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SPORTS
Rookie Twosome Entertain
A t th e end of basketball season
only two boys out of the group who made basketball letters were to receive the dubious honor of be- ing initiated into the ''V" Club. Those tvvo were Baxter Bell and Hobbie Lee. Robbie had received his letter in football. hut due to an injury aggrayated by his pursuance of that sport, he had been unable to undergo the rigors of the first in- itiation. According to reports from ~[rs. Payne it had been a little too rigorous as well as yigorous.
The schedule followed in the later tmtlatlon was slightly different fro'm the normal procedure. Be- cause of the smallness of the num- ber of initiates. it was decided to hold the initiation Friday night so as not to interfere with the week- end activities of the club members.
After a few triYialiti'es Fridav a f t e r n o o n t h e t w o " l u c k y guys~· were taken off for their clandes- tine adventures. Afterwards it is said thev had an aversion for sit- ting dm~n suddenly or for sitting clown at all.
At this same time two honorarv members were brought into th~ club, Dr. Barton on the Thursday be(ore the initiation and 1\fr. Wood. the basketball coach. on the night of the initiation.
Some of the boys who had been initiated after football were said to be a bit disappointed because they
could not get revenge on the newer vit:tims for what had been clone to them, although it is felt by all mem- befs of the club that the football
EVENT -
100-Yarcl Dash............:.:......
220-Yard Dash.................... ..J...J.O-Yard Dash.................... 880-Yard Run...................... Mile Run.............................. 120-Yard High Hurdles...... 220-Yard Low Hurdles...... High Jump............................ Pole Vault............................ Broad Jump.......................... Javelin Throw...................... Discus T hrow...................... Shot Put................................
~Iile Relay............................
hand.
Lee and Gallop- All State
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initiation had got badly out of
Shelton Horsley and Bill Hawkins. both of the Saints.
Goodman, who hails from Louis- ville. Ky.; Gammon, Hampden· Sydney. Va.; and Taylor, Greens· boro. N. C., are seniors. The others
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The eighth annual state prepara-
tory school all-star basketball se- lection. with two boys tied for cen- ter and three for one of the guard posts, resembles a squad more than a team.
R. E. Latham of E. H. S. : J. \V. Gannaway of V. E. S.; Sam B. Mc- Laughlin of Woodberry Forest. and Albert (Petey) Jacobs, oi St. Chris- topher's, voted for the all-state players.
St. Christopher's, which has taken the Old Dominion prep court title the past two seasons. pl aced three boys on the team, V. E. S. and \iVoodberry, two each, and E. H. S.. one.
Episcopal's Frank Goodman. for- ward, was the only player picked unanimously, and he was named captain of the mythical five.
St. Christopher's Aubrey Ford. the only repeater on this year's team. sewed up a guard position and W oodberry's Blair Gammon, son of H ampden-Sydney's president, Dr. Edgar Gammon. rated the other for- ward berth. each polling three out of four votes.
The other players received two votes each. Bishop Captain Billy Gallop and Walter Taylor, Wood- berry, were tied for center. Gallop not only captained the V. E. S. cag- ers during the past season, but
countered 123 points to lead his team. Robbie Lee was the other V. E. S. player selected for the all-star prep combine. Lee. known as the fleet-footed Bishop ball hawk, shared the other guard position with
TRACK RECORDS
HECORD
10.1 seconds..........................
22.5 seconds.......................... 50.8 seconds.......................... 2 min., 1.6 seconds................. -1- min.. ..J.6 seconds................ 16.1 seconds.......................... 26.6 seconds.......................... 5 feet. 9.5 inches..
11 feet. 9 inches ............... . 21 feet, 7 inches ............ 179 feet, 3~ inches .
119 feet. 9 inches
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3 min., 36 seconds ..............
are juniors.
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Horsley, and Hawkins in Rich· 1110 11(1.
The voters were unable to agree on the most valuable prep school player in the State. One vote each for the honor was polled by Gallop. Taylor, Gammon, and Horsley.
All-State Team
Forwards: Captain Frank Goodman.
E. H. S., and Blair Gammon, \Vood· berry.
Centers : \Nilliam Gallop, V. E. S.. and \Vatter Taylor, \Voodberry (tie). Guards: A ubrey Ford, St. Christo- pher's; Robert Lee, V. E. S., and Shel· ton Horsley and Bill Hawkins, St.
Christopher's (tie).
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A Bird's Eye View of .. Baseball
The wind blown diamO!ld nn Langhorne Field may see many a hard-fought, extra-inning tussle thi> spring, but on the other hand it may not. The baseball outlook for 1944 can be classified in no wa1 other than dubious. With only thre~ lettermen returning from last year's mediocre nine, Coach Short has had a rather tough task forming a good team to represent V. E. S. this season. But he may have '\ccom- plished this feat.
Pitching seems to be the strong· est point in which the Bishops may rest their hopes. Robbie Lee, "Mac" Cowdery. and ''Baseball's Ed'' Chergey round out the pitching staff. Lee and Chergey, righthanders, will
HoLDER
5L. T. Smith, 1926 IP. T. Grove, 1930 T. H. Crudup, 1938
T. H. Crudup, 1939 James Davis, 1936 Claibourne Darden, 1929 Rodger Williams. 1934 L. T. Smith, 1926
L. S. Booth, 1928
D. P. Goldsmith, 1926 S. P . Luck. 1929 Robert \i\/illiams. 1935 James Day. 1926 Rodger Williams, 1934
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I Reams. Davis, 1936
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