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

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ti? Z ZT mail ETAVES eil all times. and the Icemen never threatened to outscore their opponents. The Elkins High School team was undoubtedly the best team that the locals had opposed so far. FAIRMONT 12-SHINNSTON 28 Fairmont was defeated for the second time by Shinnston after a very hard played game. The Fairmont Polar Bears seemed to be dead on their feet after playing a hard schedule the week before. It was a very listless game for the rooters from Fairmont, because the Polar Bears did not seem to have the old snap in their pass work. Satterfield starred for Fairmont with a total of seven points for the Blue and White. A large crowd went to Shinnston for the game. l AIRlVl0N'l' 24-MORGANTOWN 11 On February Z6 the Fairmont High Polar Bears journeyed down to Morgan- town and won from the Clydemen in a very handy fashion. The game was a rough affair, owing to the smallness of the Hoor. Tork starred for Fair- mont. getting a total of 10 points. Satterfield came next with nine points and Fisher and Knight collected two each. This was the second time during the season that Fairmont won from Morgantown. both games being easy victories. A large crowd followed their favorites to the scene of the battle. ELKINS 16-FAIRMONT 12 The game, which resulted in a 16-to-l2 win for Elkins on March 13, was the last game on the schedule for the Polar Bears. Although they fought from start to finish. they were somewhat off form. The ball absolutely refused to drop through the basket. It would roll around on the rim, sometimes pause for a second while the spectators held their breath. then drop on the wrong side. The first quarter was a battle royal, Elkins getting a little better of the argument by a 2-to-0 lead. They still held the lead at the half, the score being 6-to-4. The final score was 16-to-l2, against us. This was the last home game for Tork. Knight, Clouse and Fisher. -T' ' 1 21 f am .mfaLaf,J,. I . ii A 5 'a Page 108 l-

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. yr ll ' .F lflP.L5U5flV53 'fill FAIRMONT 29-EAST SIDE 21 The East Side Yellow Jackets sprang a surprise when they held the power- ful Polar Bears to an eight point win. Little Lee Satteriield could not be stopped, however, and scored six field baskets and one out of three chances at the foul line for a total of thirteen points. Fisher also played a bang-up game at center until he was pulled to make room for Kirchman in the lineup. He was responsible for eight of Fairmont's scores. The team seemed to be worn out from their game with Uniontown, and did not show very much pep until the final period. As a whole, they did exceedingly well, considering the game previous to this one. Fairmont made thirteen field baskets to our rival's eight. We fell down in our foul shooting, being able to make good three chances out of a possible ten, while East Side made good fifty per cent. of theirs, making good five out of ten chances. When the fog of the fierce battle had cleared, it was found that the Fairmont Varsity was leading 29 to 21. This game was the first of the City Championship Series. An assembly of a thousand fans gathered at the Normal Gymnasium on this cold evening of January 28 to see the two ancient rivals battle, and they were well pleased with the exhibition of basketball displayed by both teams. FAIRMONT 28-MORGANTOWN 4 Morgantown High School offered little opposition to the Polar Bears on the night of February 5, and they had little difficulty in running roughshod over the Clydemen. The final score was 28 to 4 in favor of the Bears. The Ice- men held the advantage at all times, and the Morgantown boys never threatened to tie the score. Captain Lee started the scoring with a field basket, and then the Bears kept up a continual rain of double-deckers that held the down-river boys at a disadvantage. Expert defense work on the part of Clouse and Knight kept the Clydemen from scoring, and it was late in the second quarter, when Morgantown registered their first field basket. Two shots from the foul line completed the scoring for Morgantown. WEST FAIRMONT 38-EAST FAIRMONT 19 The City Championship for three consecutive years! This was the result of the game played on the Polar Bear floor. The game was a hard fought battle, although the score indicates the opposite. The undisputed star of the game was Patsy Tork, the veteran member of the Blue and White team. He didn't get started until the second part of the game: here he netted eight field goals, bringing his total to nineteen points, enough to tie the Yellow Jackets. The score at half time was fifteen to four, favoring the Fairmont High Tossers. In the last two minutes of play Coach Ice substituted the Cubs for the Bears, and they succeeded in scoring upon the city rivals from the other side of the Monongahela. - The final grand reckoning was Fairmont, 38: East Side, 19. FAIRMONT 33-HUNDRED 22 The Bears traveled up Buffalo Creek to the district champions' stronghold. on February 22, and succeeded in adding another scalp to their now heavy belt. The game was a very fast affair, with the Icemen leading all the way with a score at half time of 14 to 8. You will undoubtedly recall that this makes the second time we have succeeded in defeating the Trophy Holders this year. The final score being 33 to 22. FAIRMONT 14-ELKINS 27 , February 20 the Bears traveled to the mountains of Elkins. where they were defeated by a score of 27-l4. The Mountaineers displayed superior work at Page 107

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Ylvqgvv x.-4' ... II 7 El6lPL63LEAUE5i f': g 'Kill Unurnanteni 'Cflalk PQ !..,, AIRMONT participated in and won the seventh annual sectional basketball tournament held each year at the Fairmont State Col- sl lege. Fairmont showed a brand of basketball that would have 'pf made the best of them step to keep the pace. The Blue and White Warriors fought with never-say-die spirit, and as the result, were the winners of the closest contest ever witnessed by local fans. At the start of the two-days' battle, Fairmont drew Morgantown. We had defeated the University lads twice in the preceding scheduled games, and took them over in the tournament by a score of 24 to 9. The score signines an easy triumph, but those who saw the game will have another opinion to broach, Having won our way to the tri-finals, we were to meet the only team in the State who had defeated us two games. Shinnston came into the tournament fresh, because of the fact that the team which was to play them in the Opening round, Lumberport, was unable to qualify for the play, owing to the fact that the city had been quarantined for small pox. Shinnston came in confident that they would take the Polar Bear's fur back to their little school up the river, but we had something to say on the same question, and as the result we, as the old expression is, sent them home with a bug in their ears, stinging from a 22- l 6 defeat. This gave us the right to play in the semi-Hnals. We met Farmington and the Icemen had to exert themselves to win. They did this easily, however, and we won our way to the finals by another 22-16 score. In the meantime our most bitter rivals, the East Fairmont High School, had also battled their way to the finals. FAIRMONT AND EAST FAIR- MONT IN THE FINALS!! The hazy recollection of last year, when the East Fairmont High School had eliminated them in the first round, caused the Polar Bears to wait impa- tiently for the whistle that would start the battle. At eight o'clock on Sat- urday evening, March 6, the two teams started the iight for the Championship. The Polar Bears took an early lead and were never in danger. We even had a chance to let our reserves take a bite of the juicy spoils. The Final Score was FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL, 27-EAST FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL, 23 President Rosier, of the Fairmont Teacher's College, gave the winners the awards, which were handsome gold medals. Captain Lee Satterfield gave a speech which was loudly applauded. I don't think there was ever a team of boys who worked together to any better results than I had the pleasure of cap- taining for Fairmont High School. was a phase of Captain Satterfield's speech. Some of the high points of the Tournament are given as follows: Fairmont High led in the scoring, getting 95 points to their opponents' 64. We came second with the highest score for a single game, 27, against East Side. The lowest score of the meet was the 24-9 defeat of Morgantown by the Icemen. Lee Satterfield tied Combs, of East Side, for second honors for the largest number of baskets made in a single game, 6 in number. Satterfield scored his six in the Iinal game against the East Side team. Koch, of Kingwood, was first with seven baskets against Barracksville. Page 10.9