The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
CHAMPIONSHIP OF
COUNTY |. CLAIMED
Warrington Still Contends
That FairvieW Has No Bet
Ter Right to Title.


4eds an accurate outline of the years
! work. Claim of the county cham
tEpionship is made in the statement.
1.-THE season Of 1922 is consider
FED quite "a success, particularly SO
lsSWhen% It is considered that at the
(iTbeginniug OF the year there was
;AEnot man in school who had pitch
led game of ball.
Il the first Of the year the out
fszok was rather dark and 1t was
81 Only hoped to develop some pitch
sfers for further years and to make
4 4 Az good showing as possible at the
same time. However, Twelve games
a inall were played; len with the
/ Monongahe1a Valley League and
{ 1.-TWO with Independent teams of
q Z: these twelve games1 seven were
won and five lost. Ia the league
Six were won and four lost.
..M ann1ngton High School has
fnow as good a claim 10 the County
shSchampionship as any team IN the
s #county. although by defeating Mon
a *ongah in their third gnme Fairview
ifTays claim to that honor, it can be
Il gseen$ by the comparative scores OF
1.-THE two games played between
}S.ManniD gton and Rairview that
gEthey have no better claim than
i the first game Warrington
defeated Fairview IL to 6, and in
stheirfsecond game, Fairview defeat
\ Fed Warrington to 3. In this sec
@ond game Gump was pitching his
first game, and in fhe first few In
/ innings was not sure Of himself. but
Tin the remainder If the game set
f5sfIed down and pitched splendid
n one inning, through a couple
sSof errors and one hit three men
Is FWeregon5 base with none out, and
u fust to vary the monotony Gump
3 struck out the NJ Ext three men to
rs face him.
This year E.. |McCarnes pitched
splendid ball for his first year, but
Che Is primarily Al third base man.
8 and his absence from this position
III S sweskens the team play to some ex-
tent This year q Mcarnes, Gump
SJcEes, and Ryan were worked IN
the box. Jones lisa Junior, and with
" his fast ball and experience gained
III this year should be a valuable man
ssss IL Fl 923 team Ryan pitched on
sly$one game this year, winning 1t
SSss fyAa comfogtabl3 margin. He look
go good in thfsI game and should
*Hae5 be$needed nektyyear VIII be aoie
tostake$ his regular turn IN the. noA:
ne has a nice breaking curve and
lot of EsmokeJ and he is expected
to- turn in more than one WIN next
season.
imp will no doubt be the ma1p
81 STAY for the next few years He is
3ss freshman, but developed wonder
Nv this yetT. In the last game he
pitched against Grafton he held
them in cheek almost at will Ha
"a is OF a strike-out pitcher, but
s makes the Eatters knock a weak
grounder or fly, that is easily field
9ssed.
meeting held Thursday
Ssn1 o I'm gSinf one of the assembly
s1FSoms the following baseball men
sSygeregrantsd their letters for COM
1ating Il: the baseball games dur
81 ngstIi pas: season: Capt. Tohmas,
Price, Re. McCarnes, Hunter, Bas-
IS, 81 Mercer, Prichard, "A Nc
Carnes. Ryan, Gump, Rudy, Jones,
as Garner ami Magee. OF these men
y the following finished their high
school baseball in the game with
5afton: Harold Thomas, cap
ird base and pitcher; Guy Hun
fgr outfeId;. Walter Price, first
base gorge Rudy, shortstop;
clarence Magee, utility infelder
Sc and#outfie fielder. The loss of these
ss I1ilIess Will be- keenly felt, but it is
6 baIieyed that a stronger team can
n be placed son the field next year
# than the ene in 1922.
4 this same meeting Arthur
8 Prfchard was elected captain for
the fbask etball team for the season
sg7n a. sos n
Twas elected captain for the 1928
baseball team. Both of these boys
are hard workers, good trainers,
and will make ideal leaders in
thar respective places. These
assi NJ. with Bill Jones as captain of
TIM 1922 football team, will give
the school three leaders who will
sSbe8 hard Ito surpass, and leaders
who wi1lEset examples before the
5Ssresttof the players that should
Sycause the others to give all they
y nave for!lthe different athletic
y teams.
lin the men that are going out
with the graduating class of '22,
there are several who have won
heir letters in all branches of
athletics.i Harold Thomas for two
years has won his letter in foot
Il bali and baseball; Edwin Nc
A CarueS for[ three years mas won
81 MS letter for basketball and base
bah Walter Price has for three
sS;yaars$won his letter in basketball
Ind baseball, and Guy Hunter has
ssbeen5 a letter man for two years
~ baseball. Rudy has also earn
! sad his letter twice in baseball.
m addition to these baseball
-, I'VE dose Glenn Arnett, who
has ada name for himself in
II afhIetics, land has won his letter
football for three years, and in
baseball Ikand basketball for one
YEAR. ~ Ell WetZel, a letter man
sl; Football for one year; Harry
sf11Ieyore.3 SalI-state football center,
letter man In football for four
Years. basketball two years, and
baseball two years; Charles Con-
sway letter man in football fox