Page 98 - 1948 VES Meteor

From the Sidelines (See Cover)
By Charles Carty
With the curtains pulled on a 4-3 win-loss record the Bishops put away their football equipment and put on their gym shoes for what looks like a successful season of basketball.
Coach Johnston, who heads the Varsity, has four returning lettermen in the indoor sport: Charles Carty, Bob White, Ronald Marshall, and Webb Maddux. Carty and White are regulars from last years quintet. Mar- shall and Maddux played a great deal in last season's tilts.
Johnston opened practice Novem- ber 30 with about twenty candidates out to win a berth on the hardwood five. The first few days of practice showed that a lot is to be done if a winning team is to be held. By the end of the first week Johnston has already molded together what looks like a better team than last year.
The Bishops this season, more than anything else, will be lacking in height. As a result of this Coach Johnston has perfected a race horse type basketball consisting of a con- tinuous fast break. So far in practice this type of play has proven very successful.
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It is hard to tell this early in the season who will hold down the top five spots but strong contenders for them are Bob White and Dickie Car- rington at the forward posts, Charles Carty at the center spot and Cullen Bradley and Ronald Marshall at the guard positions. Close behind and still in the thick of the fight are Fred- d y W o o d w a r d , Brown Finch, Earl Johnston, guards; Web Maddux, cen- ter; and Jimmy Winston, J o h n Thompson, Bobby Barrett, Sonny Peir- son, Jack Stoughton, and Tommy Bat- tle, forwards.
All-Opponents
As it is the custom, The Meteor herewith submits an All-Opponent Team, dominated this year by St. Christopher's School, the State-Prep Champions.
Back: Shiflett (RMA): Good runner and kicker. Threaded needles with his passes.
Back : Hurley \WFS): Fast and power- erful. Exce lent kicker.
Back: Moody (St. C.): Deadly broken field runner.
Back: Garst (FMS): Jack-of-all-trades of Fishburne backfield.
Lewis 0 0 .
0 0
VARSITY FOOTBALL SQUAD
stopping end runs and would-be
passers.
Tackle: Garcia (St. C.): Immovable
object in a strong forward wall. Guard: Sherill (EHS): Polished block-
er on offense.
Cer:ter: Davis (HMA): Rugged line backer and leader of Cadet eleven. Guard: Johnson (St. C .): Continuous
threat to the Boshop backfield. Tackle: Boxley (EHS): One of the r1ost polished performers the Bish- ops encountered all season. He did more damage than any other line-
man to the Bishop attack.
End: North (RMA): Excellent receiver
and target for most of Shiflett's passes.
V. E. S. vs. St. Christopher's
Li n e - u p s
V. E. S. ST. C. Morsholl .......... .le.......... Burnette Thomes ............it............ Gorcio Moddux ........ .lg......... Newman Horris .... .• ...... c. LeCompte (Copt.) Toylor ........•....rg........... Johnson Wotts 00 ..00 00 ....rtoo....00 00. Hodges
The members of the team are (1. tor., front row): Watts; White, R.; Hassard; Jackson; Muse; Finch ; Battle; (second row): Ogden; Bradley; White, M.; Taylor, S.; Harris; Maddox; (third row): Coach J ohnston; Thoma s; Nut+; Lewi s; Marshall; Coach Galliford; (fourth row): Manager Stephenson; Dawson; and Manager Shirley.
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SPORTS
End : Burnette (St. C.):
Continually
Smith,
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T.; (third row): Procter; THE METEOR
Lo Fon Ford Moody Woods Rumble V. E. S. lost its last game of the season by a score of 53-8 to the mighty Saint Christopher's team of Richmond, Va., at Westhampton Field. Rumble scored the Saints' first TD after a march which netted sixty- seven yards. From then on the big powerful line carried the backs down
J. V. FOOTBALL SQUAD
Jockson (Copt.) Ogden 0 0 0 0
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Members of J-V are (1. to r., front row): Albert ; Smith, L.; Lynn; Farin- holt; Hastings; (second row): Braxton, P.; Carrington, F.; Lip.es; W eems;