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Pole V ault-Page (White); Long
(White) , Parrott (White).
High Jump-Lee (Garnet); Hileman
(White); Claytor (White). Height: 4 feet, 10 inches.
Broad Jump-Bell, A. (Garnet); Gaul (White); H errick (White). Distance: 17 feet, 11 inches.
Shot Put-Peele (Garnet); Hedrick (Garnet); White, J. (White). Distance: 34 feet, 10.5 inches.
Javelin-Betty (Garnet) ; Lee (Gar- net); Hileman (W hite). Distance: 102 feet, 10 inches.
Discus-Hedrick (Garnet); P arrott (White); White,). (White). Distance : 81 feet, 10 inches.
Junior Event&
60- Y a r d D a s h - P a g e
Scaife (Garnet); Smith (Garnet). Time: 8.6.
100-Yard Dash-Page (White); Smith (Garnet); Bennett (White).
Broad Jump-Chergey (Garnet); Smith (Garnet); Bennett (White). Distance: 13 feet, 10 inches.
High J ump-Scaife (Garnet); Lar- son (White); Bennett (White). IIeight: 4 feet, !I inches.
The G. A. A. has awarded the following boys major let- ters in-
Track
Perkins, D. (Capt.)
Magill Perry, C. Rianhard
By G. R. E. Kocu
Early in September the '43 Bishops began practice for the gridiro11 season, but it 'lvas late in September before a permanent coach, .Ur. "Peck" Whitehead, 'lvas contracted. Miller School, the first opponent of the piy- skin world, fell before the Garnet onslaught 24-0. Hargrave, the next tu oppose the Bishops, put over its first 'l•iclory in the history of the l'll'O schools. The score was 13-7.
The Big Red moved to Woodberry next and met the second Tiger in as many weeks. After holding the 'l•aunted Orange to a scoreless deadlock the first half, the Bishops :J•ielded to quick touchdO'lVIIS in the third quarter, to complete all the scoring. The following week the lowly Fishburnites 'lvere flattmed 32-0. Then came the let-down following an easy victory, and Epis- copal humbled the Gamet 39-6. A leaky pass defense netted Randolph-J!acon a 20-7 'll>in and St. Christopher's machine rolled to a 42-7 'll'in.
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After the sounds of football had died, there arose a different clamor,
that of e·ueryone's trying to get a basketball. A talented a11d able coach 1vr:s recruited in Mr. Emie Wood. The Bishop dribbled, or I should say drooled, through several preseason games and met his first real opposition in South Boston High. The Garnet tallied in the victory column by a margin of 1.3 points. Seven days later the Gamet mcountered !he Orange of Woodberry and succumbed to a 54-43 tone. The next game proved to be a scoring circus, Massanutten falling short 63-52! At this point Andreae Hodgson led th.· scorers 'lt•ith 47 points for three games, follmved by Gallop 'll•ith 38 for t'll'O. A fter a night's rest the schedule continued 'l(•ith Hargrave, which was easily downed 53-39. Gallop upped his total to 57 points for three games. Later the Garnet met the Fork Union five, 'll'hich won a clean-cut decision by a 45-33 count. V. E. S. then hit the road and notched another victory m•cr
Hargrave by a 53-38 score and moved on to /!Voodberry where another victory should ha'l•e been waiting them, but 1vhich failed to materiali::e. The Orange lowered the Gamet 28-19. The 11exl 'u!as THE game of /he
year! V . E. S . downed Fork Union in a thriller by a t'll'O-point margin. Th.· moral of the story is that Fork Union was military basketball champion. Thus ended a 'l•ery hot and cold season for the Garnet.
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Track, in an effort not to be different, had a new coach also and a not too promising squad, but it still managed to tum in a creditable season due to smart coaching and unexpected talent turning 11p. The Gamet harriers met first competition against a much be/fer Fork Union track team than had shown up last year, but at that it garnered only 34 points to the Garnet's 74. Outstanding in the "dark horse" brigade 'll•ere Williams in the javelin with a flick of a 150 foot and Baxter Bell in the 220. In the next meet the thin clads of V. E. S. laid it on the boys from Hargrave and took eleven of thirteen first places. In the next encounter the Bishop mel his first and only dual defeat of the year at the hands of Woodberry, ably aided by Ladj! Luck. That last quip is to s!zow the fact that Clay Perry and Davis Rianlwrd had sprained legs and were hence held from almost cerlaiu points. Partly to make up for this Dave Perkins found hi111self and led the field in by far his best time, to lake first. Two days later, V. E. S. S'll'am its 'lvay to a third place in the State 1\.feet in the pouring rain, being paced by Captain Dave Perkins.
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Prospects were not too bright. Three lettermen had returned from last
year's not too good ball team, but the Bishop of 1944 pulled through it ail and toward the e11d of the season began to display the caliber of the Champs of '42. The Gamet nine had a depressing start. Losing in quick succession to Woodberry and Hargrave, the Bishop came back to lose by only one run to E. IT. S., in a11 exira inning. Miller School outsluggcd V. E. S. i11 /h,• 1text game, but F. U. M. A. held the local boys to 9-9 tie on the followi11g Tuesday. Hargrave's pitching defeated V. E. S. 5 to 2 and Fork Union in a return tilt barely eked out a victory. In the final contest the Tiger fi·ve of Woodberry defeated the Bishop, but was outhit, outpitched, and generally outplayed.
Bell, B.
Gallop
Griffith
Hammett Waller
H odgson Koch Maddux
W alter
Williams Work (Mgr.)
Baseball
Williams (capt.)
Betty Lee
Chergey Long
Herrick Matthews Hodgson Peele
Perkins, C. Claytor (Mgr.)
Eight Athletes Undergo Torture
On Saturday, May 20, at three o'clock eight new lettermen from baseball and track were named by the G. A. A. T he certain heroic feel- ing which filled each of the "goats" was soon blotted out when they real- ized the dangers that lay ahead, since they were now eligible for ini- tiation into the V Club. After re- ceiving last minute instructions at a short meeting of the V Club, the goats sought refuge at the Field Day, whefe several were to par- ticipate.
Saturday night, however, the in- formal initiation got under way, and many cries of agony could be heard escaping from the V Club
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