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VoLUME XI, No. 3 VIRGINIA HARGRAVE UPSETS V. E. S. IN ROUGH GAME
EPISCOP AL SCHOOL, L YNCHBURG, VIRGINIA NoVEMBER 5, 1926
Final Score 6-0
On October 23, the V. E. S. eleven
lost a rough game to Hargrave by the score of 6-0. The game was stag- ed at Chatham.
H argrave made their only touch- down as a result of two long runs in the last quarter by Scott, the Har-
grave quarter-back. Twice during the first half V. E. S. seriously threatened the enemy's goal, but even the rooting of the C. E. I girls failed to give the team the punch to carry the ball over.
THE NEED OF A
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
T o the Editor of the METEOR:
One of the major needs of the school is an orchestra. Ample ma-
terial can be found among the stu- dents; so there should be no draw- back from this cause. If boys, pos- sessing musical talent, had real school spirit there would be no diffi- culty in forming this orchestra, for
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AMONG THE MINOR TEAMS On October 25, t he Juniors lost
to their old rivals,-the Presbyterian Orphanage, by the score of 32-0. May bank and Pa-tteson played stellar parts for the V. E. S. team. Thrs
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Defeats S. Jrl. A. 18-0
Saturday, October 20, a large
crowd saw V. E: S. defeat Staunton
Militar - Academ 18-0. The V . E;
S. tearJ- seenied lo work as magnifi-
Goldsmith and Humrickhouse
were the most consistent ground- one can readily see how advantage- gainers for V. E. S., while Mapp and ous in many ways it would be to the Scott made nearly all of the gains school.
for Hargrave. In our line the out-
standing players were Rhett and
Lewis.
The Boys won their last two
games with much difficulty. In the
contest with Holy Cross on October
20, they were victorious by a score around ends, not to menbon a nu_m-
First Quarter
Goldsmith kicked off to Har-
grave's twenty-yard line, and they were forced to punt to mid-field. V. E. S. made three consecutive first-downs, Goldsmith and Hum- rickhouse gaining _ most of the ground. The Hargrave line held us
to eicrht yards on four tries, and the 0
ball passed over to them on their five-yard line. Scott punted twenty yards, but we carried the ball back again, aided by Spruill's recovery of a fumble. Hargrave again held us,
this time with the ball on their three-yard mark.
Second Quarter
Scott punted thirty yards from behind his o-wn goal. Again we made two consecutive firstdowns, but we were penalized fifteen yards. Goldsmith then barely missed mak-
ed.
Thirty-seven wear them to read and
feited the game scheduled for Octo- ber 21 by not appearing. In order to give the Midgets practice, and to alleviate their disappointment, a
ing a field-goal.
made a run of thirty yards. Lew1s
A little later Mapp fumble and Day ran
these needs
r ecovered a
around right end for twenty yards.
Third Qw1rte1·
Scott kicked off, and Goldsmith
r an back fifteen_ yards. T wo ex- changes of p).ffi s put the ball on our fifteen-yard line. Goldsmrth punt-
ed thirty yards:
Fourth Quarter
Scott, after 'making a first-down, was forced to punt to our twenty- five-yard line. Three passes, Gold-
smith to Wilkinson, netted twenty yards. Hargrave was penalized fif- teen yards but they recovered a V.
E. S. fumble at mid-field. Scott .then made a twenty-yard run, aid- ed by Mapp's good interfereJ?-ce. Scott circled left-end for thirty yards and a touchdown on the next play. The point after ~~e touch- down failed. After recervmg Har-
grave's kick-off we made two incom- plete passes. Through a penalty H a r g r a v e l o s t t w e n t y ya~ds. A pass Goldsmith to Luck, gamed fif- teen' but Mapp intercepted the next pass on the fifteen-yard line, ending
the game.
Summary
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r o o m eyes, if they provide themselves with pm ·
a second pair. On!y sixteen out of the forty-seven that wear then}, have
t h i s
H. M.A. ... Db
ing his classes to the tender mercies
of study hall. He spent the week-
end there but was so unfortunate as
the examination and said, "This boy needs exercise. He is growing fast and must exercise to strengthen
State Board of Health, gave a talk to the boys of the school on the
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morning of October 26.
Classes V. E. S.
S p r u i l l
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to miss the football game between his muscles. Otherwise they will be were adjourned for the time being l:ill