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back g a v e t h e Bishops seven first downs for the Tigers' two, a hundred yards rushing to Woodberry's eighty- three, and four pass completions to the Tigers' two. The spirit generated in the second half was grand to see, and the entire team, defense and of- fense, line and backfield, fought a valiant but losing battle. But Wood- berry's excellent playing, combined with much weight and experience, kept them on top. Lady Luck was not with the Bishops either, for the Tigers capitalized on our mistakes and some well earned breaks of their own. In the last of the fourth quarter Wood- berry broke loose on a thirty-yard end sweep to make a final score of 25-0.
Though the qame ended in dis- aster for the Bishops, somehow a moral victory was won, for the fight- ing spirit of V. E. S. was displayed to the utmost, and W oodberry's larger and stronger team well knew they had been in a hard fight.
Saints Mar Homecominq
St. C. of Richmond spoiled YES's Homecoming, October 27th, handing the Bishops a 32-7 setback. The Saint
team scored in every period.
Th e Bishops rol le d in t h e fir s t
period, when a pass from Sonny Peirson to Bob Brad., clicked for 20 yards and a first down. Then when the Saints got the ball, they fumbled, and set up another first down for the Bishops. Then t h e Bishops p u n t e d , and the Saints came roarinq back to the V. E. S. three, where three suc- cessive line smashes resulted in the score. The conversion was good.
To open the second period. Peirson again passed to Brad., this time for I0 yards, and to end the next series of downs. Blair Farinholt punted a beau- tiful 50-yard aerial to the Saint 28- yard line. Then the Richmond eleven staged a drive to the Bishop's 7-yard line, where fullback Jack Witt scored on a pitchout and sweep. Then V. E. S.
fought to their ow~ 35, where Pei~­ son fired a beaut1ful pass to Bla1r Farinholt, who outran the Saint sec- ondary to pay dirt. Joe Barber con- verted to make the score 13-7.
In the third period, the Richmond club staged four successive first downs, the last of which ended on V. E. S.'s 5-yard line. Then a pass to end Jack Ackerly resulted in a score for St. Christopher's.
In the last quarter the Saint line 10
smashes proved too much for the Bis- hops. Then on a punt return, Wagner of the Saints raced 45 yards to the Bishop 3-yard line, where Steve Rich- ardson took it over for the final score of the game.
St. C.
What Are The J. V.'s Doing?
The Junior Varsity didn't start out too well in the beginning of the sea- son, but is improving rapidly. In their season opener the little Bishops lost 34-7 to a much heavier and more ex- perienced Amherst team. The fol- lowing week, they tied the Brookville J. V.'s in a very close tilt. Johnstone skirted end for the lone tally.
Then the next week the Bishops took the field against highly touted Lov- ingston High and battled them to a 20-20 tie. The previous week Lov- ingston had stopped Amherst 12-0. It was a see-saw contest which saw • the Bishops trail 7-6 at halftime but storm back to tie the game late in the fourth quarter. The first Bishop score came on a long pass from Brax- ton to Scottie McCracken. As the second half began, the Bishops roared down to the 12 yard stripe where Amos Johnstone swept end for the T. D. But the little Bishops fell behind as Lovingston put overT. D.'s two and three, on a long run and 60 yd. march upfield . Finding them- selves trailing by seven points in the waning minutes of the game, the Bis- hops climaxed a short drive with Brax- ton skirting end for the six points. Johnny Hunt caught a pass for the game tying point.
The little Bishops are doing better with each game and should turn out a fine record for the season. Stand- outs thus far in the line have been
Langhorne Jones, Randy Truner, V erne Keefer, John Hunt, N. Shaw Smith, and Brent Nash. In the back- field Amos Johnstone, Scottie Mc- Cracken, Charlie Kellogg and Phil Braxton have been outstanding.
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Doctor Nails was among them and he wants it made known that the bulging object seen in his hip pocket was neither a bottle nor a Deringer.
From the sounds of hoppiners in- side, defeat the preceeding after- noon by the Saints meant nothing to the boys. Although George Peir- son and Ed Farinholt (quote " Lynch- burg News") made the only touch- down connection in the game, there were heard such consoling phrases as, "oh, we'll beat 'em next year" and "Well, if Andy Williams hadn't been out of the game, I betcha we would've won."
The theme of the dance was strict- ly football with caricatures of various and sundry collegiate and high-school teams, such as: Cavaliers, Blue Devils, Bishops, the U. N. C. goat, the Tech Gobbler, and others.
Thanks again, Hop Committee, your work was slightly terrific.
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