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THE METEOR
GREEN TEAM DEVELOPS FAST TO BREAK EVEN
DESPITE BAD FINISH
With only three previous letter- men. aptain Paul immons, Ned Mitchell. and Cullen W alker, the Bishop cindermen ended the season
with only a fair "batting average." The team took one dual meet, and one first and one third in two tri- angular meets.
In addition to the three returning lettermen, there were fourteen new- comers who made monograms : Jack W eston and Jack Camblos, 880 ;
Francis Joyner, 440; Edgar Hed-
~~y S
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score being:
W oodberry,
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CINDERMEN BOW TO SAINT TEAM 59-58
Bishops Predominate in Distance and Javelin; Weston Gets Fifth Consecutive Win
RicH IOND, VA., May 11.-In a terrific fight, staged between St. Christopher's and V. E. S., the
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The Saints took the lead early in the meet by capturing two firsts and two thirds in the one hundred
and two hundred and twenty yard dashes. Preston Bellamy, a consis- tent point grabber, captured a sec- ond in each of these events.
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derly, Pete Fravel, A I WhitakerJ
John Wood, and Freddy Carrington,
weights; Bobby Shook and Paul
E dmunds, hurdles; P reston Bel- The prospects for the Bishops
lamy, dash man; Junie Peel and Hall certainly seemed dark when Miller,
Partrick, mile; and Bob Riley, pole vault.
The Bishops started the season with a sweeping victory over Har- grave and Fishburne in a triangu'ar meet. The final score was: V. E. S..84: Hargrave,301-3;andFish-
burne, 28 2-3. In the second meet the home team rolled over Fork Union Military Academy, with a score of 76 2-3 to 40 1-3. The down- fall of the tracksters came in the
triangular meet with W oodberry Forest and Staunton where they came out on the extreme short end,
G., and Easterley, both of St. Chris- topher's, captured first and second respecti vely in both hurdle e\'ents; however, the worst was yet to come.
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the final
61; S. M.A., 51; and V. E. S., 28. In the most exciting meet of the year the cindermen bowed to the
Saints of St. Christopher, 59-58. Although failing to set a new rec-
ord, the high spot of the eason was
Weston's tally of first in the 880-
yard run at the State Meet. This the high jump, but the opposition
Saints captured a 59-58 victory today over the visiting harriers.
Joyner, our star
miler, failed to tally in the quarter.
Fred Carrington hurled his jave- lin 151 feet, 6 inches. The prospects <;eemed brighter as J hn ·w ood hit the pay dirt by putting the shot 40
feet, 4~ inches for first place. Even with these successes the Bishops seemed doomed to defeat until our distance men lessened the gap con- 'iiderably by taking every place in
the 880 and also in the mile. Jack Weston easily took first place in the 880, and Hall Partrick took first in
F rancis
quarter
Early lead and hard opt;osition in latter part of season combined to make the trackmen break even. They are, as
follows: Left to right, front row-Walker, Mitchell,Riley, Captain Simmons, Edmunds, Camblos, Carrington.
Second Row-Whitaker, Weston, Bellamy, Peel, Hedclerly, Shook, Joyner, \Vood. Third Row-Nottingham (man- ager), Partrick, Coach Costolo.
V. E. S. N ETTERS COMPLETE
SUCCESSFUL SEASON HARGRAVE IN TENNIS, 6-1
t onlr the mile. Augustine won the eli.cus Teams From Woodberry and Virginia Gain Decisions; Squad Garnets Garner Every Match .
for St. Christopher's, but was
Topples Hargrave, F. U. M.A., Jefferson High; Schoew, Walker, Owen, Neff Consistent
Save No.2 Singles; Schoew Leads Team
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clo~e ly
•nd Banks
b y
E d
Cullen W alker
(St. ) ; second, Bellamy (V); third, Next year there will be only seven Rueger (St. C). Time: 10.6.
But the victory bubble was quickly deflated when V irginia Freshmen's three loses.
f o l l o w e d
H t > r l d e r l y showed exceptionally good form in
third CHATHAM, VA., May 15.-The • Hed
Clarke.
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SECOND SUCCESSFUL SEASON FOR RISING SPORT
Coach Armstrong's first venture at coaching Tennis was very successful. Pictured above, left to right-Rmsum
Walker, A., Owen, Root, choew, Stalnaker, Walker. . ' C., Neff, Nelson, manager; Mr. Armstrong, Coach.
