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

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LEE SATTERFIELD Least, but not last, is Lee, our diminutive first sub quarterback. This is Lee's first year out for football, and he got some very valuable experience at the quarterback position. Being a Sophomore and very small, he was handi- capped when playing against larger fellows, but that didn't keep him from being a field General of exceptional ability. EARL DAVIS This is Earl's first year out for football, but that didn't hinder him from making a regular tackle berth. Football seemed to be born in him. If he were to come back next year he certainly would be in the All State class. You could always find Earl down first on punts after he had put his man out of the play. KENNETH HAUN Haun is another one of our men who, because of his stellar playing, has brought honorable laurels to himself on the gridion. Kenney played at guard this year, and the manner in which he played it was shown by the fact that he was chosen by Rush Holt on his All Valley team, made up of the best men in the valley. PATSY TORK Patsy is another one of our men leaving us, after four years of serving this school in a creditable manner on the gridiron. He was named on the All Valley team, and was on the third All State team as center and cap- tain. He has an uncanny ability to cipher out the opponent's next play, and this has peeved many whom he has played against. . Page 91, 7 u

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COTTON DELLIGATTI Cotton was one of our big guards this year, who got honorable mention on the All State Team. He played guard on the defense, and on the offense when a yard or two was wanted badly, he was called back to get them. When anybody was lying out on the field, badly in need of the trainer and a wet towel, we knew that Cotton had got over anxious. BRADY KNIGHT This is Kid's last year with us after taking part in all athletics for four years. He was our choice for the mythical All State Team, and it wasn't his fault that he didn't get it. He will go to West Virginia next year, and great things are expected of him. Good luck, Brady! EARL JACKSON Jackie was one of our big guards this year, who let the opponents know he was in there by the way he handled them. He played first sub and started many of the games last fall. With his experience and size he will be boasted as one of the best guards in the state next year. GEORGE DAVIS Zack, as all his friends called him, was our mainstay at the end position. At this position he was always charging into the opponent's backiield and breaking up plays before they got under way. If anybody ever thought that Zack couldn't hit, all they had to do was to start carrying the ball around his end. Page 93

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ui IRT y ' tuetettnfvcsi ai .fill glfunilmll Glanqx the first day of September, the Fairmont High School footballers entrained for camp, where they were to get two weeks of prelimi- nary work. The camp consisted of a large field, a mess hall that certainly put out eats, and a bunk house which was capable of holding eighty men, although there were only twenty-six men from the High School. The rest of the house was taken up by the Normalites. For three or four days the boys worked out in gym suits so as to get lim- bered up and in condition for heavy work. It was very hard for the boys to get up at six-thirty o'clock and take setting up exercises. Those who were late to these exercises were put on the wood pile till the breakfast call, which came at seven o'clock. Following breakfast there was a two-hour-and-a-half rest until the first work out, which lasted two hours. Then came dinner at twelve o'c1ock, The boys were then given another rest followed by another workout. The boys were called to mess at five o'clock, and the rest of the evening was their own. Some of the celebrities of camp were Alex Ronay, Red Hammond and Carl Booth. One day they were all worrying, because they thought they were to have the heavy work slung on thick that afternoon. Finally, Alex said that he would go see if they were to dress light that afternoon, and on going up to the coach to get the desired information, he received an answer something like this: You boys will dress to light on your-head. So naturally that part of it was settled. The camp this year, under the fine coaching of Mr. Ice and his assistant, Mr. Hicks, was a great success, and we hope the camps in the future will be even better. i SEPTEMBER 25 Fairmont 14-Weston 0 The day dawned beautifully and was even more beautiful when the two teams lined up for the kick-off. On September 25, 1925, at 3 o'clock, the Hrst game of the season was started at South Side Park by the Fairmont High School team. The lineup for the first game was: Knight, fullback: Spadafore and Jones, halves, and Mitchie at quarter, Tork at center, Linger and Delli- gatti, guards: Davis and Haun, tackles: Kirchman and Glover at ends. Knight caught the first ball on the 10-yard line and ran it to his own 35 before being stopped. He also made the first touchdown. On a forward pass, Mitchie to Knight, he ran 46 yards for the first touchdown of the game. Spadafore added the extra point. Fairmont worked the ball down to the 1 yard line and Spadafore got another touchdown and added an extra point by a drop kick. Fairmont intercepted 6 forward passes. Fairmont worked the best in years for the first game. Page 95 -I