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through the net from the free-throw line. But with only a few moments left, Captain Barber got two free shots and sank the second one, tying
the score, 29-29.
Lee Sinks Winning Points
In the second extra period the playing was hotly contested. Camp- bell started by making a pretty shot
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admirers · here are certain that he Feb. 4 Augusta at V. E. S.
will do wel1 in West Point athletics Feb. 10-Swavely at Manassas.
if given the chance. Our good au~ Feb. 11-Episcopal High at Alex-
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GARNET TEAM NOSES
out D. M. 1. 33-31
V. E. S. Quint Has Off D'ay· Play Is Erratic Though Keeps'On- lookers on Edge
BARBER SINKS EIGHT GOALS Lee Gets Two Goals in Second Extra
Period to Tie And Win Close Contest
Although the V. E. S. basket-ball team was off form in the game with the team of Danv1lle Military In- stitute, the home team managed to wm by the close score of 33-31 after two extra periods replete with cru- cial moments.
Barber w~s high-point man for V. E. S. Wltlr 17 counters to his credit. V. E. S. had a powerful passmg attack, but were below form on shooting. Lee showed great im- provement both. in his jumping at center and m h1s shooting. Weeks and Luck played their usual good
games at the guard positions. For D. M. I., Cowan was easily the best m~n, although he scored only four pomts. Campbell scored 12 points for the Cadets at center.
V. E. S. Takes Lead at Half
After about a minute of play a foul was called on V. E. S. and James m a d e his free try good. V. E. S. kept the ball deep in Dan-
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VIRGINIA EPISCOP AL SCHOOL, L YNCHBURG,
VIRGINIA
FEBRUARY
2, 1928
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During the next quarter D. M. I.
fought its way to atie and the game
had to go on for an extra period. At V. E. S. upperclassman, has been
Ir-------------....., 1928 Basket-ball
as Normal Student .~ddle of the fl~or,·and ~~:ball
Randolph T u r 'n e r , prominent the end of the third quarter they given an appointment to the United
In the fall of 1925 Lawrence Lon- S}Vished through the net without don of Pittsboro North Carolina touching rim or back-board. Mter entered V. E. s.' But the notabl~ some fast playing Lynchburg scored,
easy chances to score during this tions to be held in Washington next
under the goal. Then disaster faced V. ~-. S. for ~eywood Weeks, di- mumbve .nmmng guard, who had been playmg a whale of a game for
th~ Ga~et and White, in checking H1ll, high school scoring threat, was
removed on four personal fouls. Ly~chburg r~ng up thr~e baskets in
rapld success.10n upon his departure. Then Captam Barber called time ou~ and. after play was resumed
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Schedule
Jan. 21-Holy Cross (postponed) Jan. 28-L. H. S., 18; V. E. S.,
19
Feb. 1 Rivermont
Feb. 11- Holy Cross Feb. 18-L..H. S. Feb. 28-Rivermont
JOHNSON'S PLAYERS
ACT FOR BUSY WOMEN
"The Mayor and the Manicure" Is Presented at Virginia Business Women's Convention
WARBURTON IS STAR OF PLAY All Enjoy Food and Take :Much
Interest in the Topics Dis- cussed by Women
_As a part of the program of the V1rgm1a Professional and Business Women's Convention, held at the
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Schedule
Jan. 21-Rivermont (postponed) Jan. 28-V. E. S., 21; Holy
V.E.S.AGAINBOWS TOLYNCHBURGQUINT
First Game on Foreign Ground Puts Coach Payne's :Men at Disadvantage
- -~ V. E. S. FIVE ROUTS
CRACK HARGRAVE TEAM
Takes Lead at Start of Struggle and Is Never Headed During
Rest of Game
LEAD 14-4 FIRST PERIOD
Final Score Is 20-28 ; H. M. A. Never Seriously Threatens to Over- come Lead
The V. E. S. quint overturned the
dope-bucket at the Barksdale Gym-
um, on March 3rd. Ronald Warburton, as the manicure nasmm on January 26th when it
These are "~he Trysting Place," Genevieve, was a great success whil~ handed the Hargrave Cadets a 28-20
Floor Until Removed on Personal Fouls
The Virginia Episcopal School hoop men, led by Captain Barber, played their first game on enemy ter- ritory when they bowed before Lynchburg High 35-15 on the Rob- ert E. Lee High School floor, Lynch- burg, the night of January 28th.
