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V. E. S. NINE TIES UP WITT-I MILLER SCHOOL
Contest Called Because of Time Limit, Leaving Score Dead- locked at Five-All
Coach Gannaway Experiments With Material After Hedderly Develops Sore Arm
PEELER IN FORM Bishop Ace Shows Rare Form in
Four-Inning Pitching Tum; . Too Many Errors
The Bishops dropped their second ball game here today, getting
trimmed by Hargrave Military Academy 10-6. As usual they got
off to a bad start and were not able
to get back in the game, until the
latter innings of the game and by
then the damage was done and the rally fell short. . .
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However, the score w~st~dand since there was no s~onngm the
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following, by stating cause of darkness, with the score d s never saw it. "Pray for rain!" ninth, the game went mto an extra
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We couldn't help but laugh when
we heard the news that the Wood-
berry game was called off because LYNCHBURG, VA., April 6.-Al- of snow, even if it did cut us out
MrLLER ScHooL, vA., April 10.- stint in the New scare in the ninth, the Bedford boys of snow struck us so funny when good enough to break a deadlock,
and we think defeated the Garnet and White team we thought. of what happened on and after ten innings the best v. E. had one around 5 to 2. the same t~!~last year. "J;3etter la~eS. could do was put a 5-5 tie in
around and got- The main feature of the game than never ts an old saymg, but 1t their bat bags and head for home.
for you to an- was a pitching duel between Red- sure is true. Maybe it's just as well Although they got off to a bad start,
of the contest are derly and Peeler of V. E.. S. and that the.answer to our prayers last the Bishops improved steadily and
got to do is D~aper from Bedford Htgh. In year watted as long as it did, only may have won the game if a time
on paper, leg- sptte of the fact that h.e allowed five to prove more of a Godsend than limit hadn't put an end to the pro- side only, and slip ~alks,Hedderly permttted only one it would have been if it had come ceedings.
THE METEOR htt and turned in a good piece of at the time. The Garnet and White were never may use any book, mo';I'?d wo~k. Peeler, w.ho cha?ged Last year on the trip to Wood- able to get past the lead that Miller for refer- posthons wtth Hedderly m the stxth, berry the weather was hardly what School got off to in the first inning.
be graded as gave no free bases, but allowed five you would call pleasant. It was a With one out, Munday singled on
and the winners hits. Draper had 12 strike outs and dark and dismal day and nobody Wednesday, went to second on a
in the next issue no walks. thought that once they got up there wild pitch and scored on a double
months a series
in Stanly though the Bishops gave them a of a week-end, but the whole idea An eighth inning rally wasn't quite
answers. At B Reagen led the hitting for the they would have to play ball. It by Baber. Clarke struck out and ·h "thdbld·1 ·I· ldn' ·
thhen t?~ngsbelgadn dto thhappben. Agamd t e vtsttors oa e e ases an
will be awarded.hts.1ophs wt a h ou e fan a hsmg e, whas sure t~ raWm. t hJUst couk. dt Adams walked, puttmg runnWers odn 1
after several walks a passed ball, d h"t th ' d f ore
1ae two tickets to w 1et esame onors romt eop- elp but ram. eI, t at was m firstandsecondandtwoout. oo - Theater and second ponents went to Coleman who had of discouraging at first and all along ward then singled to drive in both
an a 1 ey score our m ru~sheBishops scored in the fourth
and again in the eighth, but were unable to catch the Cadets, who
coasted in to the end with a com- fortable four run lead.
The game was more or less of an experimental affair, to get a look at the material in an actual game before the first league encoun!er
with Saint Christopher's. The chief trouble seemed to be the pitching, and after Peeler took the mound
breakin this record base when Reagen struck out, and and it was heard constantly duni?-g home: In .the etghth Stone, now (Continued on Page 4.)
The contest is a homer and a single. the way somebody was kicking about men, but he died on first when Red- in school METEOR Peeler, after tapping out a two- the weather. derly got his second strike out at the
the fa~ulty and sacker in the seventh and stealing The rain held off, though, and expense of Fielding.
be in by bedtime third, .went home on ~n error by under heavy, rainfilled clou?s the '!'he .Bishops came back to score
26th of April. This the thtrd baseman, scormg the first teams took the field for thetr pre- twtce m the second. . Peeler and
the right to run for y. E. S. game warm-up. Then all of a sudden Hedderly walked .and wtth one away scrawls and The Btshops ~balked.up ~no~her the whole outlook changed.. ~he Bert Gnffin got smgled to send both powers in grad- point in a rally m the mnth t?mng. boys who had been complamt~gmen home. However! t~enext two other words, there Andrews starte~ the ball rolhng by about the .wea~her change~ thetr men. w.ent down swmgmg to end
slapping out a smgle to the outfield. tune. Dunng mfield practice the the mnmg. .
dates for the fol- Hedderly followed up with a bingle outfielders were constantly on the
holds the record worth two bases. After Peeler struck move and pretty s_oon everybody Jane runs hit in one out, Dashiell went to. first on an realized that somethmg was wrong,
hat as the error by Catlin sendmg Andrews very wrong. It was then that the WM.t{::m~nhave home. Howeve;, the men died on now famous slogan had its bi!th
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