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

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, l yi., .crm IEE Sli-IT' naetet tn'v'f52 K Z Z!! In the last quarter Fairmont High nearly made a touchdown. Booth was substitute for Mitchie. He received a punt on the forty-five-yard line and car- ried it to Normal's twenty-yard line. Knight again gained and we had fifteen yards to go, but a penalty for off side and the tightening up of the Normal line stopped the Blue and White. The game was more of a family affair. and players of both teams kidded each other from start to finish. The quarters were 8-10-12-15 minutes. ' NOVEMBER 13 Fairmont West Side O-Fairmont East Side 0 Friday the thirteenth was the annual meeting of two bitter rivals, namely: the East Side High and Fairmont High School. The field was covered with 21 three-inch coat of thick mud, which greatly hindered both teams, but the loyal rooters from each school and the townspeople were all pleased with the type of football displayed. The game was played to a scoreless tie for three quarters. then a reserve play, a lateral pass, by Fairmont netted them a touchdown. The referee ruled that the pass was not completed according to the rules: therefore, the ball was brought back. In the first half the Icemen played an offensive game, but came back in the second half with a defense that rightly should have won the game. In some stages Fairmont High completely outplayed East Side in punting. Spadafore never punted better in any previous game. Several times he booted the wet pigskin far down the field away from his goal when it was threatened. East Side was given an easy victory by the dope, but even if Fairmont did not win by regulation rules, they earned a moral victory. They did the unexpected. This was the fifth annual clash of the two Fairmont schools. Their record is as follows: F S 1921- . H. ..,.....,.... 14 E. S. H. S ...,..,...,,, 7 1922-F. H. S .........,,.. O E. S. H. S .........,... O 1923-F. H. S ....,..,...,. 7 E. S. H. S ............. 14 1924-F. H. S .,.,.... ..... 3 1 E. S. H..S .,.,...,..... 0 1925-F. H. S ............. 9 E. S. H. S. .....,...... O 5 2 21 Fairmont 20-Grafton 0 Fairmont High won its last game of the season very easily from the Smoky City lads. Fairmont lived up to its old record by holding the Grafton play- ers in their own territory most of the time. The game was featured by long, wide sweeping end runs, which netted all their touchdowns. Kirchman scored for Fairmont in the initial period. After a 30-yard end run by Kirchman, Spadafore kicked goal-7-0. Fairmont came back in the second half with renewed fight. Knight received the kickoff and returned it 15 yards, followed by a 20-yard run by Spadafore. On the next play Kirchman carried it over after an end run. Agrippe missed oal. g Spadafore scored the final touchdown when he received a pass and ran 35 yards through the entire Grafton team. Spadafore kicked goal-20-0. Knight, Linger, G. Davis, E. Davis. Hammond, Jones, Fisher and Tork played their last game for Fairmont High. Page 98 w, 'l!.L., lin- v

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'Ni' ,::a,,-WI W1-fT h ' QPLGLGAUES ill game was a rather neat affair at all stages. Knight gained continually with line plunges. but the wet field always prevented the Bears from putting the kicked a field goal. This put a mantle of surprise on the Wheeling crowd, for Fairmont had scored first. This did not last long, however, for the heavy team continually worked the ball down the field for touchdowns. One pass was completed for Fairmont for a gain of twenty-five yards. Fairmont seemed to fight better in the latter part of the game, and started down the field for a touchdown. but old man Time interfered and the game was over. OCTOBER 23 Fairmont 7-Washington Irving 13 On October the twenty-third, Fairmont faced the Washington Irving grid- ders at the South Side Park. W. I. was rated as a better team than Fairmont, but the latter proved to the large crowd which had gathered there that they were a fighting team, for they held the Clarksburg warriors to six downs while they netted seven. The first quarter passed without much real gaining. One play drew the crowd to its feet. Spadafore dropped back to kick, but the ball was blocked and a Clarksburger recovered and carried it across for what seemed a sure touch- down. W. I. was offside and the score didn't count. In the second quarter the same thing happened again, but this time it was the real thing, and W. I. was given the first points of the game. They also kicked goal. When the second half started, Fairmont showed real fight. They started from the forty-nine yard line and Hnally placed the ball over the goal line. While working it down the field a double pass was pulled which gained fifteen yards. Agrippe attempted to kick for the point, but in their anxiety the W. I. team was off-side and the point was given to F. H. S. In the fourth quarter a Fairmont pass was intercepted and W. I. made an- other touchdown. So the game ended with Washington Irving leading, thir- teen to six. Fairmont spoiled another record on this day. Clarksburg had gone undefeated and un-scored on until this game, having made ll3 points to their opponents' nothing. OCTOBER 30 Fairmont O-Morgantown O After losing three games to superior teams or hard luck jinx, the Fairmont High School Polar Bears were growling all around the park while battling the Morgantown gridders to a scoreless tie. Although the snow was half a foot deep, the Bears were not as much at home as the name indicates. A wet, heavy ball prevented a gaining punt game, and the slippery field held the players from making any noticeable gains by the run route. Both teams played ex- cellent football considering the prevailing conditions. The officials were handi- capped by not having a field which was laid off in the proper manner fthe snow preventing thisl, but did very well, and no unsatisfactory penalties resulted. Neither team was nearer its opponents' goal than fifteen yards. Tork. Agrippe, Delligatti, Fisher and Spadafore were absent from the line-up, due to minor causes. NOVEMBER 6 Fairmont O-Fairmont Normal Reserves 0 On a mud soaked field, before a medium crowd on a cold, wet day, the Fair- mont High School Polar Bears held the Normal Reserves to a O-O tie. The pigskin behind the opponents' line. Page 97

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