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Brochu starred for the winners with a triple, a double, and two sin- gles in five times at bat.
V. E. S. 9; Fork Union 9
~fay 2-Nick Lamastra, Fork Gnion's Cuban star, was the decid- ing factor in the 9-9 tie in which the \'. E. S.-F. U. 1I. A. contest finally resulted. After the Bishops had piled up a sizeable lead, he came in and squelched all Bishop threats after his own teammates had sud- denly tied the score.
Chergey pitched effective ball for the first three innings, but some- thing went wrong during the next two frames as Fork Union tallied nine runs. Lee hurled scoreless ball for the rest of the game.
Jim Herrick was the fielding sen- sation of the day. \Vith two on and two out in the sixth, Loweree lifted a low liner into left field, and from almost out of nowhere came Her- rick, who stretched out his gloved hand and speared the ball just be- fore it hit the ground.
V. E. S. tallied two runs in the first inning on a walk to Herrick and successive singles by Lee, Wil- liams, Betty, and Perkins. Four more came across in the second on singles by Hodgson, Lee, an d Chergey, "Al's" double, and another two base hit by Betty. William's third hit and two costly Cadet errors gave V. E. S. a grand total of nine runs at the start of the fourth.
It was during this last rally that Williams was struck on the face by a thrown ball while stealing second. JI e ·was removed from the game after scoring two runs, smashina three hits, and stealing two bases.b
Lamastra came in shortly after and Fork Union tied the score on several extra base hits. Notable among them was \ Vhite's round tripper, a hit that was lifted near the bell tower in deep left center.
Hargrave 5; V. E. S. 2
:\fay 5-IIargrave's Cadets be- hind Draughon's effective pitching, overcame a stubborn V. E. S. nine this afternoon by a 5 to 2 score in a return engagement on Langhorne Field. The contest was fast and ex- citing and it turned into a hurling duel between Robbie Lee of V. E. S. and Draughon.
Hargrave squeezed a run across in the initial frame, but went score- less until the sixth when they re- leased a barrage of hits that pro- duced four more runs.
Meanwhile V. E. S. tallied a lone run. This score came in the last of the third when Matthews led off with a two base hit that fell between V aughn and Jordan in left center. Herrick then smashed a h a r d
ground ball between first and sec- ond as Matthews took third· then with one out Draughon balk~d ami Matthews was allowed to come home with the tying run.
The Bishops did not make an- other rally until their half of the eighth. Herrick knocked a slow rol·
ler to Marion who heaved the sphere into the woods and "Duffy" took second. Not to be outdone the Washington lad stole third and s~ored on a sharp single by Wil- liams to center field.
from the playing fields of Eton, so Johnson Field and Langhorne Field may have contributed their part, small though this may be, to the ultimate victory of the United States in the present war.
The lower or Johnson Field. as it is called now, was started when Bishop Jett was rector of the school. By 1920 it was at first about two thirds of its present length and much narrower, the bank on the side now occupied by the field house. ex- tending past the inner edge of the track. The summer of 1921 saw men with horses and drags working for several months to improve the field. The straight away was built on land belonging to a Mr. Edmond before anyone realized it. but the school bought the woods below the field and surrounding the straightaway. Before the quarter mile track was completed in 1922 boys used to run around a narrow dirt path which went part of the way around the lower field. The inner curb of the track was installed in the early twenties.
Prior to 1929, which was an ex- ceedi ngly dry year, the teams drank water from a spring at the foot of the hill on the left side of the road. But after the drought, the water was declared unhealthful and the pipe line which is now in use was laid. The latest addition to the fields was the outer curb, which was built in 1943 ull(!er Dr. Randolph's di- rection.
Johnson Field is named for a for- mer student, Dunlop Johnson, who died in the spring of 1931. His father, Mr. J. E. Johnson, con- tributed generously to the field.
The Langhorne Memorial Field was formerly pasture and culti vated land. In 1920 the Eastern end, ex- tending from the old garage to a line eYen with the end of \Vest Dor- mitory, was levelled for the use of the younger boys. Mr. Baskerville and his crew of workmen toiled two months to level off a sizeable hump which stood in the middle of the field. Once during these two months one of the waiters put vinegar in Mr. Baskerville's tea because the men were frequently late to the kitchen where they were feel.
Lady Astor gave the money for the upper field, which was named for her brother, Buck Langhorne. He died near Charlottesville in 1927.
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Long made the great defensive play of the game in the fifth. Trayn- ham sent a solid drive from his hat toward centerfield. It appeared to be a safe hit; it would have been if Long had not leaped into the air and snared the flying pellet with one hand.
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Highlighting the current track season were Captain Dave Perkins' smashing mile victories at ~Voodber- ry and in the State meet. Also shar- ing the limelight was 1esse rvaller in the high jump against Hargrave ·when he gained a clean cut decision o·ver all comers. Andreae IIodgson gave att excellent demonstration of a fish in the meet at Charlottesville. In explaining the poor results of the State meet it is sufficient to say t h a t t h e e l e m e n t s ~vcre s t r o n g enough to slow J;Voodberry's Preyer to an eleven second hundred.
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Regrets of the season are that 110 meets ~tere available u·ith Fishbumr or St. Christopher's.
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In ~t-inning two of three meets the
track team turned 1'n a crrditable sho.wing under the circumstances, losmg only to the State champs by a, far from annihilating score.
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The Playing Fields of V. E. S.
This spring as for many past springs, the athletic fields of V. E. S. are filled with activity. And just as it has been said that England's greatest triumphs in battle stemmed