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

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i .U lflplflffl-f5flV53 of 'Kill Captain Satterlield and Combs, of East Side, tied for high scoring honors of the Tournament, with 40 points to each's credit. Satterlield made good all his tries from the foul line, making six free tries out of the same number of chances. The largest crowd that ever witnessed a game in Fairmont was present at the finals. Tork's good feelings towards Referee Ross, who threw him out on per- sonals more times than any other player, was a pleasing incident. The enthusiasm shown by the students in the meet, and the clean sportsman- ship shown by all members of the teams were outstanding features. This WAS I:AIRMONT,S FIRST DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT NOT THE LAST. THE SCORING POWER OE THE EAIRMONTERS . Player Pos. Field Goals F. M. T. P. Games SATTERFIELD F. 17 6-6 40 4 TORK E. l l 8-14 30 4 KNIGHT G. 6 O-0 12 4 KIRCHMAN G. 3 0-1 6 3 EISHER C. l l-6 3 4 CLoUsE G. O 3-6 3 4 AoR1PPi'5. P. 0 1-5 1 3 HAYMOND G. 0 0-0 0 3 Total 3 8 I9-3 8 95 4 Qlliuin gllairntuni mum Farmington 23 .Farmington I4 Mannington 21 l -Farmington 16 Hundred 18 lvl-Iundred 11 Fairview lol XFairmont 27 Fairmont 26 I 22 Morgantown Qlpmrmom F U 22 fairmont , Shlnnston CBM lshinnswn 16 Lumberport fOutJ I ' F I ' 3lI'ITlOl'1t Masontown I9 I M I Wn 14 Rivesville l8l ason O K' d 7 ingwoo Klngwgod 25 l Kingwood 21 Barracksvillc IZI E S-d 23 ast i e imimn is! Lum mn 10 I West Monongah l6l I R E t Sd 22 435 l 2 East Side 1681 East Side 28 waaesmwn l2l J Page 110

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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

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.J r' f 'f mecca LEA-U65 ill The State ilnnrnatneni 14,5 3951,-Y-1 AIRMONT hoped to re-establish her su remacy in the basketball world by making a good showing in pthe West Virginia State Tournament, but was bitterly disappointed. They were defeated in the first game of the preliminaries by Washington-Irving High jf 'Q School of Clarksburgh by a score of 18-13. Fairmont had been the victor in two preceding games and were confident that they could repeat the feat. Fairmont High School once ranked with the basketball leaders of the State. In 1915, headed by the well-known Jimmie Knight, now coaching the St. Peter's High School, they went to the semi-finals. Here they were defeated by the Charleston High School tossers by a close score of 23-19. Charleston won the tournament. Fairmont, due to its good showing, was given second place. Backed by a wonderful record, Fairmont journeyed to Buckhannon again in 1916, and played good ball until meeting Parkersburg. They easily de- feated F. H. S. The local school was awarded third place in the tournament, Parkersburg being the winner. With Jimmie Knight still starring another Blue and White team, the Fair- mont High boys in 1917 won their way to the tri-finals, where they were de- feated in a wonderful game with the Cathedral High from Wheeling in an extra five minutes of play by a score of 31-30. That year Fuzzy Knight carried off the cheering cup as the greatest cheer leader ever to enter Buckhannon. We all know Fuzzy. We met Elkins and were defeated in the second round in 1918 by a score of 31-15. In 1919 we were defeated in the Hrst round by Clendenin by a score of 26-23: but were redrawn and went to the semi-nnals, Buckhannon eliminat- ing us by a 20-13 score. This year the cheering cup again became the possession of the Blue and White School. In 1920 Fairmont, after winning from Farmington and Buckhannon, was stopped easily by Parkersburg by a 20-4 defeat. The absence of three star players from the lineup in the 1921 tournament probably kept Fairmont from raising a great deal of trouble. As it was they were defeated by Sistersville in a close game of the opening round by a score of 18-14. In 1922 we welcomed our new coach, Frank Ice. of W. V. U, The Polar Bears lost to Weston in the first round by a score of 24-17. Parkersburg was the cause of our defeat of 19-14 in 1923. Parkersburg won the tournament. Fairmont worked her way to the tri-Hnals in 1924, after making a good showing in the preceding games, but was eliminated by Wheeling. 19-9. We sent no representatives to the tournament in 1925. We hope to do better next year with Billy Kirchman leading the team. Page 111 Va:-of