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will play for the latter as they have She was supposed to be a 'neck meet took place. Miles took second fewer men available. Rear Admiral artist,' 'booze hound,' and 'human place in the mile in the 1927 meet H. A. L., C. A. L., Q. A. L. Smith,
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IN PREPARATORY MEET U. N. C. for S. I. P. S. Games
IN SUNDAY SCRAMBLE Baseball Jokes-Players in
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Lynchburg, Va. ~ line forms at the right on the box- who balked, putting him on second. Day. Ribbons stamped with class,
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FLAPPERSHAVEVANISHED V.E.S.TOTAKEPART
THE METEOR ACTORS VS. SNOOPERS
V. E. S. FALLS IN LATE INNINGS TO FISHBURNE
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by a piucky slide. Roe rail for him, and scored a moment later when Kelly me sed up Lee's drive. Luck then picked out Kelly as his target, and was safe on the latter's second
error, Lee reaching the midway sta- tion. Lee scored the third V. E. S. run of the inning mi -a bad throw to
SAYS JUNIOR LEAGUE
Gone is the flapper ! In her place Trackster-s Will Again Journey to Meteorites to Prove Themselves No Luck Clouts His Fourth Round-Trip
has come the young woman with
poise, soft-toned and correct speech,
soberly costumed, and with hair. will again enter the Southern Inter- Such are the specifications of Mi s scholastic Preparatory School Track
Blow of Season in Ninth
1928 as set forth in the current and Field meet held at the Univer- number of the Jun·ior Lec~gue JJiaga- sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
Field this coming Sunday when the :\Ieteorite try to prove to the prides of the Dramatic Society that tbey
irmings, V. E. S. met defeat at the hands of the hard-hitting Fishburne team !.l to 5 in a game staged at Way-
first base to catch Luck.
This ended
zme, the national oro-an of the
young_er social sets otthirty -five the team will participate there May Amencan cities. 12. Last year the team finished
nesboro, May 5. The game was £ea.- down with a man on first, and struck
The Garnet and White track team
annually, and several members of
the Garnet and White scoring until
the eighth. In the fifth, Luck bore
smokestack.' and Bethea finished third in the low T. R., T. T., will root for both sides.
. "The flapper wasn't half so sophis- hurdles. These were the only men Rear Admiral H. A. L. will chase ticated as the present-day girl, who of this year's squad in the meet held balls·for the Dramatic Society, while
1s smoother and more polished. a year ago.
Young Miss 1928 uses more subtle This will be the last meet of the
Succumbing to a powerful and History will be made orr Johnson timely rally in the eighth and ninth
are no jokes Oil the baseball fielcl. hued on both ides by a hard fight- out the next three would-be hitters, . "'rhe flapper was a post-war crea- fourth, with the Asheville Schoo1 Efforts are being made to acquire ing spirit, and the outcome was tiD- a performance unequalled during the
hon. ~er hair overnight resembled for Boys, Woodberry Forest, and a Hottentot's; her skirts ended about Augusta in first, second, and third
her knees; she sneaked her brother's places, respectively. This year Wood- cigarettes and swore like a trooper. berry will not be entered.
She chewed gum-QTeat wads of it-- Captain Taylor will defend his .b
vigorously and incessantly. Her quarter-mile championship which be make-up was as crude as a clown's. won last year, the first year that the
the services of :\1essrs. ..\fattfield, certain until Turner's grounder in
J ohnston, and Luck, IY., to officiate at the contest.
