Page 18 - 1945 VES Meteor

On the Diamond
Spring is almost here: just around the corner is caterpillar kill- in' season. alias baseball time; Long John has already waYed his big hands over the infield: and nothing
remains hut caterpillars. good dust. and a gang of hopefuls who are endeayoring to return the \'ES baseball team into the win column.
Four regulars are returning from last year's team. By an odd coin- cidence these four. Billy Long. " i \ 1 " \ V i l l i a m s , l~ohhie L e e a n d Edgar Hetty, are all North Caro- linians and formed the 2-3-4-5 hat- ting combination during the past season.
The hull session athletes who win games hcfore they are played haYc much speculation to work on ac- cording to Coach Bell. lwcause ver)
few players have a position sewed up..\t first base. Lefty Jim Ballou. Jack Sprague. and Perrin Gower are battling it out. Either Ballou or Sprague will play somewhere in the outfield it is believed.
,\t second base. throne of the caterpillar killers. sits l3illy Long. llowever. Long may 1110\'e to short- stop to give l\1ike Coleman a chance at the kevstone sack. Gordon }.[on- cure and-Jack Parrott are also in on the shortstop deal. l\Ioncure will probably ,ec service on the mound
or possibly in the outfield.
,\t third last year's captain. " ,\1''
\ \ 'illiams. will no doubt be a starter. It's said that ''Lil Al's" gloYe is hung in a cocoanut tree somewhere in Raleigh. and he has yet to make his appearance on the diamond. for fear that (according to his friends) he mav sting his hands in the cold \ ' i r g i J { i a a i r . ~like C o l e m a n i s around to fill in if \\'illiams' glove
doesn't fall down. Outfield
Tn the outfield. beside the afore- mentioned infielders who expect to play outfield, also arc "Cookie" .\rmistead. \\'barton Gaul. Val Stieglitz. l31ackie TreYathan. Sears ITarris, Bruce "Bugle" Ilorne and Hobbie Lee. There's a rumor that "HiAe ,\rm" Pritchard is heading
for the baseball field and that A Boyd will probably try the outfield. The batten· combination this year will most lik~ly be the same as-last year with "Rock" Lee pitching and ''The'' Edgar Betty behind the mask. ~foncure will ha\'e his share
of work on the mmmd. no doubt, but when these two give out there just "ain't no more o' nothin !''
The manager~ and assistant man- agers have issued a solemn warning that any one who is frightened b) strange noises should stay awa)
from the baseball field for the next few weeks. Two distincth· different dialects arc spoken, one on the right of second base and one on the left. The two groups arc headed by John TTenry Parrott, the Bath County
(\'a.) version of "Step'n Fetchit" and \Villiam Gray Long. the ''Garysburg (N. C.) Express." Al- so to he watched is the ease and grace with which Parrott slides in- to second base. This vear the G. 1\ . .\. has voted him ~ome sliding pads in appreciation of his noble hut blood stained attempt:; of last year.
!'ole \ 'ault Page, Griffith.
Shot put-Williams, VanXop· pen. White, J ., Thomas, \\' Owens, \\'roth, Thompson, R. \Yithers.
Discus-\'aniToppen. \\'hite, J Thompson. R.. Larson.
Ja\·elin Williams. \\'aller. Dun bar. \\'ithers. \ 'anXoppen, Thomp· son. R.
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Bebeau's Baby Bishops
Atr. Bebeau. coach of the seven· teen-year-old and the fi [teen· \'Car-old baskctecrs. has led both teams to a tie for top place in the City League with two other
teams, :\1iller Park and Hoh Cross in each case. The older bm:, have had t \\·o· losses and six win.s; the younger, one loss and fiH wins. .\s TilE }.h:TEOR goes I<
press. both teams await thf playoffs for the city champion· ship.
Coach Bebeau has two com- plete teams in his seventeen-year· old squad. One plays about a' much as docs the other. The starter, arc usually as follows: Jlyre and t\ rthur at guard, Mathews and Trevathan at forward and \Vhite at center. The other five are Stieg· litz and 1fynes at guard. Long and
~foncurc at forward and Aldred a: the center position.
The usual line-up for the fif. teen-vcar-old team is the follow· ing: kemper and Barge at guan' T ern· and Smith at fon\·arcl an< TTar;is. S.. at center. Strong competition for these position- during the season was ofTere<
l l \ · l l a r d v , G r i f f i t h a n d ~Iacldux
\\'., at guard, Lewis and Gowe-
at forward and Gorm ly at center
The team was inspired by the power. sharpshooting of Smith, the defensive work of Barge and the captaincy of big "Bunny" Kem·
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track team has begun its real work in preparation for its first meet. Four lettermen return from last year's squad to form the back- bone of Coach :\larshall 'l\[ilton's
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This group of four is headed by
Captain Dave Rianhard. who will run the mile and the half-mile. The others are Tuck ~Iaddux, AI \\'illiams. and Jesse \\'aller. Gra- ham Koch's entering the armed forces has \\eakened the team somewhat in the field events. but :\fr. ~Tilton is doing his best to prepare a replaccment. Koch broke the school record in the discus thrO\\ last year.
The Team
t\ tentative line-up follows:
100--l'agc, W hite. ].. 1'\utt. R . Ramsay. \\'ayland, Johnson and l\1addux. T.
220- Page, Ramsay. Larson.
440-Rianhard. Seneff. Townes, Griffith.
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\\'hite. J.. Ramsay.
High jum p- \\'aller. Larson.
T1ileman. Xutt, R., Ramsay. Wroth, Griffith.
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