Coach Payne's men, went into the contest, still stinging from the 43- 20 defeat received from L. H. S. in the Barksdale Gym, January 11th. But the odds were against them. Not only was it the first game for the V. E. S. quint off their home floor, but the game was played at
night and on a much larger floor than the Garnet team was accus- tomed to. · ·
Live Back Boards Tricky · Though the L. H. S. team was the
better of the two, the score does not
really do the Red team justice. The
THREEONE-ACTPLAYS
PLANNEDFORMARCH Virginian Hotel on Saturday, Jan-
uary 21st, the V. E. S. Dramatic The Trysting Place, the Florist Shop, Society presented one of the three
and the Deceivers Form Presentation
one-act plays produced earlier in the year.
:Moore Subs for Cook
This play, "The Mayor and the
CASTS AI.R.EADY SELECTED
Mr. Johnston Believes Plays Will be most the same cast as in the previous
Better Than Those Presented Before Christmas
Manicure," by George Ade, had al- presentation. R a n d o l p h Turner
took the part of Mayor Milford· George Moore took the part of Ruth
The Dramatic Society has defi-
nitely decided to present three one- in place of Fred Cook, who was un
act plays in the Barksdale Gymnasi- able to come to all the rehearsals. by Booth Tarkington; "The Florist Claiborne Darden played the ~ole of
setback for the t h i r d straiaht V. E. S. victory of the season. The Red team assumed an early lead and held it throughout the contest by hard playmg and accurate shooting.
Shop," by Winifred Hawkridge; the Mayor's handsome son Wally ''Deceivers," by William C. deMille. to perfection. '
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"Trysting Place" Is One Warburton Gets Applause "The Trysting Place" is a farce '!'he ladies of the convention
Captam Barber's ten points in the
the trysting place in secret for dif- professional business women were his team the lead. Heyward Weeks and the back-boards, much livelier
in which Mr. Tarkington in a hu- seemed to enjoy the comedy very morous way brings three couples to much, especially those parts where
strange baskets undoubtedly held first half alone were enough to give Barber's score to a minimum amount
ferent reasons and adds both comedy mentioned. Ronald Warburton for held Derby, Hargrav-e leader and and pathos in his treatment of the his convincing portrayal of a ~ani­ forward scoreless in the matter of calf love of the boy, Lancelot, for cure, was. the favorite of the evening. field goals, while Peck Luck at' the the young widow. The tentative Several hmes the audience even held other. guard showed up equally well cast includes Ronald Warburton as up the performance in order to give by h1s cool playmg and his inter-
ville's territory for a long time with-
out any net results. Weeks missed
a foul and James made a difficult
shot from under the basket. Barber
then sank two long shots to put his
team ahead 4-3: Goble raced down Mrs. Curtis, the young widow; Clai- him tremendous applause. cepting of enemy passes. Sam Lee the floor and shot a pretty one from bourne Darden, as the boy who has The V. E. S. representatives were was able to get the tap all the time
than those on the home floor, made the rebounds fool the visiting team again and again.
Barber Gets First V. E. S. Score
The first shot attempted in the game was a goal for Johnson of L. H. S. and the high school team scored twice more before Barber dis- turbed the net work for the first two- pointer for V. E. S. Lynchburg scored once more before Harris just substituted for Maybank a m~ment before, sank a shot from under the
basket. The quarter ended with y. E. S. trailing 10-5. No garnet Jerseyed player scored during the second period and at the half the
score was L. H. S., 16; V. E. S., 5. Weeks Out on Fouls
After L. H. S. missed a shot at the opening of the second half Bar-
under the basket. Some fast floor an infantile infatuation for Mrs. the only masculine ones in the party; and held the opposing center to one
work followed and Barber shot an- Curtis; named Lancelot Briggs · Ar- ~nd as a result found it very amus- 'pomt for the entire game. Lvnn other from under the basket. Bar- thur Lamar takes the part of ':Mrs. mg to hear the masculine sex slan- and Garrison showed up well for"the
ber rang in the next one from the middle of the floor. James made the next one from under the rim and Barber, Lawrence, and Lee each shot one in about a minute of play for V. E. S. Campbell, Danville center, scored from under the basket and no more r.oints were made that quarter.