and was aided by the excellent back- ing of his teammates who only made
three miscues to mar their otherwise
perfect fielding. Armstrong was
.touched for three runs in the eighth. of the eighth brought the score to
Garner for F . M. S. twirled in stellar 6-4. Although Grumiaux committed form and lasted the entire game with highway robbery to catch Haggard's
made behind him. However Mad- copalians still had a score in their 913 Main Street Lynchburg, Va. to start on the mound for the Mete- dox nearly madeup for these by hls batting bag. With one gone, "Peck"
season unless the St. Christopher's
ference between the two. meet, which was postponed on ac- line-up one finds such scintillating
"She wears black satin instead of count of the interruption of Jupiter gems as "Brawn" Turner, "Black- cerise; she blends her rouo-e evenly· P luvius· is scheduled later. sheep" L amb, "Puke" Cook, "The
methods, that is the principal dif-
Included in the Dramatic Society
she inhales her cigarette~ without
puffing furiously. She dances grace-
fully to muffled jazz and drinks
liquor quite as much as her predeces-
sor, but from a teacup rather than a flask.
Great Lover" (Hobbs), "Felix" Al- CRAIGHILL & JONES ston, "JIII!ary" Darden, " Peewee" P el-
potential home run, the Uadets against bim, wbich was very good scored three ruus to give them a good
Incorporated DRUGGISTS
ton, and "Virgie" Whitehead. Jew Should be Stingy
nine hits and five runs charged
considering the nine fielding errors lead. However, the fighting Epis-
~ E s. sport loYers will be given the assists from behmd the ~'eystone bag. ~ tr~at of the season, when they see In the first mmng, \, E. S. went
~ "Editor" Causey ca,·ort around the doll'n m order With the exception of
* hot corner or roam the outer gardens Lee who reached first on an error,
~ for the Meteorites. "Frizz" Hamner while the first Fishburmt~ triO went
* will catch. The first base position is down m order before Lucks masterly ~ a storm-center of discussion between tlnrlmg. In the second, McGregor
" Fats" Barker and " One-half Point" got a scratch Ju t over first but was H eald. The Pride of Norfolk (Jack thrown out while attemptmg to
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Rear Admiral C. A. L., Q. A. L., will serve the Meteorites.
ning and struck out the last man. Luck Hits His Homer
s. H. Raymond, the J ew, i slated
Luck took a beautiful revenge by hammering out his fourth circuit clout of t he season. Coach Ganna- way' men got two more runners on the bases but Woodward made a
pretty play on a grounder to retire Turner for the final out.
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RULES FOR FIELD DAY HA VE BEEN COMPLETED
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not Harris) will guard the keystone Garnet and White nine in the third in at least one event. Preliminaries ~ PRINCE CANNED FRUITS ~ sector. "Puss" Green, "Dick" Can- innirJg when he rapped a pop fly over for the events will be held under the
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* game continued in this·fashion with- ~ out any scoring on either side until * the fifth canto when Coach Gan- * naway's luggers landed on Garner
event, and date will be the awards. Alumni on Display in P. M.
The track meet will be held in the morning and the baseball game with the Alumni in the afternoon. The Alumni will probably have Henry Belt or Thomas Humrickhouse on the mound. Tubby Reaves and his
orchestra will play for the dance to be held in the evening. This hop will be the last before final week-end in June, and promises to be well at- tended.
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entire contest.
fielding of Woodward, Fishburne Unlucky Seventh
the ninth was blocked by the adroit
second sacker. Captain Luck con- In the sixth inning the Cadets
Rear Admiral Impartial
'rhose belonging to both the Dra- nected for his fourth circuit clout of touched Luck for a single counter
mati c Society and the METEOR staff
the season in the final canto.
F. M. S. Makes Nine Errors
on two misplays by the visiters and grounders, which advanced runners. In the seventh frame F. :M:. A. For V. E. S. Luck hurled a note- bunched five hits, two walks, and a worthy game until he weakened to- bit batsman with two errors to dent
ward the end and was received by the prate five times before three men Armstrong in the seventh. He often could be retired. Armstrong replaced
pulled himself out of difficult holes Luck on the mound during this in-
Grumiaux) will take care of short reach second.
position. Manager Bucky (Forsyth Harris made the first hit for the in school must enter preliminaries
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