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J UNIORS CONTINUE SUCCESS- FUL SEASON BY CLINCHI-NG CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
The baseball eason ended in -one last wild fling on :May 29 when V. E. S. defeated Staunton Military Acad- emy 5-3. The E piscopal team show-
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0 short enc1 of a 13-11. Belt fanned lv. Tn the SPI'enth the ,\cad mv and V. E. S. tallied twice in the rh • 3h ---------- 3 1 0 2 1 1 12 n1n•1, thus contributing largely to rleemecl it prudent to change pitch- eighth inning.
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was our
first
vi ctim .
~ult of " clouhle play hy Shackel-
the se1renth, when Blackstone came across with two tallies. Chase fan- ned, bnt Ligon rea.chocl first on Bar-
made during the season. Loffier led the sluggers IYith a total of twenty- three hits, acquiring the excellent average of .500. Southall followed
by Hillsman in the seventh fr3Jlle. played within the next few clays.
her's error. H e sto·le second, and
raJTie home on Murphy's single. Bra- with the onlv other average above
MENT
In a match witnessed by a large gallery of newspaper reporters, and amid the click of cameras, Irving
JorclaJ1 wrested the V. E. S. Tern1is Championship and the S. 0. Fisher cup away from Neill Raymond in two fast sets, by the score of 6-3, 6-3.
Haymond, but fourteen years old, proved himself to be the best player among half the fifty-two boys en-
terocl in the tournament.
In the finals, both competi.tors
played well, and the winner's lead
was several times threatened. J or- Summary
dan's serving was very good, and Home run, French. Three base ~ome of Raymond's returns were l:t.it, Lewis. Struck out, by Belt,
man, Pinkerton. Umpire, Orth. ---o---
DR. PENDLETON HOLDS SEB.V· ICE AT ST. JOHN'S
ely fliocl to Southall, but Connally .:300. However, a. total team average rloubled, to score Murphy. Lush of .252 was fairly high. Both hurl-
Totals ............33 3 6 24 7 6 V. E. S.
AB RHPOA E Luck, cf ............ 4 0 1 2 0 1 Boyd,3b..........3 0 0 1 2 1
Lewis,lf..........5 0 2 3 0 0
Loffier, rf ........ 4 1 1 2 1 1
Southall,1b....4 1 1 8 0 1
Shackelford,2b 4 1 2 1 1 1 Pinkerton,ss____ 3 1 0 1 3 1
fouled to Gordon.
Tn B. M. A.'s partof the ninth, ,'e~~on.
f'ha.se wa. safe on Tjuck's error.
Ligon and Murphy S:J.criticed him to four defeat at the hands of rlin~­ to second and third, while Brady nile :J1Jhtary Tnst1tute on Apnl
Reoreel him with a slashing two-bag- 17th. _An eighth inning rally, in
ger. Connally fanned.
Virginia Episcopal staged an in- ftcross the platter, proved too murh
cipient ra.ll_v when Gordon singled for the Gal'llet ancl ~Vh1t~.
and stole second, scoring a. moment suff~red another defeat 1n the same later on Belt'~ double. Ho\Vever, fash10n on the 21st '"hen, after
Lush made a timeh· catch of Bea.~- South Boston Hi had been held ..
Gordon,c........3 1 1 7 1 0 Belt, p .............. 4 0 0 2 1 0
ley's h ig-h
Luck flied to Connally.
Boy(] and
sc:oreless for seven innings, a two
iuning rally of niM nms copped the ed. .-\fter the failure of N. L. A.
fl y,
while both
Blackstone Military Academy
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Woodberry
E TheOrangeandBlackweresetclow11 fonl to Pinkerton to Vance, Luck 0 to tl1e tuJ;Je of 13-9. Both siarne route, and Loffier singled, sending Boyd across the platter. Lew i s struck out, and
Routhall flied to center field.
In the fifth, the locals again scor- amassed six victories, and u[erecl nearly pitched a no hit, no run game
ed. After Barber had grounded out, only five defeats. A rather queer co-
and Boyd had flied to left field, Luck incidence lies in the fact that the but also no man was walked by him.
V. E. S. CLOSES SUCCESSFUL SEASON
ON THE DIAMOND
Wins Six Out of Eleven Contests With the recent victory over S.
V. E. S. ROMPS N. L A. Johnson Field Scene of 12-1
WalkoveT
On \\'<>clnesday, 2Mb, the V. E.
STAUNTON DEFEATED BY V. E. S.
VIHGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
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of a total of eleven gan1es the niue ment in his pitching. He not only ited to them. grounded out, ending the scoring for
AB R H PO A E was given a free pass. A moment majority of victories were gained Gordon proved his mettle by his 4-1, following up this win by shut- Schultz, rf ........ 4 2 1 0 0 0
later he stole second, and scored on over teams supposedly representative catching which was of an excellent ting out the L. H . S. Juniors, 6-0. French, ss -------· 4 1 2 1 2 2 of the best baseball material to be charader. Edwards for N. L. A. Newton issued no free passes, and Potts, If ----------·- 4 0 0 0 0 0
TA>ffier's prett~r d o u b l e. L e w i s foru1d in the state. deserl'es credit for his twirling in allowed but three scratch hits; The Wise, p -------····· 4 0 0 1 3 1
grounded to short-stop.
Neither team scored again until
An even one hundred hits were spite of the fact that he was replaced remaining grunes will probably be
Mayo, 1b .......... 4 0 1 9 0 1 Pearl,2b..........4 0 1 2 0 2 Wood, c ............ 4 0 0 8 0 0
ers showed up well throughout the . .
ihe schedule opened w1th a five
whJch D. i\1. I. shoved two runs
oml Hncl
slower, and neither team scored. The fourth inning can1e aJicl went- scoreless. Here, though, Vance started his commendable work by
~nagging a tricky grounder.
rll the fifth frame aspect5 chang-
game by a 9-5 score.
to get beyoud the first hag a. a. re-
V. K S.
0 m ther freely but our stick work was Lof-11er "ing]e(l.
0 superior to theirs. Beclfor Church, wherP Mr. Browne is the
of thPI11 bring home run by Royd. team'A av<>rage to .
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' 'Yf. A. crasher! through -3 victorv--nver u,.,.
The sixth inning
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The J u n i or s, continuing their
other of their frequent victories winning streak, clinched the city ed up above the visiting team in
S. baseball team brought. down an-
M. A. Yirginia Episcopal has turned when the visiting nine from New
London Academy came out on the beating the Lynchburg Hi Junio-rs
once again have Co:1eh G-annaway's 11·eak end of a 12-1 score. The game
' recruits come through a season with a. greater number of wins than losses. The season on the whole may be said
THE SOUTH ATLA:\'TIC TRACK CHAlV[PJONS
error. Belt and Luck filled the bas- to have heen fairlv successful. Out Spruill showed a decided inlprove- itably, but few errors being accred- es, but Boyd fanned, and Lewis
championship last Friday by easily every way.
Belt, pitching for V. E. S., allow- 5-2. The work of Newton, whose ed Staunton but si:,: hits and struck out six men. Wise showed up well
as a whole was well played, both stellar hurling has been a shini~ for the visitors allowing only eight teams working smoothly. 'rhe field- spot in a most suc_cessful season, may hits and striking out seven men.
ing of the home team was somewhat be considered outstanding. The J un- In the infield Pinkerton played better than their usual average. ior infield has also performed creel- nicely for V. E. S. while S. M. A.
The Juniors opened their season the game.
with an easy victory over Rivermont, S. :M. A.
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although this was but his third gam e JORDAN WINS TENNIS TOURNA- Hartman, 3b .... 2 0 0 0 2 0
Ymice, on first, played excellently of the year. Loffler and Luck in the
outfield took delight in nagging clif- lt flies, while Boyd made the
horne run of the contest.
The game began quite swiftly, for
in the first inning ::-J. L. A. failed to reach first while V . E. S. manag- ed to grab the initial sack. The sec-
Keiper, cf ---·---- 3 0 1 3 0 0
had as their .star Mayo. In the out- field, Keipler figured for the vis- itors while V. E. S. found her best player in Lewis.
In the first inning Staunton start- -eel the hall rolling in the following way : Shultz hit to Southall and was safe on the latter's error. He stole econd on Pinkerton's error and reached third on an overthrow
by Belt. French flied out to Lewis but Shultz was safe at the plate. V. E. S. started her scoring in
the fourth when Lewis flied out to center. Loffier singled to right, and reached second on Southall's timely bingle. Shackelford came through
with a single, and filled the bases. Pinky sacrificed scoring Loffier and advancing Southall to third, and
Shack to secoml. Gordon walked, filling the bases again. Belt reach- eel first on error, while Shack and Southall scoroci. !~uck singled to
·ight field, scoring Gordon, m d Boyd was thrown out at first.
In the fifth Staunton added two more runs,. bringing her total to three. Keipler fli ed out to Loffier. Hartman struck out, but Schultz
singled to right field, and scored a moment later on French's beautiful
circuit clout. Potts was thrown out. I n t h e e i g h t h , V . E . S . c a m e -a c r o s s with another run. After Shackel- ford had flied to center field, Pinker- ton beat out a grounder, and came
home as Gordon reached first on an
6; by Wise, 7. Base on balls, by Co. presented the cup to J ordru1, and Lewis, Gordon. Sacrifice hits, Hart-
- ------ Totals ............34 5 8 27 9 6
rector.
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