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SPORTS
TRACK LETTERMEN
RoBERT T. LEE, JR.
Way back in the autzmm of 19-1-4 V. E. S. began its atlzletic season by dmc•ning Miller School, 26-13. in the opming football ga11zc. This was the first game under 11e1.v coach, George Rell. Hargrm•e came next and the Hishops 7.von more easily tlzan the I3-0 score indicates. Then came mze of the most talked of ganzes of tlze season when the Gar- net eleven outfought and outplayed the heavier Tigers from Woodberry Forest only lo see llze game end in a 6-6 lie. /I last minute pass saved llze Orange and Black from defeat. Ne.rl 1veek V. E. S. tra1reled /o Waynesboro and trampled Fish- buntc in a scoring melee, 41-2-1-. Again !titling the road the Bishops toppled F.piscopal !Iigh in a never- lo-be-forgotten game. 6-0.
After this injuries beset the lzitlzerto undefeated team. R.-M. A. and St. Christopher toppled th e Rislzops, 13-0 and 48-0. respecti<.ref'v. Had the team been at full strengih the story of the game with tlze Saints might have befll different.
Basketball
A-Ir. Bell took Ott his second coach- ing job of the year as the basketball season began. Paced by three re- turni11g lettermen, the Bishop fi1•c opmed with two decisive wins, 37- 19 over Bedford High and 43-24 over Hargrmre. Then came disaster with Woodberry doing the dirty
work, 65-18. Just what happened is Izard to say. ffo1<'ever, the V. E. S. fi'l.'C got up from the floor and fought back with five straight wins, Williams a1td Lee lopping the scor- ing. First Fork Union was beaten 47-42. Then in quick succession the following were defeated: Hampden- Sydney Junior V arsity, 45-23; Fishburne, 40-32; Ilargrave, 47-19; and Massenullen, 51-23. Another debacle struck as the boys in Gar- net bowed lo H'oodberr:y Forest, 44-22. 1\'ex/, V. E. S. traveled to Fishburne and, despite the lack of ice skates for the hockey rink on which they played fought /o the end, losing 38-36 in the second overtime period. Fork Union entertained the Bishops and lost a 28-26 decisi01t in a thriller. St. Chrisloplzers end- ed a successful season for V. E. S. in an mzsuccessful fashion by trouncing it 58-30.
First row: M addu.r. 1'., Larson. l?ianlwrd (capt.). Tm,•ncs. Payc Second row: .lfr. ,\lilton, /l'illia111s, Gaul, Seneff, /l'hite. 1., /I'a/fer,
THE METEOR
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Tl'ellford (111gr.) Baseball
Thr V. fl. S. baseball team, coached by Mr. Rell, began its 19-1-5 season by breaking a l~vo-year jinx and wallaping Miller School. 16-6, i11 the ope11rr. The bug then struck again 1vhcn Edgar Betty and Billy Long 1vere sidelined for hospital treatment. Belly 1vas able to re- turn for the tlzre.e final ga111es. Har- grm•e ~cas beaten 7-3 but the foun- dations wobbled and fell completely as U'oodberrv Forest rose up and s111ofe the Bishops t o the terrible tune of 40-12. By then it 1L'as defi- nitely rstablished that a hot and cold. baseball season was i11 the cards. A trip to Fishbume netted a 9-8 loss. E. II. S. came here and /hanks lo 5 ruus in the ninth won a hard fought ga111e, 8-2. Fishburne journeyed to L}•nchburg and 1.vas handed a sound 12-7 drubbing. Mil- ler School got revenge for the seas- on's opener as it slugged out a 22-11 1l'ill in its butterbemt patch near Clzarlolles1•ille. ffargra'l.•e mel
the Bishops 011 011 off day and routed them 18-2. U'ith the season nearing an end V. E. S. lost to Fork C11ion. 8-3, in its last game aa•a3• from home. Then came the memorable final game of the season. Wood- berry's hattglzty Tigers 111et the sting of defeat, 10-6, in 011 exciting
slugginy match here. Revenge was S7l•eel.
Afaybe the past year's record in athletics a/ V. E. S. isu't too out- standing. With only 85 boys you ca11't e.rpecl too nwch. Hmvever, the fight /hal '''as demons/rated in e1•ery sport has made 7.vlzat can be truthfully called a successful )•car i11 athletics.
Track
XMv coach, Jfarslzall Jfilton, did afinejob'l.••ilhaT'.E.S.trackteam that 1vasn't too 1••ell stocked ·with material. The loss of Graham Koch to tlze armed forces 1vas felt deeply, bul tlze cindrnHl'll fought on to 1vin both dual llll'cls, finish second in a thrcc-1vay 111ccl, a11d fourth in the Stale 111cel. The season was begun 1vilh a 69-48 win agaiust Hargrave. Next canzr the jau111 to ~f!oodberry, ~vhere the n1ret 7.vas won by the Foresters 1vilh 9-1-.Y.J poi11ts. V. E. S. 1l'as second 1vilh 28 and Ra11- dolph-Macon third 'lvilh 207,3. John Page took the Bishop's only first itt the State meet by 'l•Ji11ning the 440. If'oodberrv Forest won the meet with 6-1-0 points, followed by Staun- ton, 470. Episcopal Iligh 2-1-0, V.E.S.,10\:~. R.-JI.A.,5,Har- grm/e 20. and Fork ('nion 2. The scaso11 closed quite successfully ~vitlz a 70-38 win o1•er Fork Union in a 111ect staged here.