Page 58 - 1948 VES Meteor

Left to right, first row: Shirley; Lewis, G.; Dawson (Cap- tain); Akers, F.; Thomos, G.; Ogden.
Second row: Gower; Andrews; Marshall; Rinker.
Third row: Stephenson (Co-Manager); Mr. Phelps (Coach);
Left to right, first row: Baird; Lewis, G.; Maddux (Cap- tain); Jackson, H.; Cornett.
Second row: Taylor, P.; Keefer; Harris; Jackson, W.; Lewis, F.
Third row: Taylor, S. (Manager); Mr. Barnum (Head Coach); Mr. Bailey (Assistant Coach).
Cherry (Co-Monager).
From the Sidelines
By Brown Finch and Charles Carty
This year's performances in ail sports have been on the down grade. The Bishop's gridiron squad captained by George Lewis and Gene Cornett, won only two out of eight contests, defeating Miller School and Stuy- vesont 14-0 and 20-6 respectively.
Basketboll wos a carbon copy of football. However, the basketeers, led by Charlie Carty, lost some real heartbreakers and showed promise for next yeor. Their only victories were over Bedford and Fishburne.
The most disappointing sport of !he year was baseball. The Bishop's diamond nine, with nine returning lettermen including two veteran hurlers, were able to break into the win columns only twice, once in de- feating Fishburne Military School S-3 behind three hit pitching of George Andrews and then again in defeating Woodberry 9-2, as Frank Akers allowed only five hits. In a return engagement with Woodberry, the Bishops outhit the Tigers I 1-5, but
were unable to combine their good hitting with good fielding and so lost I 1-5. Then against Bedford and
Miller it was the same story, thirteen and ten hits, respectively, were not enough to make up for the poor fielding. Then in a final g a m e with Miller, Andrews pitched excellent ball, and was given fair backing by the field, but the one hit pitching of Joe Brochu wos too much for the Bishops, and Miller triumphed 2-0.
In track it was mainly lack of ex- perience and tough breaks that held the wins to only one. Web Maddux, who had lettered the preceeding year in throwing the javelin, was un- able to porticipote in this event this year because of a shoulder in- jury received in football. Matt Akers, a promising half-miler who scored several points in 1947 was forced to quit track, after taking
first in rhe half-mile against Har- grave, because of shinsplints.
Although this year's showing has been pretty miserable, there are great expectations for next year's teams. In football there will be eleven returning lettermen, but our best showings should come in basket- ball and track where we will have nearly the entire preceeding year's
squad.
Ouch! B,
It was goat time again and Baird, Lc Paul Taylor, Scott Taylor, and Rinker D were on the receiving end. If anyone
saw some fiery-eyed dragons chas-
ing a ragged, forsaken person around A
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BASEBALL AND TRACK LETTERMEN
the campus with a paddle, he could immediately deduce that the "V, (Villain) Club had struck again. When
removed, and all the ex-goats were
in the infirmary, the boys could again
roam the campus of V. E. S. Sf
Scott Taylor received his letter as M
manager of track, and Paul won his
for taking several first places in the
high jump. Baird, who had come very
close to receiving a letter in foot-
ball, managed to come through in Th track. Hinks Rinker, first baseman
and sparkplug for the Bishop nine, made the fourth man to be accepted in the V-Ciub.
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