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SPORTS
First Victory for New Coaches
On Saturday, October 7, the V. E. S. varsity eleven had its first co11test of the season, beat - ing Miller School 26-13. The Bish- ops sho\\'ed up very \\'ell on pass- ing and running plays. and on de- fense.
The first quarter saw all of its action in Miller School territory with V. E. S. in possession of th.e ball most of the time. In the lat- ter part of the quarter, ''Rock" Lee began hitting Capt. Clay Perry with short passes o'Ver the line. After a short march, Perry caught another short one for a touchdown. The extra point by Lee was good. Shortly after the kick-off the :Millers advanced the ball to the Bishop 40. but lost it
on a fumble. After a first down in runs by Ballou and Betty. Lee dropped back under excellent blocking, and fired a long one to Perry on the Miller School 5. Perry scored standing up. Lee's try for point was no good.
V. E. S. recovered a :\Iiller
School fumble a few minutes af-
ter the kick-off, and advanced
the ball close to the Miller's croal ••• t>
111 a spmted passing and r unning attack. After holding the Bish- ops on two plays, the Miller
Betty L e e
but rec• aftc
the 'Lil AI" V.
School
s~ored
k1cked the extra point.
line o n a
y ielded, s p i n n e r
to the 40. There the Bishops were v. E. s. held, and Koch punted to the Pritchard Tigers. Gaul
Second Quarter Hedrick The Bishops then held, and the Williams
Van Nop
Coach Bell then sent his second te~m into the game, and they fin1shed out the half, doing well on defense, and making several first downs.
In the third quarter, the Bish- ops recovered a Miller School fumble on the visitors' 15, and Lee scored on a wide end run. The try for extra point was no good.. Early in the fourth quar- ter, w1th the second team in the Millers took to the air, 'and scored two touchdowns on flank passes. One of the extra points was good.
The game was marred bv ium- bles, and slowed do\\'n co~sider­ ably by the hot weather, but Coaches Bell and Bebeau ex- pressed favorable opinions of the team's \\'ork.
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Tigers punted. Starting on their
own 20, the Garnet and White Perry (c) started a march that was not to he Maddux
stopped. On runs by Betty, Ballou, Ballou
and
p l a y .
was taken by Lee, who was stopped on his own 15. Then, on a run from punt formation, Lee took the ball
farther. Line-up
Bishops Conquer Hargrave Virginia Episcopal School's hard-
runni ng Bishops staged an aerial show ?aturday afternoon on John- son F 1eld to score a 13-0 victory over an eleven from Hargrave Mili- tary Academy in a game marred In· frequent penalties. ·
Captain Clay Perry and Rock Lee sparked the Bishops to their second successive win of the season ~>y formi~g ~n u n m a n a g a b l e s c o r - mg combmahon. V. E. S. showed
considerable offensive power but was hampered by penalties.
Although the Cadets held them sco rele~s i n t h e f i r s t s t a n z a t h e Bishops took the hood off of the
Lee-to-Perry passing team to take th~ pigskin to Hargrave's 20-yard striJ~e. The Cadets won temporary repneve by recovering a Bishop fumble.
Unable to gain, however, Har- grave was forced to punt. Lee made a l01~g runback behind impressive bloc~mg. A n o t h e r f u m b l e t i p p e d sconng chances after Banes recov- ered several minutes before the end of the first half.
The Bishops began rolling in the s e c o n ? l~alf, w ! t h t h e L e e - P e r r y combmatwn paymg good dividends.
Lee skirted the end for the Bish~ps' first touchdown following a senes of passes which set up the score. Lee booted a conYersion.
The Bishops grabbed a second scoring opportunity l:>te in the third quarter w h e n Williams broke through to block a Cadet boot and ~ V. E. S. lin~·man recovered deep 111 enemy terntory.
. A pass from Lee to Perry and a hn.e play by Betty placed the pig- skm on the one-yard line. Lee again bucked over for the score. '
Hargrave made its only threat in the final stanza when Hallock smashed into Bishop territory for the first time. The Cadets' luck broke, however, when the V. E. S. forward wall closed tight and they were forced to punt. -
The contest ended after an ex- change of punting and a final pass- ing flurry by the Bishops had hauled the ball to the Cadet 20.
V. E. S. Poa. Hargrave Pritchard ............. LE ....... Trayman
Gundry .............. L T
lledrick ................ LG ...
Williams ............Center
Van Noppen RG . .
Koch ............ RT .. ...... ...
rerry .....................RE . ......... ....... Jones .1addux .............. QB ....... .. . Leps Betty ......... ........... FB .. . .. Hallock Ballou ....................HB ............... Sand~rlin
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•ee ........................ HB ...............Ethendgc
Backfield In Motion
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