Pictured in the first row, left to right: Price, Yeager, Whitham, Meade and Burke. Second row, left to right: Hinton, Krebs, Swallow, Long and Runnencutter. Third row, left to right: McWhorter, Barbe and Eakin. Last row is Printz. Senior and Sophomores were: Krebs ('99 R Forward), Barbe ('99 L Forward), Whitham ('99 Center), Eakin ('01 Guard) and Long ('01 Guard). Juniors and Freshmen were: Yeager ('00 Forward), Swallow ('02 L Forward), Hinton ('02 Center), Burke ('02 R Guard) and Meade ('00 L Guard). Substitutes were McWhorter ('01), Price ('02) and Ruttencutter ('02). Final game's score 10 to 6 in favor of Junior-Freshmen team. Score 12 to 6 in favor of Senior-Sophomore team.
Line up: Manager, J. B. Wyatt; Captain, P. B. Naylor; J. H. Riddle; J. M. Burns; H. H. Baumgartner; F. M. Bailey; and Quintero. Dells: 'Rah! Rah! Ru! W. V. U. Sis boom bah! Tiger!!!' 'Che he! Che ha! Che ha, ha, ha! West Virginia! Rah! Rah! Rah!' Chew terbacher! Chew terbacher! Chaw, Chaw, Chaw! Eat terbacher, eat terbacher! Rah, Rah, Rah! Drink a large, Drink a large, Drink a large beer. West Virginia Varsity! We're all here!'
James H. Riddle, Captain; Beryl Crowl, Manager; Grigg- forward, Riddle- forward, Gaskins- center, Crowl- guard, Tobin- guard. Substitutes- Naylor, Pritchard and T. Starbuck. 1908 Season
Group portrait of the West Virginia University Basketball Team, 1921: 'Standing: Coach Stadsvold, Russell Meredith, Clem Kiger, Robert Hawkins, Douglas Bowers, Manager Harry Watkins. Seated: David Graham, George Hill, Captain Homer Martin, Pierre Hill, Fred White.'
Print number 5. Francis H. Stadsvold, Coach; Joseph Moreland, Manager; Squad Members: James Black, Captain; Rudolph Hagberg; Lawrence Plaster; George Ratcliffe; Edward W. Fox; Marshall Glenn; Emory Lepera; Truehart Taylor; Louis Sturbois; George Sharp; Ralph M. Hartman. (Not in order with picture.)
Print number 16. Standing (from left to right): Coach Francis Stadsvold, Scott, Plaster, Bartrug, Cubbons, Manager Garvin. Seated (from left to right): Doyle, Fox, Captain Marshall Glenn, Michie Radcliffe.
Print number 42. Back row (left to right): Bill Simpson, Gene Hester, Herbert "Babe" Barna, Lou Fidler, Fred Wilson, and George Cubbon. Front row (left to right): John "Squint" Phares, Albert Colebank, Joe Stydahar, Jack Gocke, and Andy Mestrovic.
National Champions West Virginia University Basketball Team Accepts Trophy
Date:
1942
Description:
Before the NCAA Tournament the winner of the NIT was recognized as the official College Basketball National Champions. In 1942 the Mountaineers won the NIT Tournament claiming the National title.
West Virginia University N.I.T. Championship Winning Team Receiving Trophy
Date:
1942/03/26
Description:
Newspaper clipping on back of photograph reads: "Rudy Baric receives national invitation tournament championship trophy for West Virginia University at Garden last night after Mountaineers, seeded last in field of eight, beat Western Kentucky 47-45, in final. Jack Coffey, Fordham athletic director, makes the presentation. Baric, voted outstanding player of the tournament, is West Virginia's captain and center. Left to right kneeling are: Dick Kesling, Scotty Hamilton and Roger Hicks (behind trophy). Left to right standing are Walter Rollins, Lou Kalmar (with arm around coach's shoulder), Coach Dyke Raese, Baric, Neil Montone, George Rickey, Don Raese and Coffey."