In the third quarter the two teams played nearly evenly,-no spectacu- lar shots or plays being made.
D. :M. I. Rallies in Fourth
Briggs, Lancelot's mother; Caskie dered.
visitors.
Barber Opens Attack
Norvell takes the part of Jessie Briggs, his sister; Rupert Smyth J essie's lover, is played by J oh~ Heald; Richard Canfield takes the
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Mr. Mattfi.eld and Warburton so far forgot themselves as to pray ·with
T o open the game Barber and
TURNER RECEIVES AN
APPOINTMENT TO ARMY Society who attended expressed their
Will Take Competitive Exams With pl~asure at the banquet, and main-
Two Other Candidates
tamed that their appetites even sur-
passed those of the business women. Blind Alumnus :Makes Honor Roll her scored for v E S f ' th
period, any one of whieh would have put the game on ice.
Barber Ties Score 29 All '
In the extra period Hardaway scored one point after· two 'minutes
of play when he swished the ball Coach Harmeling. His friends and V. E. S., 15.
March. . ·
Turner to Aid Army Teams
"Randy" has made letters in foot- ball and baseball, and wrestled in
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Jan. 26-Hargrave, 20; V. E. S.,
regular courses and he received no more attention than normal stu-
'denJ:s. Last fall he entered the Uni- vers1ty of North Carolina.
On January 29th the following appeared in Greensboro Daily News:
. ''When the University of North Carolina honor roll of 235 names was announced the other day, it was
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the unlimited class last year for Jan. 28-Lynchburg High, 35;
thority, Pembroke Sizer Taylor fore- casts his roommate's career in ath-
letics. ~e expec~ Turner, not only to play m the lme along side of
Sprague, next fall, but also to catch for the diamond artists the follow-
ing spring, and make a letter in
wrestling, and.probably coach soccer. [ 1.------~------..
the rest for "a strong woman's heart Lynn shot goals in rapid succession
to ~elp the~ resist temptation." for their teams, but Barber emerged The1r confus10n when they realized
what it was ·all about at the conclu- sion of the-prayer can easily be
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LAWRENCE LONDON, '27 WINS U. N. C. HONORS
were trailing 28-22, by they regis- States Military Academy at West
tered three field goals to none for Point by Senator Carter Glass. In
V. E. S. during the final period, order to get to West Point, Turner Jan. 11-Lynchburg High, 43; V. he was here, that year and the fol- for V. E. S. Immediately afterward making the score 28-28. The Gar- must first surpass two other candi- E. S., 20. lo~ing year also, he made many the home team got this basket back, net and White quint missed several dates at the competitive examina- Jan. 11 Bedford High 11 · V f~1ends a.mong the boys and despite when Brown dropped ~ne in from
Schedule
E. S., 55. ' ' . h1s hand1cap he did better than the J an. 21-Danville, 31; V. E. S., average student although he took
andria.
Feb. 18-Woodberry Forest at V.
E. S.
Feb. 22-F or k Union at Fork
Union.
Feb. 25-Randolph - Macon at
learned that four of these students nelther Side scored before the quar- were blind men. There are five blind ter ended. . ..
Bedford.
Cross, 26 L. H. S.
Feb. 1
Feb. 11- Mohawks
Feb. 18 -Park Athletics Feb. 28-No game
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fact was that he was blind. While but Maybank got another field goal
But ev.en ~
One .of th:se was Lawrence Lon- quarter and outplayed the hill top- ·
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students enr?lled in the University. T~eother m1s~;dthe honor roll by a
L H. S.
hrur's breadth.
Jo~g 27-9, the ridge team came:baek in the fourth
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