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AthlrtuH Two weeks after school started in tin new High School building flier was a meeting of the students of (lie school for (In purpose of forming an Athletic Associationi. All the boys mid girls in the school were asked to join this associa- tion and a yearly assessenint of fifty cents |K r member was mad . At the first meeting of the Association the following officers were elected: President - - - -.................Beryl Crow I Secretary.......................Fanny Robinson Treasurer.........................(‘lay Amos BOARD OF DIRECTORS Malissa Williams Calli Frey Ruth Merrifield Mary Reitz A. Frank Prichard Robert McCoy Carter Fleming Ernest Bell After the newly elected officers had assumed their various duties a motion was made by Mr. Arthur Frey that tin orange and black, which had been the colors of the Fair- mont High School ever since it had started. Ik changed. There was great opposition to this motion made by the “ring. with Ernest Bell and Robert McCoy at its head. After a heated discussion the motion carried by three votes and thus in tin first election the “ring was defeated, but let in say right here that this was the only time that it has suffer ! defeat. After this blue and white were chosen as colors of the High School. Tin Board of Education was not able to furnish the gymnasium of the High School, and so it was decided by the Athletic Association that any money made by athletics should be used for this purpose, and at the end of the year tin Treasurer reported that from foot ball, basket ball, base ball ami dues In had received fifty dollars ami this sum was increased to sixty-five dollars by the liberal donation of Mr. T. .1. Humphreys, and some very nice apparatus was pur- chased. This year great interest lias been shown in track work and many High School boys have liecome experts in this line of athletics. A large track meet will Ik held in Fairmont on May Hi. 1008. Fairmont High School. Morgantown High School, ('larksburg High School. Grafton High School and Mannington High School will all have representatives at this meet. OFFICERS. 1907-08 President.......................Ernest Bell Secretary.......................Cal lie Frey Treasurer...................T. J. Humphreys BOARD OF DIRECTORS Malissa Williams Mary Reitz Mary Nuzum Cal lie Frey Fred Heintzleman A. Frank Prichard Carter Fleming Robert McCoy
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if n n t Karly in Scjitoinbcr all the foot Wall candidates came out for practice, which consists of getting used to humps and bruises. This usually takes about three weeks and at the end of that time we were ready for the first scheduled game. It was played at Fairmont with Grafton High School. Saturday, October 1 SHIT- The game was so easy that it was merely a series of long runs by our fleet and world- renowned players. Hell, Malone. Fleming, lleint .leman and “Farmer’ Hayes. On Friday. October 11, 1907. Fairmont High School played Morgantown High School at Morgantown. Al- though we lost this game we had some excuse, for we did not know we were to go to Morgantown until 12:30 p. m. on I lie same day. and to catch tin train the team had to hurry so fast that they ate their dinners and packed their suit cases at the same time. Some boys, as “(’hap” (’rowelI. did not get their suit cases packed until the train was slow ing down for Montana, the home of our famous half back. Malone. When tin train reached Morgantown it was so late that the team had barely time to get to the Held before the game was called. This and the fact that the Held was simply a mud hole, may account for our losing the game— any way. we were defeated. On Saturday. October 11). 1907. Fairmont High School played Morgantown High School at Fairmont. This game showed what Fairmont High School could do on a dry Held, as the score stood Morgantown High School 0. Fairmont High School H». On Saturday. October 20. 1907. Fairmont High School til. hidr played Clarksburg 1 ii li School at Clarksburg. Tin teams were very evenly matched. Imt our sturdy hoys in blue and white are always ready for any hard tight and they easily won with a score of 5 to o. On Saturday. November 1». 11MI7. Fairmont High School played Orafton High School at (Irafton. and administered defeat No. 2 by a score of 2S to 0. On the following Saturday F. II. S. again defeated O. 11. S. at Fairmont by a score of .’U to 0. tin November 2.’I F. If. S. played at Morgantown. Well, M. I!. S. defeated F. II. S. h b to Hard luck we didn't t ie t In score, isn't it ? On Thanksgiving Hay F. II. S. played the Alumni, and although it was a hard game they were defeated. LINE UP Ernest Hell, rapt t arter Fleming, full bark Stanley Tuttle, quarter hack laiurence Malone, left half Kobt. Met'oy, manager Edwin It rooks, sub. Preston Prowl, left guard John Hayes, left end :iin. right half hack Fred Ileiutzleinaii. right end H. Henderson, right guard Frank Hutchinson, left tackle Play Amos. sub. A. Frank Prichard, center Harry Pitzer. sub. Frank Amos, right tackle SECOND TEAM The High School had a second team which gave the first team good practice throughout the season. They played Parlisle Four! School of Plarkshurg two games, breaking even.
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