East Fairmont High School - Orion Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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ixty-I-inrht basketball front row--left to right-gaskins. managerg poe rule bosley mazza seeurro, white, jaynes, assistant manager. second rowehulf, Cronin, antoliek, graziani, robinson assistant mana gerg williams, piloggi, mccune, securro. last roweemuto, Clem, lewis, coachg hammack, foley vast llFllI'l1lllIll mist l'illl'lT1Ulll XY1ll'l'l'll. ohio vlkins gi'zil'ton sliinnstmi 4-:ist llilll'Ill'll1l west l'ziii'rnont pgrzzfttin mist fziirmonl f-:ist fziirinont fan 'inington x'ic'to1'y w:'sttin nitwgzinlown west fairrnonl vzisl fairmont liziirview rhinnston vlkins lTlUI'j1ZllllOVVl'l I 938 basketball record Alumni bzirrackville east fairrnont east fairmont east fairmont east fairmont mzinnington east fairmont Cast fairmont st. pclers st. pete-rs east fairmont east fairmont east fairmont east fairmont cast fairmont weston east fairmont east fairmont east fairmont east fairmont

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success of the east high boys. they were immediately electrified by a run back of the kick-off for a touchdown. it began to look like an easy east Win. after this, however, the yellow jackets lapsed into stage fright, and west took advantage of it to score fourteen points in the last half. in the second stanza the bees took a new lease on life, fanthomed their opponents tactics, and rolled up two touchdowns. it was the most spectacular come- back seen around rosier field in years. to mention any particular names, however, without touching on the merits of every single man in the play would be an insult. all of them excelled themselves in this, their last game of the season. Q athletic sweater awards east fairmont high school bids farewell to boys who have served loyally and faithfully to the gold and blue. to show our appreciation to these athletes the lettermen's club presented them with blue coat sweaters with gold service bars and the letter e on the left side. congratulations boys! the following four year men received sweaters: max kisner, carl nuzum, golf rollins, raymond betonte, jack rosenberger, clarence lynn, ray bartho- low, cleo white, junior carpenter, jack carpenter, harry martelli, eugene hawkins, scott janes, ellsworth cain, june poe, henry helm, joe pileggi, ralph davis, and ed hughes. ray bartholow and raymond betonte, members of the east high wrest- ling squad, were named oo the all-state scholastic team by a vote of coaches. selected on the all-state second team were paul brandimarte and george travis. sixty-seve

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basketball season in review east fairmont vs. alumni the east high cagers opened their basketball season under coach lewis, who piloted the yellow jackets for the first time. the bees showed lots of power in the tune-up by triumphing over a strong alumni quint. the score was 30 to 26. east fairmont vs. barrackville the east fairmont bees defeated the barrackville bisons on the basket- ball court 26 to 23 after the teams had played nip and tuck ball in the first half. the bees came from behind to nose out their rivals in the last period of the game. east fairmont vs. warren, ohio the east fairmont bees entertained a powerful buckeye aggregation and was defeated after putting up a stiff battle. the presidents went on a scoring spree in the third chapter to clinch the game. the score was 48-40. east fairmont vs. elkins the bees left home for their first trip of the season and dropped a close game to elkins by a 43 to 33 score. east fairmont vs. grafton the grafton high bearcats clawed ike lewisis east fairmont bees to the tune of 62 to 26. an over-flow crowd gathered in the palatine arena to wit- ness the renewal battle between these two big ten foes. east fairmont vs. shinnston the shinstnon high tigers defeated the yellow jackets, 37 to 24, in a thrill-packed scholastic big ten conference game before a capacity crowd at the shinnston court. east fairmont vs. mannington east fairmont high cagers nosed out the green and white wave of mann- ington by a 32 to 22 score. the blue and gold took the lead at the outset and were never headed, leading 22 to 7 at the half. east fairmont vs. west fairmont the east fairmont yellow jackets encountered the west fairmont polar bears in the opening number of the series to determin th 1938 city basket- ball championship. although the bees put up a gallant fight, the bears' basketball rr 'mine stepped out in high gear to win the first of the series by a 44 to 28 score. captain lynn proved the spearhead of the defense by net- ting ten points. east fairmont vs. grafton the bearcat's fast break and zone defense proved too much for the bees. the cats unleashed a terrific fiield goal barrage and administered a 75 to 28 drubbing to the east fairmont high cagers. east fairmont vs. st. peters the bees bounced back into the scramble for the 1938 city basketball championship when they toppled the st. peter's maroons, 21 to 13, before a large crowd. east fairmont vs. st. peters the bees scored their second consecutive victory over the st. peter's maroons, 56 to 40 in a fast-moving intra-city basketball encounter. the east quints in winning over their opponent once more are in the race for the city title. sixty-nin