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)[ac! Lasher Speaks on the Heart·,
STUDENTS HEAR TALK
BY FAMOUS DR. BELL
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THANKS
METEOR on behalf of the
FIGHTING BISHOPS DOWN F. M. S.IN THRILLING lOTH·· GULICK SINGLES TO BRING IN HANFF TO WIN S-4
lion-Kembers Attend Meetings Dr. D. H. Bell who talked to the
students in study hall a few weeks ago gave a short lecture to the cience Club, and a number of visi-
tors last Sunday night.
Dr. Bell took physiology as his subject, and illustrated his talk by diagrams which he drew on the blackboard. The general informa- tion which he gave in his talk was eapecially valuable, as it dealt en- tirely with the practical side of the
aue of the body.
In opening his lecture, Dr. Bell upJained the construction of the itlimeDtary canal and the function fll tile variou organs. He explained
the juices of the digestive sys-
ue composed normally of one
~chool wish~s to. thank t!te follow- tng for theM· ktndness m making posstble the beautification of the campus: M1·. E. L . Carrington,
M1·. S. V. Kemp, jJf?-. Wm. King, J1:., .Mr. R. T. Watts, M1·. J. R.
Gtlltam, h., M1·. W. W. Dickin- son, Jb-. W. R. Winf1·ee, MT. E. M. Miller.
BLACKSTONE DEFEATS GARNETMEN IN RALLY
Tie Settled in Tenth; Luck Stars Royster Scores Winning Run
MR. DAVIS TALKS TO STUDENTS IN CHAPEL
Uses Animals and Their Habits to Illustrate T alk on Stability
of the Church
Mr. H. Minor Davis, a friend of the school, addressed the student body in chapel on Sunday, :May ±. He spoke in place of Dr. Randolph.
Along with his address Mr. Davis brought in the recent trip of the Martin Johnsons to Africa, and told of some of their experiences there.
Luck on Mound Twirls Beautiful Game; Knocks Homer in 8th to Overcome F. M. S. Lead
CADETS GIVE STIFF FIGHT Short Is Outstanding for the Cadets
C1tches Good Game and Hits Well to Open Scoring
The V. E. S. baseball team de- feated the Fishburne Military ~chool
Cadets in a thrilling ten-inning struggle, 5 to ±, a.t Waynesboro, on
Saturday, May 3.
In the tenth inning the Fighting
acid to four parts alkali. Theo-
he said, indigestion is a V. E. S. Gains Placque for Second
of this ratio, and that the of. proper digestion lay in
1t con tant. The salivary the mouth secrete an alkali
the walls of the stomach, on&-eomposed chiefly of acid-he explained, while
Consecutive Year at U. Va. 1
B. M. A. was up first but none of their men got past first base. V. E. S.
small intestines are alkali.
this point very effec- son Hall at the University of Vir-
eiting the fact that when ginia. Lewis Bosher of St. Christo- occurs in the stomach, pher's School and Ashton Phelps of
acid i secreted by the Woodberry Forest School were his the walla in the stomach only opponents. Lasher succeeded in
This, he said, con- d f · h
raise• the ratio of acid in e eatmg t ese two by a unanimous
Sikes was out at first by a throw from Hamner and Wooten scored on a slide home. Davie was safe at first on a single to right field but was out on an attempted steal to second on the next pitched ball.
Luck led off with a single for. the =ta.ing fever. At this decision of the judges. This makes Bishops and Clemens singled to
in itself greatly E. S. has gained a victory of this throw to second and Hamner ac- rificed Clemens to third. Lee hit to
Starch;es .should kind, Norvell also winning a unani- ~ remam m t~e mous decision last year. Lasher's vic-
tun l8 necessary, while .
u meats should be tory, together with that of Norvell
This he attri- last year, gains a permanent posses-
feet that the proteins sion of the placque won last year. the alkali, and if the In the Literary meet which St. began while in the Christopher's held here on April 7th,
is not likely Lasher qualified for the state finals the opposite, he 'by winning over the St. Christopher's with the starches. team. Norvell was ineligible for the et&rches depends on state contest due to his 1929 victory
iB the stomach and in the state meet.
little mastication. The reading was entirely at sight,
his talk Dr. Bell the contestants having five minutes n.ecessity' of eating to look over the selections which were foods which will given them by the judges. The read-
upon 'the digestive ing of the s~lections thems~lves t?ok tbe efficiency of about five mmutes. Lashers readmg four times as much was from Jerome K. Jerome's "On fruit as sweets and Babies," which he read first, followed said, "for starches by Bosher and Phelps in the order
onndition in the body named. . fruit tend towards Lasher deserves much credit for
an alkali condi· his success, as this is the first year he has attempted anything of this
of events in the kind. Credit is also due to Mr. Ladd gave a very in- for his coaching. ·
Game with Fine Support HOMERS DOMINATE
W. F. S. Makes Weak Rally in Ninth as Lassiter, First Sacker Hits Homer
On Saturday, the lOth, the V. ln the third inning Steele flied E. S. baseball team won a rather one-
In bringing out the point of the
30, the baseball team from Black- stability of the church he stated that !o win the game. Hanff, leading off
On Wednesday afternoon, April
stone Military Academy met the Vir- in the animal kingdom elephants m the tenth, drove a hard single into
LASHER WINS READING
CONTEST AT VIRGINIA ginia Episcopal nine here on John- !Ie used this as a preliminary lead- ing out Gray, Short, the Fishburne
catcher, let a ball get away from him, thus putting Hauff on second with one out. Gulick the batting star of the day, with two hits to his
credit, came to bat and knocked a single to center sending Hanff home with the winning run.
