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

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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

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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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-' '+A V1 lean.. -1 my E112 Scurehnarh if-ej'.n5,.i' HE individual scoring records of the 1926 Polar Bear Basketball Team is given for the future reference of the fans. Satterfield led 1715 by a comfortable margin in the scoring from the floor. He also W9 led in the foul shooting, getting more than hfty per cent. of his A-Q-512 shots through the rim. Tork, forward, was next in line. Knight led the guards by a good margin. Name Pos. Games F. G. F. G. Total Pts. SATTERFIELD F. 25 83 32-59 198 ToRK F. 25 60 21-50 141 KNIGHT G. 25 37 12-19 86 FISHER C. 24 30 6-21 66 KIRCHMAN G. 24 16 14-30 46 CLOUSE G. 24 12 22-3 9 46 AGRIPPE F. 14 5 10-22 20 HAMMOND C. and F. 13 3 0-0 6 MCLEARY F. 8 2 1-5 5 HAYMOND G. 13 1 0-1 2 SEccURo F. 2 1 0-0 2 JONES F. 4 1 0-0 2 GLOVER G. 8 0 1-1 1 SPADAFORE G. 3 0 1-2 1 SCHIMMEL G. 5 0 0-0 0 251 120 622 F THE F. H. S. GYMNASIUM we. c L- le f.