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Though dropping their two final matches to Woodberry Forest the V. E. S. netmen trounced the highly
rhen
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ill error, '
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was the second consecutive win for was stiff. In spite of the fact that Virginia Episcopal School netters completed a highly successful season regarded Hargrave Military Acad-
Weston at this particular meet. Ex- he cleared five feet eight inche3 he under the tutelage of Freshman Coach W. H. Armstrong. Coach Arm- emy here today by a score 6-1 be-
cept for one meet in which he tied was beaten out for first place by strong's boys showed the advantages of their more advanced early season fore a small but appreciative audi-
with a fellow teammate, he was un- Easterly of Saint Christopher's,
defeated during the entire season. However, Hedderly was high point man with 30 1-3 points.
training by trouncing the aspiring (not perspiring) Fork Union racket- wielders, 5-2. Captain Schoew of the Bishops, led the way with a win
ence. It was a creditable climax for Coach A rmstrong's smooth stroking
who cleared five ten. The summary:
~to t h e l[ahone
with Root, Owen. Walker, C., and the doubles team of Root and Walker, racketeers, who had previously com- 100-Yard Dash : Winner. Easterly C.. following suit to crash through to victory. piled a record of three wins and
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more experienced representatives stroked their way to an 8-1 victory,
ing. The shoes of Weston, Bellamy, (St. C); second, Bel'amy (V) ; third, Walker, C., affording the only V. E. S. cause for celebration. But the feated his opponent, Ballenger, in
Camblos, Mitchell, and Peel will :\blmo (St. C). Time: 23.2. Battlin' Bishop would not be denied and resumed the victory parade an easy match 6-1, 6-2, and piled up be difficult to fill. Other men leav- 440-Yard Dash: Winner, Malmo (St. with a 9-0 shutout over }efferson Hi. In a return match the Bishops another victory to his streak of wins
C) ; second, Joyner (V); third, Bourne barely edged out a 5-..J. victory as the Jeffs showed a startling reversal ing are: Fravel, Whitaker, Wood, (V). Time: 53.8.
Partrick and Simmons.
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of the seventeen lettermen return- 220-Yard Dash : Winner, Easterly
this season. Walker, C., Owen, Neff of form. With the score standing 4-4, Parker Neff and Allan, laughing easily followed his example. Bill
boy, Walker, managed to outlast their opponents to cinch the decision. Next the Garnets entertained
a hard-fought battle with his strong opponent. In the doubles Charlie Schoew and Bill Stalnaker, the
Bishops' No. 1 duet, defeated their opponents and Owen and Walker, C., also came through victoriously, and ended the tennis season of 1940.
ROANOKE MAGICIANS BEATEN BY BISHOPS
Garnets Win 5-4; Schoew, Root, Walker Win Three Singles;
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RoANOKE, VA., May 6.-The Bishop netters played a return match here today with J effe~son High School and won out, 5-4, 111 a
very closely contested and hard-
fought match. . hi The V. E. S. boys were.htgh~
to win and give the win~mg ~a; its e..xtra and deciding pomt. . e t
turned in one of the most conststen performances of the day to play a
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Q!and Yictorio
W oodberry
stroking Tigers showed entirely too
much abil ity. However, copying a leaf from the Jefferson High note- book the Bishops bounded back in the return match, only to lose. 4-3,
after a determined effort. Schoew ~nd Root won their singles matches
111 an attempt to counteract three
earlier Tiger victories, but although
Captain Schoew and Stalnaker hand-
ily won their doubles, Walker, C.,
and Owen finally went clown, 17-5
and 6-3, before a more experienced tandem.
Follow ing this game comeback the !=lishops defeated Hargrave, 6-1, to nng clown the curtain on a very
creditable tennis season.
TRACK SCHEDULE
Apr.19-V.E.S..8~; Hargrave 3) 1-3; F ishbu rne . 28 ,2..3:
Apr 23-V. E. S., 762-3: Fork Union, 40 1-3.
Apr.27-V. E. S., 28; Woodberry, 61; Staunton, 54.
May 4 State Prep Meet-Char- lottesville-V. E . S., ~2
points, sixth place. Mayll-V.E.S.,58; St.Chris-
topher's 59.
Forest, but the
smooth
V. E. S. VICTORIOUS OVER
andon Captain Charlie Schoew easily cle- hitsan
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talnaker went down in defeat after ~
N elf Shines for V. E. S.
favored to win after defeatwg t ·fi co re
Jefferson team by the tern c s.
of 9-0· but for a while thmg5 looked 'plenty bad for Mr. Arm- strong and his team. With the scor~ standing 4-4, Allan Walker anh Parker Neff finally came. throug
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