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THE METEOR==
BISHOP NINE LOSES HEART BREAKER IN NINTH I.NNING
Fr?m "On the Line with onsidine" we found thes pieces rather MAY 11.-Virginia Episcopal's amusmg. baseball club looked like a big
The Reds have easily kept abreast of the super-charged Dodgers league outfit for the first four in- all season, which must be discouraging to a team that is playing a nings in a game with Woodberry
giddy mile or two above their heads. The Reds are playing well Forest here today. The Bishops had within themselves. Most of the players are having about the same piled up a 7-0 lead by the end of kind of season they had last year, and when and if the time comes their turn at bat in fourth-but for them to slough off a bit, the slack should be taken up by Ivai thereafter things began to happen. Goodman-who hasn't yet started to hit up to his 1939 style. They're The lead steadily dwindled, and the in second gear and are keeping up with the Dodger Team which is locals began to "Pray For Rain." in high, raising cain, and unless all signs fail, about to blow When the ninth finally rolled
a gasket. around, the home team was ~tiI Ray Dumont's suggestion that umpires be wired for sound so that ahead, 8-5, but here th~ bottom
the fans could listen i11 on their decisions and also watch all the gems that dropped out. Woodberry made four drop from the artists' lips during arguments, will meet with only a sneer hits, the Bishop kicked in with from Bill f{{em. Klem still could be heard all over the biggest ball·yard, three timely error , and all this if he cared to force his pipes. He developed terrifying volwne in his bunched with a sacrifce and an in- em·lier days as an wupire, when he used to strengthen his voice by going field out produced five runs and a off into a woods and bellowing by the hour. 10-8 defeat for the Bishops.
From Dick Vidmer's "Down in Front" we clipped these two selections. In the opening stanza, Cliff The fir t came out on Derby Eve and gave us a kick on the following Peeler singled and Ben Reagan
day: I . .f 1omerecl to put the Btshops 111
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ront. The smallest field in recent years will probably start in the In the second, Sim Andrews sin-
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Derby . . . And the chances are that the race will be run in two gled, went to s::con 1 on an infield sections ... Bimelech in the first and the field in the second. out, and scored on Bert Griffin's
But to get back to that Derby two years ago. I didn't know anything, single. Reagan gained one-base life :yet I had wo11 se1•en straight races. But there was one thing I did !mow. on an error in the third and Dick J knew who was going to 1vin the Derby. Fighting Fox. That was one Mahone blasted a homer. putting
thing of which I was sure. The only horse he had to beat, according to the home team ahead, 5-0. The my expert calculations, and rcme1ube1• that I was an expert by that time, Bishops added two more in the
was Bull Lea... fourth on a couple of errors, Peel- S? every t1111e I w.on a bet, and, re/1/eu~bL'~ that I had won se~en er's single, and Reagan's sacrifice
st1·mght ?'aces, I sent e1ghty per cent of my wmnmgs back to the machme.s; bunt.
on F~ghti!'lg Fox in the De1•by. Even in the days. before the Derby I was Then the Tigers came to life.
Shown Above, Left to Right, Row-Owen, Reagan, Barton. Row-Robison, \Veston.
Back
if we can't change the this year's score of 2-1 to 3-0.
g tt back. I wa,s sure of that. It was JUSt a two-horse race---. Benton and McBurney, the last two Ftghttng.Fox and. Bull Lea. . batters in the order, were hit by
. Well, tt was quzte.a struggle between them, zf )IOU 1'eca.ll. They. batt_led pitched balls to open the fifth. With
1t out f;01n_ the barne1• to the backstretch, and on down to the firn~h !me. two away, Bim Patton slammed a
And F1ghtmg Fox won. At least, he ~eat Bull Le~. As I recall, F1ghtmg homer to left centerfield. In the
Fox was seventh an;1 t!te B1.tll was etRhth. Lawnn won. . . sixth Cole, Espey, Benton, Me- And then, from VIews 111 Sport, by Stanley Woodward we hked Burney, and Logan singled to send
HIGHLIGHTS AND BYLIGHTS OF PAST YEAR'S ATHLETICS IN THE EYES OF A REPORTER
The predominating event during the football season was that game of games, the best game many of those attending will ever see, against our ancient rivals, E. H. S. In the game was that unforgettable, slap-
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The best crack of the w~k ~me fr?,m an As~:>c~B:ted ~ress man Baseman Dick Mahone retired the who wro~,e ab~ut the Detroit T1gers. F~nkly, sa1d th1s co~es- side with an unassisted double-play. pondent, t~e mfield to date h~s been not~m~ more than a stram~r The Bishops added another tally for balls gomg to the outfield. . .• Next m hne was Dan Parkers. in the seventh on Reagan's doubl "Benny Leonard taught him (Johnny Paycheck) to feint, but he an error and an infield out Th~~
didn't spell it right." the scor~ stood 8-5 and th~ fatal One member of the Detroit in~eld is known as the Ancient Mariu:er. ninth began.
