Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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N-ai reps '-EM-E '-SZUWVURR REVIEW OF THE 1922 FOOTBALL SEASON AIRMONT High School opened its football season Wednesday, Septem- bcr 6. That afternoon Coach Ice issued uniforms to the football candidates and practice started in earnest. For three weeks the squad numbering about forty men were put through various exercises to get them in condition to stand the grind and strain of the season. The fundamental principles were taught the candidates, the learning and perfecting of plays being taken up the last week before the first game. The first game of the season was scheduled with Buckhannon High, but as the athletic directors at Buckhannon cancelled the game, one was arranged with West Monongah. This proved to be an easy victory, as this was the first year the Monongah lads had had a team, Fairmont winning handily by the score of 33-0. The following Saturday, October 7, the team went over to Blackshire Park, where they met the big Green and White team from Mannington. From our showing a week previous we were confident of winning, but were sadly disap- pointed, as Mannington won the contest 19-0. The losing of this game to one of our most bitter rivals woke us up and brought us to our senses. All the following week everyone worked in real earnest for the good of the team. The stinging defeat handed us by Mannington was forgotten, and the thought of winning from Clarksburg was uppermost in our minds. Satur- day, October 14-, the team left this city with a crowd of loyal supporters in high spirits, hound for Clarksburg. The game proved to be a close and hard fought battle, Fairmont High emerging victor by the single point scored after a touch- down. At the end of the four quarters the Blue and White came out on top of a 7-6, well earned victory. This was one of the largest upsets of the season to the high school sporting world, as it was the only defeat the Washington Irving team suffered during the entire season. Saturday, October 21, the team went to Elkins. Tables again turned, how- ever. The Fairmont lads were unable to stop the onslaught of the husky moun- taineer boys of Elkins High, the Blue and Whites goal line being crossed three times during the four quarters, while Elkins' goal was crossed only once. The final score was Elkins 18, Fairmont 6. The next game was played with the Morgantown High outfit, Saturday, Oc- tober 27. Both teams battled fiercely the first half of the game, but neither was able to score, the half ending in a 0-0 tie. In the second half the Morgantown team uncovered a bewildering offensive that baffled the Fairmont lads. The Icemen's defense crumbled, allowing the down river lads to score two touch- downs in this frame. The final score was 1-1--0 with Morgantown holding the upper hand. Fairmont Hi decided that to drop two games in succession was enough, and it was time to win. So on the afternoon of November 41, the Blue and Whitei' warriors went into the battle with the determination to win. In this contest the local team possessed one of the strongest and most driving offenses ever seen by a team in this section. They were equally strong on the defense, Grafton only registering one first during the whole game and that on a penalty. When the last whistle sounded. Fairmont was leading by a margin of seven points, the final score being 7-0. On the following Saturday, November 11th, Armistice Day, the great contest of the season was played. that between the Yellow Jackets from East Side and The Icemen from the West Side. The Fairmont Hi students and rooters, headed by the Moose Band, held a parade through the town before the game. At 3:30 sharp the two elevens lined up for the kickoff, the whistle of the referee sounded, and the fight was on. For twenty-five minutes, or the first half, both teams failed Page Niuely-Eight

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rv! A D L E LEAVE JOE ROSS, End SALv.x'roR1-z. Angelo, D0mineck, or Hosey'i always appeared on the field without socks or helmet. Joe first proved his mettle in the Morgantown game. He is a deadly tackle and when he can't get them they can't be got. Salvatore played in the backfield and at end equally well., and it was through his sound football judgment that many a good opponents' play was stopped. HAROLD STEELE, Guard S'rm:u: came to us from Barrackville. He plays tackle or guard and is a valuable man in either position. At tackle he has thrown many of our opponents for great losses. He uses his hands well, and charges low. Since he graduates this spring we must count him among our badly missed next fall. ARTHUR McQUEEN, Guard MCQUEHN is one of the biggest men in the squad and is well fitted for any line position. From the start he played a good game, and it was by the hardest fighting that the regular linemen were able to hold their positions. He is a Sophomore and therefore has two more years to develop into a great player. ur in f : , ' N ' 14 -'W' Page A'i1zefy-Seven

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MADLE LEAVE to cross their opponent's last chalked line, as tl1ey resorted to defensive play almost entirely. In the second half Fairmont Hi opened up a bit and carried the ball to East Side's five yard line, only to lose it on downs. Neither team scored this half, the game ending in a scoreless tie. During the encounter the Icemen,' made ten first downs to five of the Yellow Jackets, and the lads from over the river failed to get the ball any closer than our thirty-yard marker. The Saturday after the East Side game the Fairmont Hi lads took their last trip of the season, journeying to VVeston. Judging from reports of Weston's record of the season, we hoped only to hold them to a tie, as we had done a year before. At 3:30 the game started, and we determined to give the old school all we had. After a few minutes of play we scored a safety for two points. In the final minutes of the first quarter a touchdown was registered against the Weston team. But they turned in the next quarter and scored a touchdown, the score standing 8-6 in Fairmont's favor at half time. In the second half the Blue and White warriors came back strong on both offense and defense. During this frame the Fairmont team scored two more touchdowns, while VVeston scored none. When the final whistle sounded and the mud was cleared away, the Blue and White warriors came away from Weston on the long end of a 21-6 score, with the scalp of Weston at their belts and a goodly share of the Bailey House silver-ware in their pockets. Next came Fairview on Friday, Nov. 2-Lth. The Fairmont lads, burning to get revenge for their many defeats in basketball and baseball received at the hands of Fairview, went into the contest bent on getting justice. During the four quarters of play the Fairmont Hi team crossed Fairview's goal line six times and kicked five goals after touchdowns for a total of forty-one points, while Fairview was unable to score a single point. The final score was Fairmont 4-l, Fairview 0. The last game of the season was played on Vvednesday afternoon of Nov. 29th, with Victory Hi of Clarksburg. During the game Fairmont played in hard luck while Victory got all the brakes. Fairmont Hi tried two goals from the field, both of which missed the cross bar only a few inches, and two passes, one on the goal line and one over it, were fumbled, either one of which if held would have won the game for the Blue and White. The final scor was 7-13 in Vic- tory's favor. I Considering the season as a whole, it was a successful one for Fairmont High School. Out of ten games played the team won five, lost four, and tied one. Coach Ice deserves all the credit and praise the school can give him for rounding out and developing a winning team. The members of the squad that stuck throughout the season, taking their knocks and bumps as they came to them, also deserve the praise of the school. They won from some of the best schools of the state and beat the State Champions by one point. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1922 nfvrrz OPPONENTS scour: scour: Sept. 30-Thoburn .... 0 Fairmont 33 Oct. 7-Mannington . 19 Fairmont 0 Oct. 14-Clarksburg . 6 Fairmont 7 Oct. 21--Elkins . . 18 Fairmont 6 Oct. 28-Morgantown . 1-if Fairmont 0 Nov. 4'-Grafton . 0 Fairmont 7 Nov. 11-East Side . 0 Fairmont 0 Nov. 18-VVeston . . 6 Fairmont 21 Nov. 24'-Fairview . 0 Fairmont 4-1 Nov. 29-Victory . . 13 Fairmont 7 Opponents . . 76 Fairmont 123 Page Ninefy-Nine