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_,MEN OUTBOXED ATCH 4Y2_,31f2 BY R..,M. A.
MIDGETS TAKE TWO IN
FROM THE SIDELINES Notes to you: Born ten years too
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b~te-bRecently Judge Landis, the
CAISSONS MIRED BY FIERCE FIRST HALF BISHOP ATTACK
VA., Feb. 3.-A fter Champi match, Randolph-
CITY LEAGUE people with the hangovers. He de- FORK UNION DEFEATED Bishops Slow Up in Second Half . H dared a great number of ball play- TWICE BY BABY CAGERS ButCStrong Lead Too Much •
Academy came back
victory over the rt'ng here to-
opening meet for V E S M"
Kittmen and the first C 25 Y
local n
he abso!ved them from their con- tracts w1th oth 1 b 1
· er_c u s, eaving them m the clear to dtcker with any club
Mfeat b takin
ROUT SE~OND STRJ
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Owen Stars for Losers ~ Oppon- ents E:e ~7u~~lSsev~ctory
r-n.lwn
RwHIHng ftw CowHti City Championship
in agwelt- · that was very even all
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as agers T ake Contest, 30-19 W_AYNESBO_Ro, VA., February 7.-
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w comlca t mgs about the
tg oss of Baseball, went on a --------- -
spree that left a good many other - -0
ons up opes Rise as Miller ers to be free agents, and by this
Park and Holy Cross Fall
Before Fast T
N elson Plays Bang-Up Ga-·e
L ""to
ead Ma.tes in Decisive 28-8 Victory,· Next Ga1••e 48-3
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a wou
'ng for all ross qumt~t -8 on January 30. rampage was t_he appearance of a Tw~ V. E_. S. teams today breezed
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..__ ..:aht who repre- The playmg on both sides was name on the .hst. th_at would have to VIctory m a pair of lopsided bat-
the the
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A., February 5.- P I"' ""'"' rather mediocre. Nelson played ht's brought f t b dd ties I th fi t h
S. The Bishops scored u 1 d ran tc t mg and efforts . . n e rs game t e high-fly- Charles Carrington, sua goo game and was also high on th~ pa~t of all the managers on mg fourteen-an~-under team led by
mcrease it easily, and coasted through the second half to take the
fi~st o f a t w o - g a m e s e r i e s f r o m F Ib M'l'
IS1 urne t ttary School, 30-19, on the Waynesboro High School
d J k C allobb Bac
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score man with Alexander A who the ctr~Ult ten years ago. The the steady playu~g?f their captain, amblos Dscor~d olnly one point less,.,next. grey-~atred overl.ord of the great Stewart, and thetr tmy high-scoring
unngt1egatneV.E.S.gotthree A111er 1dd for d N1 h
tcan ~ame meu e the name .war , .eson,camet roughwith
court here today.
The gan1e was on! f d
B
lcht of th~a ~r~o~m, f~ee srots, but Alexander, A., was ?f Baseballs Sultan of Swat, the an t_mpresstve 28-8 victory over Fork
· Ya ewsecon s old when Cooke dropped in the first ~allyand ~ishburne'sonly field goal
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~ too a ectston t eon y person to sink one of these tmmortal Babe Ruth. Our idol, UniOn.
a .hla~ch that .left At the half the Baby Bishops had Mr. Robert Considine, of the New The mites from Fork Union at
10 the mmds ~com.fortable lead of eleven to four York Daily Mirror was one of the first ga_ve the Baby Bishops a run as to who was the m sptte of the fact that Captain few w~o.ventured to put in print for thetr money, bu.t the five boys, the opening minute Stewart was unable to play. In fact the optmon tha~ a certain Senor who started and fimshed the game, Carringti;m opened the g~eturnt;d out to be very good Godoy would still be on his pins got_ hot and turned an anticipated le~tsand nghts that shootmg practice for the V. E. S. when the final round of the recent thnller into a runaway. Nelson's ltttle chance for a five. ~ouis-Godoy battle ended. Some- runningmate, "Muscle-Gut" Hodg- JDd thro~ghout t~e On February ?• the Baby Bishops times those big shots receive a great s?n,. also pl.ayed a bang-up game,
m the entire first half. This did not meet with the wholehearted ap- prov.al of th.e onlookers, however, and tt was ev1dent, even at this early stage of the game, that there were many V. E. S. supporters in the stands.
Shortly after Cooke's two-pointer the Bishops, led by "Sim" Andrew;, P';lt on a show for t~~benefit of the Ftsh~urne te~m, pdmg up a sub- st~nttal le~d,.'!'creasing it almost at Wtll, and .hmtti.ng t~e home team to a ~ere stx pomts m the first hat£, whtle they p~rted the cords for
twenty. L~te m t~e second quarter
two. of Ftshburne s football stars,
~mtth.and Menges, appeared on the
the action t? hts made another vt~tory. This time it deal of. publicity by making a state- ~r gave htm a was ove; the Mtller Park five, the ment hke that and when the thing his breath. After score bemg 22 to 6. actually happens they can sit back
it was merely a matter At th_e half the score was twelve and say, "I told you so," but we referee to announce to two m favor of V . E. S. How- seem to remember that he filled bad won. ever, the third quarter was a little about ten columns calling somebody class Brownell less exciting, V. E. S. scoring only a bum before the first Louis-
nngmg up stx points.