Captain Luck, the V. E. S. mo_u~dsman, showed good form,
tnkmg out eleven men, allowing
f~ur b~ses on. balls and permiting mne hits, while Garner for Fish- burne, struck out five men, and granted three base on balls, and al- lowed only seven hits.
In the fourth inning Short sin- gled, and went to second when Gray tossed Thistlewood out. Luck fanned ones, but got into trouble when
Tur~er and Martin singled in suc- cessiOn. Short and Turner scoring but McDaniel stopped the rally by
striking out.
The Bishops came in in the fifth
and scored one run when Hobbs clouted a triple into left field and scored on a fielder's choice by Hanft
'l'he Cadets touched Luck for two runs again in the fifth, after Gricer singled and Garner walked, with two out, Short tripled sending Gricer
and Garner acros , but Thirstwood
struck out.
This put the V. E. S. nine in an
uphill fight with the score 4 to 1.
With one out in the sixth, Clemens The game was marked by several received life on first clue to an error,
unique plays. The most outstand- and scored when Short overthrew ing of which was a double play which second on his attempted steal. In
son Field and defeated them, 5 to ±, in an extra inning.
wg up to the main part of his talk. Mr. Da,is pointed out to us why we should not drift away from the church and that we should always The championship placque will for was retired in one two three order admit the authority of the church,
that we should hold in mind its sta- bility. In the closing words he told of Christ's plan on earth, to estab-
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BATTING BISHOPS WOODBERRY NINE I0-3
INHARDHITTING
Luck Bats Five Hundred in Annual apieined that the proper the second consecutice year that V. right field. Luck scored on a wild Contest and Pitches Remarkable
pub ic reading again repose at the Virginia Episcopal School, due to the fact that Malcolm Lasher took another leg on it at the recent con-
in their half of the fi~st. In the second inning, Allgood of B. M. A., was safe on second on a wild throw
W ooten
juice from the liver, pan- test. The meet was held in J effer- long fly to Luck and Allgood scored. to death.
by Lee.
error by Hobbs, and Poole hit a
lish "the Kingdom of God," and de- fined the life of Christ from birth
right field and Clemens came home. Lee was caught off first base and Buck Harris got to first safely on an error by Blackstone's third baseman. Charlie Harris made the third out when his liner was caught by
Wooten.
out to second base and Chandler was safe at first on an error by Roe. Roy- ster hit through short for two bases and Chandler took third. Crockett beat out a bunt to first but Chandler was out in home. Royster came home on a wild pitch and Allgood struck three times for B. M. A.'s third out.
'l'he Garnets were downed three straight.
sided victory over the Woodberry Forest School of Orange.
The scoring started piling up for the Bishops in the second when Gray smacked a homer: to left field with
was safe on an
only fear earthquakes and quicksand. left field. While Garner was strik-
two of his teammates on the bags.
went to the credit of Luck and Roe the eighth with one out Gulick sin- In the fourth three Blackstone in the fourth inning. Luck, the V. gled, Clemens fouled to the catcher'
men flied out and V. E. S. came to E. S. pitcher, threw an inside ball bat. Luck led off with a long three- to Hall who withdrew to avoid be-
base hit and came home on a bad ing hit; in doing so the ball struck throw. Clemens was out at first, but the end of the bat, rebounding to
Hamner hit safely to left field. Luck, who beat out a would-be scorer
Crockett went in for Allgood at for the Fore tmen and tossed the
pitch, Goodson took Crockett's place apple to Roe at the initial sack.
in right field and Allgood took first 'fhe seventh was especially good from Poole who knocked his thumb to V. E. S., the most exciting inci-
but Luck met one of Garners pitches with a terrific drive, which wag good for a home run, thus tieing the score at 4-4. After Hanff had scored
the winning run for V. E. S. in the tenth, the Cadets loaded their bats ~ncl were ready t? land on the pitch-
mg of Luck. Gner began with a sin- gle and stole second. Hauff walked
but Gamer only rolled to Roe mak~ .,
mg one out with a man on second and third. Luck also walked Short to get to Thistlewood who struck out. All hope for Fi hburne Cadets was gone when Jones popped out to Hobbe at second. This was the sec- ond ten-inning event for the V. E.
S. nine that week. (Continued on page 2)
the theories of the Last year's team was ably c?ached out of joint. Hamner got second on dent being Roe's mighty home nm,
of the heart. by Mr. Allen W..Moger who 1s ~1ow a pass ball and J...ee struck out. which went over the dump bringing
theory that heart a profes~or of J:IJsto.ry at Washm~­ Bucky Harris fanned and the inning in two others and putting his team- oue control ap· ton ancl Lee Umvers1tr· Last yea~s was over. mates well out of danger of a pos-
He alBO ex- team represented by R•ch~rdsonIIJl- Neither side got to first in the ible rally by the boys from Orange.
of action due to lier and George M~ore m. the de- fifth inning. In the sixth, Wooten by impure bates, Peter Causey m public speak- made third on an error by Clemens,
'WIUeb i now ob o- ing, and Norvell .and 'J~mar as but GoodRon Rtruck out and Wooten theory, till pre· readers defeated Sam~ Chnstophe~s died on base. \
clue to a natural though Causey lost m the public (Continued on page 3) )ody. speaking.
W. F. S. scored once in the first inning and was held without a fur- ther score until the ninth, when Las- siter hit a horne run to center field,
(Continued on page 3)
Garnet men came to bat determined