The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Wild SCENES
OIJRINGGANE
LAST NIGHT
Crowd Big Feature of
Contest Won By East !,
Side Tossers I
Bv LARRY

BY LARRY
It sure was a great game; but
that crowd had the game looking
like an egg that had dropped Off
the top Of the Woolworth building
in dear old New York.
Wow, Hot Dog, etc.-what a
gathering OF people who arc gen.
orally in their right mind; but who
were off on basketball last night.
With another staff man along.
1.-THE writer arrived at the scene OF
conflict some 50 minutes before
game lime. and we. had to literally
football" our way. through the.
mass OF humanity parked arounn
the entrance, and through another
mass into the press box, which is
Ideally located in the balcony,
where one may SIT and allow his
feet 10 dangle over into the air
and know that none will tramp up.
on them. Is
It was quito noisy before the
battle started. The mob inside was
howiing beautifully under the d.
recSion OF the various cheer lead.
ers, whilc larger mob OUTSIDE
that never did get closer to tho,
game than the echo Of battle we're
making sweet music on the sttlly
night air, in which, high up, hung
q docile little moon. N
When the teams came on the
floor and the officials prepared to.
set off tho fireworks, tho d eaten.
Ing din became even more 80, and
we wished we had left our eary
at home and not subjected them to
such a Smelling" But as the game
progressed and things became
more and more complicated we
did not mind the screeching aud
screaming OF dellrious rooters aud
delicate rooterettes, and once or
twice let out feeble remark or
two as some sizzling situation
came TO the surface, MS It were:
At the end OF the first half the
East Edo was leding 1910 and the
house was in wild orgy Of high
school yells. Referee Lanham
tried to find ont the score and 1t
had to be- written out and sent To-
him as he could not hear a thing
although he was but a few feet be.
low the official scorer.
A gen leman wlthsa slide from.
bono that evidently had slid its
best slide some years ago, played
a classical number or two and was
wildly applauded. while another
bird recited a.few poems in behalf
OF Fairmont high school, which
was right good poetry as poetry
goes.
The second period opened under
q heavy vocal barrage. Fairmout
high came lto, life and jumped In o
the lead anil held It until about six
minutes from the end Of play,
when one young fellow by the name
OF Keener went wild and threw in
two or three baskets, all shots
about three miles N length This
messed things up for Fairmont and
the game went to the everlasting
bow vows toot sweet.
The big spasm was after the
final whistle. The East Side play
ers and a few rooters did a war
dance down on the floor while the
crowd in the balcony stood and
prayed fervently for is minutes
before any one thought Of starting
Tor home. They would have stood
there all night, e some one had.
suggested the idea, 1t, was the
greatest demonstration OF school
spirit we have seen in many a long
day. We thought we had witness.
ed some wild scenes at the. state
games at Buckhannon, but IL was
all tame to what We witnessed last
evening.
Following the game, the East.
Side rooters came over TO the west
side OF town and staged a few pa.
rades, made a few speeches from
the court house steps and f,nally
went home to dream about winning
the city championship.
It was a great affair. The win
ers deserved to win and Coach
Morgan deserves praise for the
way he has brought the East Side
team to the front. -
However Fairmont high must
be gwen credit for playing good
ball and Coach Ice had his men
showing to much better adyan.
tage in the second game Of the
series than In the first.
The, game was clean the Off.
cials did good work and the best
OF sportsmanship prevailed an the
way. 80