The second game, between fifteen-
and-under teams from these two schools, proved even more uneven
as the Garnet and White quintet rolled up a total of 48 points to their comparatively inexperienced oppon- en~s'. three. Bobby Seager and AI Wtlhams, starting at forward and superior height and points in the last quarter, while the knocked out in the twelfth round ~ard,respectively, turned the game
4ecitioo over Griffin, four points and Miller Park sinking Schmeling fight and that fellow handicapped by two free shots. Stewart scored six wasn't exactly the one who got
the entire bout only scoring for Miller Park was a after taking a terrific beating. mto a con~est for personal scoring oor
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gJVe them an offer. One
toneelltrate mostly on field goal by Sydnor. because he couldn't
Cadet'sjaw. perfectly at home in
where he had been last Appleby
Y - core
V E S c o n t e n d e r a n d F e b . 2 n d a n d 9 t h . - T h e J u n i o r V a r - N o w t a k e t h a t E . H . S . t r i p , f o r i n - C o a c h B o n d ' s ' seco~d s t r i n g end~ :~ t c o t e w t .~op#mi-o n e m h t h e b a s -
Mr. Gannaway informed the mem- honors, wtth Seager emerging the bers of the basketball team that they victor with 18 points.
lated that the man who drove to the Win One and Lose One to Stay in Fishburne was on the wrong side of
the Btshops s~tppedmto what mtght have been a dtsastro~sstate of ov~-
co.nfi~ence a~d laxt~y.. For mne mmuesattebegmmngofthe
second half a big 22 hung on the s~oreboa~d. For nine minutes not a
1
JAY YEES
500 IN CITY GAMES course, a lot of stories have circu-
N BATT/ G
.would have a new driver to take
them to Woodberry Forest. Of FORK UNION JUNIORS
the road coming back, but Mr. Gan-
ecca~i~s;oughed him off sity, not quite as successful as the stance. But maybe we'd better let up in defeat with a 26 to 27 count . Boys, but still in the running, re- that pass, because, after all, how as the final score Thougll out
Thgle pomtddas1score.d for V. E. S. en, a~su en Yas tt had stopped,
naway's main objection was that his jokes were too old. These trips
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wtnner seuue o gam
by rushing tactics that HE ITY RMORY, YNCHBURG, really do get interesting in spots. LYNCHBURG VA February 5 ] S h d . ' 'Y ar-
T C A L
the scormg began again 'th Ch
d ld Cl'ff k h . - roppe a c?u t now s e was 'mar- playing Fork Union, the Bishops
. ned. . They say that .there s no couldn't seem to top the final score.
two all and put the On February 2nd the Jumors lost such thmg as comparative ~cores, Earl Owen, as acting captain of
in the match. His hard a close game to the Independents of but. we ask you to ?ear wtth us V. E. s., rendered a good exhibit
~ h' rom this point t e o c oose rom een the
cently o d d . w n a .game an
easily outpointed
in the next fight to tie game m the Ctty League.
two teams, but Fishburne had lost too much ground in the first half and could never get close enou h to threaten. g
quick jabs seemed to Lynchburg. whtle we take somethmg that ~ap- of wide-awake ball-handling, while
for his Cadet opponent The first half was rough an~fast. pened.recen~ly and tell you a httle Molner of the Cadets, first string : - - - ----------~
occasions it looked When the teams resumed play m the ab?ut tt. Epts~o~al.beat us by three football player, was outstanding in might end be- second half the score stood 9-8, In- pomts. The Ytrgmta Fre.shmen won offensive play. The Garnets were three-round limit. depend~nt..The game went on, the by eleven pomts. A~cordt.ngto t~at, featured by their poor ball-handling.
visitor hun on and score chmbmg slowly to 18-1? at the the Freshmen are JUSt etght pou~ts The:r showed up rather well in of- fiDish, onl t:hear the end of the game. The refereemg was better than. E. H. ?· They beat Ep1s- fenstve work, but close shots were
BOYS' LEAGUE Jan. 27-Madison Heights
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clas' B · d tough. less. They must have an honor was not what it should have been.
Feb. 9-V. E. s., 40; Guggen- heimer, 13.
Feb. 16-High School, there. t:e:h.~~~!~t~~~~!~ere.
Mch. 8-Holy Cross, there. Mch.lS-American Legion, there.
and Mahone, R., s.tood out for ~he never h~~i~ted to ask ~ne of,the out with several goals in the lead. :......-------------' V. E. S. team, whtle Cook, playmg players, Dtd you knock tt out? If A sudden spurt from the Bishops
S corner pretty punk; the game rough and copal by etght pomts, no more, no repeatedly missed, and the defensive ~ t arc~an The next game in town was dif- system at Fishburne, too. The ref- The first half was nip and tuck with
wasrotiu ti do a The ferent, however. The Bishops eree of the V. E. S.-Fishburne V. E. S. slightly holding the upper aaet 8 'th e updi trimmed Madison Heights with a game, when he couldn't see exactly hand. The Blues, however, in the
L WIho ::;en h ~ 34-17 score. Owen, Walker, C., who knocked the ball out of bounds, second half, broke the jinx and came
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Cadets. J:Iowever, this rally didn't
~n attempt. to rally the come. untt! t~e sec?nd half, w.hen
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