The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-08
CIRCUS DAY AND
TRACK MEET 4. e: |. !. ARE / |:
CAUSE I! I: Of SHAKE ] \.
5FairvieW High Will Play East
, Side High School Here
Friday Afternoon.

"a visit from circus and a sec,
Stional track meet booked for Fair
mont this week have sort OF up
Y set the original baseball program
50 that there will be but one schoo
astic baseball game in the city this
week. This game will be between
s$S the East. Side High School and
lF'airyiewa High School and will be
played at South Side Park Friday
The game was scheduled for Sat
sSuTday but was moved up on ac-
= count OF the track meet here on
that day. A circus is here on
&Thursday and the grounds may be
left in such shape as to make 1t
Impossible for the game on Friday
Il F'airmont High School was booked
Sfor a game with Grafton High
School at South Side Park on
81 Thursday. but on account Of the
Bcircus the game will be played in
Grafton and the Grafton team viii
come here on the date that Fair
mont was to play in Grafton ORR
aginally
MI S3y At Warrington
High School Will go to Manning.
4Ston for a game. This should be a
very Interesting contest. Criss will
q be on the mound for the locals y
sFairmont lost a hard game u
SC1arksburg on Saturday, 9 to ,, be-
&ing1t the final score.
East Side High School dropped
another anne on Saturday. FARM
%ington3 High School winning out IN
an interesting contest by the score
COT e to 6. Stealey had one bad in
ming and this caused the Palatiners
ito be on the short end y. East Side
SHOWED a marked Improvement in
their fielding in the game on Sat
urday Caoet was the batting star
getting a home run with three men
5onS bases The gam was witnessed
by a fair turnout of fans.
The Worthington American ~,
%gion team is coming to the front.
rapidly. They Won games On 4 Sat,
$urday and Sunday, defeating the
sEurday and the Monongah Independ !
gents on Sunday. The game on Sat.
Surday was productive tof much bet
ter ball than tho one on Sunday;
3wll ich was marked by heavy hitting
sand ragged fielding.
.ss The Fairmont Athletics openet.i
the season on sunday defeating tEe55
$Kngmont Reserves by the big
score of &c to 4. The game was
paved on the old fair grounds. Tie
sFairmont Athletics have some star
payers on the roster of the club. !
THE sFairmont & Cleveland Coal
Co team was defeated in = game:
at Clarksburg yesterday by the.
sClarksburg Whitesox. Burns start
ed for the locals but was replaced
by Braithwood in the third inning. /
1T was the first time Braithwood
had worked in game since he had
"a finger on his pitching hand .
Showed his old time Skill The
final score was S to 4 /
fans who followed N;1c \
work Of Clay Mills in the City
League will be pleased to learn}
that he is making good with the!
Saginaw Club Of the Michigan
Ontario League.
'ssT The Fairysew Independents y
opened the season by defeating the
Fairmont Gaints in great game
by the score of 1 to @.
IN the Majors
ri Pittsburgh defeated Chicago IL 7
to- at Chicago yesterday Over
$4,000 fans were on hand for the!
game and they hooted and howled
atNthe home team as the Bruins,
were battered about the field by
the Pirates
York against Philadelphia yester-''
day, ran I'D a no hit game. Only
one man reached first-this was on
a. free ticket when Barnes wast
wild just for moment. TIL final
count was 6 to o.. Boston Defeated
to 8, and ST. Louis took Z
the measure Of Cincinnati 10 to >.
Only one game is booked in tEei
National Leagu today, BrooElvni
playing at Forbes Field and mack
ing the first game OF the inva sion
OF the east into the territory of theI
western clubs
IN the American League. Newt
York walked away with Washing
ton s to i. st. Louis defeated
10 to Z and Chicago
Detroit 8 to I.
The western teams in the Amer
can League start the invasion of
the east today.
Fishers Back
i. Wiegel. Harvey Paist,
rrvan Polling and c. o. Reed re-
;urned Saturday from fishing
rip in Randolph County They
export few fish and plenty Of rain
They had hard drive over the
Mountains and were held up for
1ear1y twelve hours between here
md Grafton when one of the cars
cot stuck in the mud early Satur-
lay morning.
Speaking Of fishing. it is saio
hat the fishing is good in the
cheat Mountain section. W. B
rector. Observation-Disclosures of the |
lssAmong those who registered for
he opening Of the trout season
dessrs H. p. Sturm. F. n. Brake
willis Triplett, F ID. McEntee.,l
hos. e Lee j u. NJ Carskadon,