mound for the Falrmont boys,
While Horsecamp viii work for the
miners from Grant Town. Scag-
nell will take the slants OF the
local hurler.
Tomorrow afternoon the South
Side tribe will so to Kingmont for
a game, and n record Sunday
crowd will likely witness the con-
test WEIGH and Long will very
likely BIO the rival moundsmen.
Game Called or
The second game of the series
betyeen Fairmont State Normal
school and Salem College, booked
Tor South Side Park yesterday az
ternoop, was called off shortly
after noon on account Of rain. The
Nprmalites were very anxious to
stage the contest, but it was evil
dent by noon that 1t would be I'M
possible to play, so the Salem toss
Sers were informed that the game
was OF and they started for home.
The game scheduled at Clarks-
burg between Victory High school
and Fairmont High school yester-
dAya afternoon was called off on
account Of Indictment weather con-
ditions.
AT Warrington
The, West Monongah High
school team will make a trip to.
Warrington this afternoon to play
the h~ighsschool team Of that place.
The Mon0ngah bunch has u great
record thus far this season and
expects to take the game today,
Mannington4s said to haze a fast
teAmSand will give the coal town
boys-a real battle, II the advance
dope Is correct
Fairview High school has q long
journey for q game today, being
booked for a contest at Weston
with the high school team there
this afternoon. Underwood or
Wilson will be on the mound for
the Marion County lads.
In Big Leagues
The New York National League
team made it six straight wins
yesterday when they defeated
Brooklyn 4 to l.. The Giants have
not lost a game since the first day
OF the season. Chicago made
seven runs in the seventh inning
Of the game with Cincinnati yes.
terday and won s to 3. Until the
seventh they had secured but two
hits from Rixey. The Boston
Braves staged a comeback and
down Philadelphia 6 to 4.
In the American League, De-
troit won for the first time this
year, defeating Cleveland in a wild
game is to z. stoner, a recruit,
went the entire distance for De-
troit. Each side made sixteen
hits. Speaker made four hits In
hye times at bat. BY making ak
runs In te6th inning the Chi
cago Whitesox defeated St. Louis
10 to IS, New York BANKED
Washington in o great game / to
The Pittsburgh-st. Louis game
In the National League was post
poned on account OF snow. It was
to have been played at Pittsburgh.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS game in
the American League was post
poned on account OF cold weather.