Fairmont Industrial League Meeting Sets 8-Club Format
The Fairmont Industrial meeting approved an eight team league with players from Mian Hob and Watson Building unable to attend. Alexander spoke on season plans and potential exhibition games at South park. By laws tighten eligibility with company employment rules and a 20 man roster to file with the league.
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Fairmont Industrial
Mian Hob
Watson
Alexander
Alexander Perion
Ion
South
Fo! Jows
Idall
Mining Machinery Retary
B. S. Langell
Victor Bird
Iry
Evere
di Calding
Koversiing
Layer
Bey Itive
Fairmont Industrial Baseball League
TERVECTLY GOOD STOCK Ties Fans to 6 Percent Return
A local baseball club offers a guaranteed six percent return on stock investments aiming to raise 75000 dollars from fans. The scheme promises steady income from the club’s internary ventures and marketable stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interna
Biz Dawson Player Star at West Virginia University
Biz Dawson, a Clarkeburg product from Fairmont and notable all round athlete, stars at West Virginia University. He pitched for Fairmont Mining Machinery last summer and plays basketball football and baseball for the university, helping smash Monongah Glass' hopes in the city league pennant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biz
Dawson
West Virginia University
Clarkeburg
Fairmont
Fairmont Mining Machinery
Army Lads Like These Fast Games Polo and Baseball At Border Posts
Army boys along the border have shifted from football to polo and baseball. At Brownsville Texas the big athletic field is busy all day with polo practice and games. Eight polo teams compete in a long valley schedule while football champions Fort Ringgold are noted. Baseball tournaments are not yet underway at the stations.
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Army
Army Post
Brownsville
Tex
Mercedes
San Benito
McAllen
Fort Ringgold
Sam Fordyce
Walker Goes West in Portland Boxing Stops
Kansas City heavyweight Hugh Walker travels to Portland to face Sailor Petroskey and Roy McCormick in two booked bouts.
Pop Downey Sees His Sons Box Despite Bedbound State
A bedridden Pop Downey focuses on his three sons boxing. Bryan is a lightweight, Tony a welter, and Joe a heavyweight. He has traveled coast to coast to watch them, paying his own expenses.
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Pop
Pop” Downey
Bryan
Tony
Joe
Lawyers Play Ball in San Diego Baseball Hobby
San Diego lawyers form a strong baseball club driven by in city sporting interest. The legal fraternity embraces the game, fielding a capable team to compete and enjoy matches.
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San Diego
Akron signs ex Reds pitcher Earl Mosely
Earl Mosely, formerly with Cincinnati, has been signed by Akron after appearing in 31 games for the Reds in 1916. Hy Myers and Zack Wheat have reached terms with Brooklyn and signed their contracts with the Dodgers.
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Akron
Earl Mosely
Cincinnati
Mosely
Reds
Hy Myers
Zack Wheat
Dodger
Brooklyn
Sandy Toothman Leads Picked High School Five for Tourney
A local writer proposes Sandy Toothman coach a composite team drawn from Slims Victory Bell Hawley Ammons Dorsey Hill Flanagan Ash and several others. The lineup includes three centers Hawley Hill Flanagan with Ash as bench strength and Dorsey as key guard. Any five could challenge rivals, with Toothman guiding the squad to serious opposition.
Umpire Klemm and Baseball Dreams in Hot Springs
A colorful roundup notes Umpire Klemm teaching pitchers rules, stars like Babe Ruth and Ping Bodie, and training camp scenes. It discusses Hal Chase, Ray Schalk, Duffy Lewis, Walter Leverenz, Oscar Egg, and Milton Stock, with spring training moves, injuries, and southward migrations.
Fewer Teams In Contests Better Plan For State Title
The article argues for shrinking the state basketball tournament by using sectional qualifiers. It proposes six to eight sectional tournaments producing six to eight state contenders, reducing rounds at Buckhannon, avoiding unfair draws, and noting spectator support for change. The Monongahela Valley Tournament would serve as an elimination series before the finals.
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Buckhannon
Eas
Naas
Monongahela Valley
Bowling League Results From Last Night Standings Listed
In last night’s bowling league Hartley’s forfeited to Mining Machinery. The West Virginian took two of three from the Mid-West. No scores available this morning. Standings of clubs are recorded.
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Hartley
Virginian
Mid-West
Des Moines Club Sells Old Western League Uniforms
50 GOOD-BYE BLUES Tom Fairweather puts up for sale the blue uniform once worn by the Des Moines club in prior Western League years. He notes they are too hot for comfort and plans home white and road gray cloth uniforms.
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Tom Fairweather
Des Moines
Local coaches pick WV all state players and Victory celebration
Local coach Boyer names an all state slate featuring Summers Clendennin high Sims Victory high Bell Parkersburg and Ammons Fairview with Dorsey also on the list. Victory high school celebrates its state tournament showing with speeches and a late Brady Sims appearance. Sandy Todtman of Fairmont Normal selects Sims Summers Hawley Ammons and Dorsey for his All State team. Fairmont High eyes a Victory home game as talks with Kahhs men proceed.
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Boyer
Fairview
Summers
Clendennin High
Sims
Victory High
Bell
Parkersburg High
Fairmont High
A. Ammons
Fairview High
Dorsey
West Virginian
Clarksburg
Victory High School
Adamston
Buckhann
Cage Heroes
Galen A. Wallace
Brady Sims
Wallace
Charlies Nuss
Washington and Jefferson Star
John ©. Southern
James M. Shields
Sandy Todtman
Fairmont Normal School
Hawley
Bluefield High
Varsity Map at Wash-Jefe Game Above Uncertain Lineup
Unclear readout notes three days remain before the final game as Mountaineers brace for the washJeffergame. The roster and starting five are unsettled, raising questions about projected lineup and potential outcomes.
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C. U. Busher
Pat Gleason
Waco
Sonny
Sandy
Harry Stansburry
Sandy Toothman
Slims
Parkersburg High School
Binefeld
Flanagan
Hill
Ash
A Ammons
Clendennin
Washington Irving
Klem
Klemmie
Ping Bodie
Babe Ruth
McGraw
Luther
Hal Chase
Frank Merriwell
Hal
Frank
Merriwell
Ray Schalk
White Sox
Yankees
Robbie Meusel
Pacific Coast
Ozarks
Hot Springs
Joe Johnson
Blank
New York
Oscar Egg
Milton Stock
Branch Rickey
St. Louis Natonals
Cardinal
Oscar Tuero
Intelligent
California
Duffy Lewis
Walter’ Leverenz
Mnaither
Babe
Red
Miami
Ivy Wingo
Pfeffer
Miljus
Smith
Conlan
Vanigans
Kilduff
Michel
Ww. Pet
West Vian
Hutchingon Ewe
Owens
West Virginia
Moundsville
Chicago
Windy City
Fairmim
Kahh
Bennett
LO Avenue
Bennetts Barber Shop
Locust Ave
Main St. Fairmont
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