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TRADITION TUMBLES AS E. H. s. BOWS TO V.
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game on ice Fred Carrington, hard-hitting Bishop tackle, assisted by Barco ( '34), stops Buchannan (49) of Ep-iscopal
intercepting after a six-yard gain. The E. H. S. rttnning attack was consistently strong. Nelf and West both carried the for f:rt~:~~ leather for good gains. Other V . E. S. players coming up are Edmunds ( 39), and Hodgson ( 43).
on a reverse; , but was held Burnett and ~ts with the little in the ex- tried a reverse was plugged only a yard.
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it a first. tries at ceo- Charlie had to
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und the Garnet left end for a five-yard gain. CuJlen Walker h bll O
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NOVEMBER 25, 1940
SCHOOL SPIRIT HITS ZENITH AT BONFIRE
Great Celebration as Episcopal is Beaten; Revere Langhorne Spreads the News
Saturday Afternoon, Nov. 9 . - The time was about 4:30--the day was one of those days that was
made for football, with the smell of leaves heavy in the crisp autumn air. Wires Langhorne, ace tel'e- ?hone man, wa~ waiting patiently
m the office, h1s trusty phone in one hand and a Camel (for his
nerves), in the other. W aiting waiting for the score of the E. H: S. game to come flashing through.
The clock beat out a slow, heavy time in Wire's mind as he sat there, staring, hoping, praying for an up-
set so that he, Wires Langhorne, ace telephone operator, could be
the first to flash the news to a wait- ing V. E. S. Ding-a-ling, ding-a- ling! Wires jumped up-"Yes?" "Who is this?" "No, lady, this is not the Quality Dairy !" Cursing to himself Wires slumped once again
into his chair. Waiting, waiting for the call that would startle a
nation.
Once again the telephone spoke-
Ding-a-ling-a-ling, ding-a-ling-a- ling. "Hello-what? Y es,-yes, we'll accept the charges-yes, put 'em on. Hello,.who is this? What?
W e did? 34-25? Oh, happy day! Oh, happy, happy day! 0 . K. Thanks a Jot ! Who scored0 our touchdowns? They did? • I gotta
go now-goodbye."
With the speed of Paul Revere
and the noise of a New York har- bor fog horn Langhorne dashed around school-"We won ! We won! Yes-34 to 25! I swear we did---<:all just came in! W e won!
We beat E. H. S."
Dashing down third main Wires shouted, "We won, Matty, we beat 'em!" H. W. Mattfield, raising his
wise skull from his Greek V papers, commented, "Look, Langhorne, not so much noise up here or I'll be forced to stick you. Did you say 34 to 25, Langhorne? Well, well,
this is a great day. I will postpone grading these Greek quizzes . until
later."
Big Bill von Hacht was only one
of the enthused students and he de- cided that ringing the bell would be one way to display his school spirit. This he proceeded to d o -
Clang! Clang! And the bell that we usually hate had a sweet, victorious
sound.
Dr. Randolph was at first a bit
adverse to any widespread cele- (Continued on Page Four.)
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ptsco a 1 bb S e (38) who later intercepted a lobbed E. H. S. pass and ran
p l back packs t e a ar
k th tackle Bo Y eagr
forty-eight yards to clinch the Bts op vtc oryl
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has come up to ma e e ·. h . t is closing in. Forster (30)1 is behind the play.
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