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FROM THE SIDELINES (Continued From Page 3.)
SPRING PUSH ENDED (Continued From Page 1.)
HARGRAVE DEALS V. E. S. (Continued From Page 3.)
Low Hurdles: Winner, Shook (V); s e c o n d , E d m u n d s ( V ) ; third~ W a l k e r (V); fourth, Simmons (V). Ttme: 28.8.
High Hurdles: Winner,, Shoo.k (V); second, Edmunds (V); tlnrd, Stmmons
(V); fourth, Hancock (F).
High Jump: Two-way tie for first
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Apr. 6 -V. E. S., 2; Bedford, S. Apr. 10--V. E. S., 5; Miller
School, 5.
Apr. 17-V. E. S., 6; Hargrave 10
But it didn't rain and the game angels who sat at the other end of walks and wild pitches. After he
began. All afternoon the skies hung the table. Pretty soon he had was relieved by Dashiell he came
low and threatening and they looked popped the question and evasions
like they would break loose any . to the bench rubbing his shoulder
· t "M G a please pray followed m short order. These were and complaining bitterly of a bad mmu e. r. annaw y, . . .
between Shook (V) and Nash (H); Apr. 20--St. Christopher's Sch'l_:
for rain." The game was just like of no ava1l and the v1ctJm called for
pain in the joint. Dashiell was wild ••
third Walker (V); fourth, a three-way tie b'etween Smith (F) and Hed~erly and McKenzie, both of V. E. S. Hetght,
5 feet, 50 inches.
Pole Vault: A four-way tie for four firsts between Riley, Edmunds, \Yalker and Brown, all of V. E. S. Hetght, 8
there. Apr. 24-M iller
School-here.
the warm-up. Every inning there
would be two or three men left on
base when the side was finally re- tired. Every inning Peeler would
day from Mr. Gannaway. Every who were on the receiving end, but time he would start to mutter the what they got wasn't exactly what
~~~cl:a;,o~idd~~~~~~~\fn~llac~~~ they wanted. The incident brought
walk off the mound muttering
things he dared not say audibly. And unperturbed. It seems that they
He's got every right to complain."
"Pray for rain. That's the on_Iy short time, but soon things were
Shot Put: Winner, Nichols second Hedderly (V); third, Smith (F); lourth, Walker, (V). Distance:
thing that can save us now." Every time somebody muffed a sure out,
and there was plenty of those muffs, you could hear it from the outfield, infield, and even Blandford was say-
ing, "Pray for rain."
strained diplomatic relations for a patched up and peace reigned su-
preme.
(Continued From Page 1.)
as the two fought their way through 42 feet, 9~ inches.
Inning after inning went by and V. E. S. athletics ever had and that Woodberry would go down with his great interest in our athletic men on base and every time Peeler affairs explains why he was unani-
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gomg away.
Summaries:
100-Yard Dash: Three-way tie be-
second, Whitaker (V); third, Armen- trout (H); fourth, Nichols (F). Dis- tance: 143 feet, 8 inches.
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would come to the bench grumbling, with Mr. Gannaway backing him to the limit. However, in spite of
all those errors that put all those men on base W oodberry scored ex- actly one run and V. E. S. won the game 2-1. So now when you hear that expression, "Pray for rain," you'll know where it came from and
you'll also know where the nickname "Rain God" came from. Boy, what
a "Rain God!" He prays for rain when four regulars can't play, a~d
mously selected for membership. "He is certainly an asset to the club," he added.
President Andrews, speaking on behalf of the members, said: "It's a pleasure to have Mr. Mattfield with
us and we hope he'll find himself as much at home as on Third Main." After other business matters were
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a post mortem after the meal was and threw three walks to the VISi-
Peeler was the bright spot in the
Apr. 29-Episcopal High there.
over. This, according to the dicta-
tors, was going to be just another pitch allowed the Hargrave nine to
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second, Smith (F); third, Bane (F);
880-Yard Run: Winner, W eston (V); BLANKINSHIP'S
tors and that, along with a wild 1 get two more runs across the plate.
feet, 9 inches.
talk about support; he got it that were right, for, in truth, it was they mound staff and while he was in Broad Jump: Winner, Nash (H);
meeting was
-------------- (V); fourth, Jackson (V). Time:
One Mile Run: Winner, Hunt, (H); Lynchburg, Virginia what does he get? You guessed tt. last year, and what did he get. A second, Mitchell (V) ; third, Peel (V) ;
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from the previous innings. CINDERMEN ROUT
(V) ; f~urth, DeWitt (F). Distance: 20 feet, 10 inches.
the mist that enveloped the field.
Neck and neck they came down the
stretch and with ten yards to go 9 inches.
ARDENT A THLETIC FAN
(Continued From Page 1.) Hunt went into the lead and won Javelin: Winner, Carrington (V); TENNIS
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