Babes of the Wood who won 12 of 17 games during the season and a place in the National Invitation Tournament at New York. Left to right- Bob Carroll of Wheeling, Jack Dial of Huntington, Jim Walthall of Princeton, Leland Byrd of Matoaka, Dave Wilson of Huntington.
West Virginia University Basketball Team Freshmen, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1957
Description:
Sitting, from left to right, is Manager Ronald Lewellen, Jerry Turner, Butch Goode, Jim Reiss, Jim Warren, Jay Jacobs, and Manager Jim Cook.Standing, from left to right, is Assistant Coach Jim Sottile, Jerry West, Jim Ritchie, Joe Posch, Pat Duffy, Willie Akers, and Coach Quentin Barnette.
Jerry West Foils a Lay-Up by University of Kentucky's Adrian Smith, Lexington, Ky.
Date:
1957
Description:
West, the "tallest player in basketball" at 6'3" keeps Smith from successfully making a shot. At this game, West Virginia University handed Kentucky their fifth home defeat in 15 years.Both West and Smith made the United States Olympic team two years later in 1960.
Morgantown Touchdown Club Spring Banquet, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1958
Description:
A group of men are gathered at a spring banquet held at Hotel Morgan after the West Virginia University basketball team was ranked No. 1 in the United States.In the front row, from left to right, is unidentified, Jerry West, Bobby Joe Smith, Ronnie Retton, Bucky Bolyard, Butch Gude, Jim Warren, and possibly Willie Akers.In the second row, from left to right, is athletic director Red Brown, basketball referee Red Mahalic, Jody Gardner, Loyd Sherer, Don Vincent, Whitie Guyme, team physician Dr. Sam Morris, Golf-pro Reggie Spencer, and Father Scott.In the third row, from left to right, is University of Pittsburgh basketball coach Doc Cartson, WVU head coach Fred Schaus, unidentified, the team's general manager Mr. Gwair, and unidentified.
WVU Basketball Player Jerry West in Action vs. William & Mary
Date:
1959
Description:
6' 3", 175- pound Jerry West battles 6-7, 230 pound Jeff Cohen for the rebound in Southern Conference tournament action. The Mountaineers, finalists in NCAA play, had a tough time squeezing past William & Mary in their conference semi-final, 85-82, as West scored 38 points.
Jerry West Drives Through William & Mary Defense, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1959
Description:
Jerry West swept past Bev Vaughan (25) of William and Mary and scored a total of 38 points against William and Mary. WVU won 85-82 in the semi-finals of the 1959 Southern Conference Tournament.
Mountaineer Jerry West Unstoppable Against Louisville in NCAA Tournament
Date:
1959
Description:
West, left, flies past Louisville's John Turner during the 1959 NCAA Semi-Finals. The Mountaineers won this game 93-78, with 38 points scored by West alone.
Erlinda Dinardi and Jerry West in Dinardi Home, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1959/04
Description:
Erlinda Dinardi, sister of Ann Dinardi, and basketball star West are pictured in the Dinardi sisters' kitchen reading a newspaper.West described Ann Dinardi as his "mom away from home." She had a special relationship with many of the basketball players because she lived steps away from the Old Field House. Her home was on Beechurst Avenue.
WVU 's Jerry West Powers to Basket, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1959/12
Description:
'West Virginia's Mr. Everything, Jerry West (44) slips by a Virginia Military (Institute) defender on his way to scoring one of the 12 field goals he scored 12/14. West was outscored by VMI's Joe Gedro (53) who tallied 30. WVU won, 91-76. UPI Telephoto.'
West Virginia University Basketball Team Portrait, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1960
Description:
In the front row is Jim Warren, Paul Miller, Willie Akers, Jerry West, Joe Posch, Jim Ritchie, and Lee Patrone.In the middle row is Coach Fred Schaus, Asst. George King, Ed Bode, Nick Serdich, Kenny Ward, Butch Goode, freshman coach Quentin Barnette, and trainer Whitey Gwynne.In the back row is manager Tony Minard, Dick DuBois, Nick Visnic, Paul Popovich, and equipment custodian Carl Roberts.