He stoppet~ one of th1•ee. As for Paycheck, he stoppeth everythmg Woodberry outhit the Bishops,
thrown at hun, though reluct~nlly. . . . 16-10. The game offered little in the
Yours ~ruly has been to Fishbur,ne on every var~1ty tnp th1s year ~nd way of last year's pitching duel be-
w~'ve noticed that the Cadets aren t s? easy when tt comes to. forgettm,g tween Peeler and Cole-in which
thmg~ that have happened to them earher. Xou all remember .It~ Peel~r s Peeler came out on top, 2-1. Today,
punt m the football gai?e; the one that slo.dded o~t on the stx-mch lme. Peeler fanned seven and walked
\Veil, they remember tt, too, and every ttme Cltff has been up there, one. Cole whiffed four and passed they've ragged him consistently. In the basketball game it was, "Give three
Miller School. Last football season also produced a new cheer. "Hit him again harder, harder," etc.
From football we enter into the portals of the gym which produced
a city champions' team and an almost state champion team. The varsity
was the most unpredictable team of the year. The way Andrews and
Schoew worked together was no commonplace affair ; nor was our 24-5 victory over the Woodberry quintet.
In boxing the Bishops scored their second victory in history OYer ]\filler School.
When April showers began showering and May flowers began flower- ing, baseball and track are in the air. Tom Kirkpatrick actually ran once during a practice for field day. He was second man in a relay and when Nelson, lead-off man, got ten yards behind him he started run-
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game will also have its place in the archives of our minds. Another out- these: . across two tallies before Third standing event was when Griffin scored for the "Scoreless Wonders" at
the ball to Mister ~eeler.",:'Shoo~, Mister Peeler." ~~~~n he.be~t their Logan, Woodberry second base-
But 1t cl1dn t seeem to phase Cltff. He JUSt gnnned about It and struck Cole and Lucas each made two hits. Taylor in the Fishburne-Hargrave meet by the way he carried the jave-
ning and wouldn't stop. When the frantic Nelson told him to stop he baseball team, 5-4, .It was '.\'hats the. m~tter, Peeler. evety ttme he man, led his team's 16-hit attack would say, "I gotta go." However, he took the baton just in time to give walk~d ~ m,an or ytelded a htt. .They d1~n t sa.y that very ~ften though. with four singles. Patton, Bethea, it to the next man. Fugio showed that he could love better than Robert
the next man out. Both of Patton's blows were good "Zi.ng" Barton, that. great and efficie~t ba~eb~l m~ager, pulled for four bases. Reagan paced the
t~e pnze b~mer up at F1shburn~. In the nmth mnmg,. w1th a one-run home team with a homer, double, d1ffere~ce.m the sc?re, the B1shops took the field m the last half and single. Peeler, Mahone, and of the mnmg. I~ Chff cou~d set the Cade~s d'?wn runless the g~me Andrews ranked next with two hits was ours; but 1f s~methmg happened, hke It does so often m a apiece. Mahone's collection included
baseball game, we rmg~t have had anothe~ bat. ~ell, Barton calmly a home run and a triple. began to put the bats m the bag. Accordmg to him, the game was
over, and we had won. Nothing could happen to mar the victory. As :---------------.
lin around with him everywhere he went.
It is still a mystery as to how Stone and Andrews could score so
many runs with so few hits. Maybe they tipped Barton. Who knows?
We also wonder how the bug is that Mahone swallowed at A. :JI. A.,
when he had to stop the game to drink some water to keep the bug from getting thirsty.
things turned out, nothing did happen in the game, but something
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quite freely his lack of superstition, lit into him like a forest fire. Barton just stood there and simpered something about how the game was practically over. That only furthered the onslaught and
he came through the fray a very sober and quiet young man.
The no-hit game see111s to lose so111e of its glo1'Y when you 1'eally look iuto the 111attcr. Tf!alter Johnsou, the Big Traiu, iu all his )'ears in baseball,
only pitched one, Lefty Grove 11ez•er has pitched one, and Brother Mickel- son lost one, 13-10. Yeah, that's right. It happened just the othc1· day. lie was pitching for the St. Olaf Lutheran Church in a city lrague in
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The vagaries of baseball were very strikingly shown the other clay, when the Detroit Tigers relea d Freddie Hutchinson to the minors. He cost them $75,000 and players. The reason for his release was that a sand- lotter named Harold Newhouser, who didn't cost the Tigers a cent, showed very clearly that he was three times as good a pitcher as Hutchin- son.
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LITER A R Y
BISHOPS BEST SAINTS
IN LITERARY CONTEST
S a i n t s 1 1 1 a n a g e t o Ta~e D e l > a t i n g ; Reagan ~nd Owerz: Wm Reading,
Robtson Pubhc Speaking
This year St. Christopher\ liter- ary team came to Lynchburg to com- pete against V. E. S. For the first time in sixteen years V. E. . won Saints. The V. E. S. team won both reading and public s1 eaking. St. Christopher's won the debate by
an unanimous decision. Owen and
Reagan took top honors in the read-
ing contest. Robison came out on
top in the public speaking phase of the contest.
Mr. Mattfield, Mr. Arm trong,
and Mr. Banks coached the \ ·. E. S.
team. The fact that we won prO\es their worth.
Next year the literary team will
go to Richmond and compete again t
the Saints. Let's hope we can make Front it another win for V. E. S., onh· see
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~ wa happy play in the last quarter that gave Episcopal the winning touch- ) luilor
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