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with the Bishops on the little end of a 61 to 42 score.
2nd St. C. Game
In their final game of the season, the Bishops suffered their 12th straight defeat, 66-41, at the hands of St. Christopher's.
Norman Bowles of the Saints led all scorers with 24 points while Son- ny Peirson was runner-up with 14.
True, the tight Bishop defense most often used was most effective against layups. But the fact remains that the majority of our opponents had either a lofty "goon" who tapped in re- bound after rebound, or a group of long set-shot specialists. Take the instance of the first Fishburne game, in which the cadets hit a phenomenal 76f'jc of all set-shots to smother V. E. S. 87-48. And there were centers Doug Fuqua of Brookville (35 points in two contests) and Snookie Worner of Fork Union (3) points in two games, who, with others, constantly controll- ed the backboards, in spite of some fancy jumping by stellar Sonny Peir- son.
The brilliant floor work of Sonny Peirson, Paul Fulton, Scotty Mc- Cracken, Bla ir Fa rinholt, and Bill Stokes, the clean-cut and deceptive ball handling of "Gump" Lowe, Jim- my McCurry, and Milton Barber, and the accurate shooting of McCracken, Stokes, and Jimmy Davidson, were all bright spots in an overcast season.
-J. L.
15-And-Under
The IS-and-under team, captained by one Charles KellogQ, rounded out a hard-fought, successful, and hea rt- breaking campaign recently with a
decisive win over Bedford and a 9-2, won-lost record. The sole losses of
the season came at the hands of Bed- ford and Rivermont some weeks be- fore. The team, well-furnished with stellar performers, came out in sec- ond place in the city league, runner- up to Rivermont.
High spots on the team were the all-round floor and scoring perform- ance turned in by Kellogg, Owen Harper, John Muir, and Billy Walker, the outstanding pivot work of cen- ters Breut Nash and Verne Keefer, the deceptive ball handling of Kemp Houck, and the accurate passing and polished handlinq of Russell, Baber, Turner, and Winfree.
The whole team deserves commen- dation on behalf of us all; it has more than lived up to expectations as the potential backbone of the varsity.
G FT PF TP 4 3-30II Gillespie ........ I 1-2 2 3
Bedford
Blonkinship ......... H~~rwood ... . ....... 5
Burks . . .....•...... 5 Titus ............... 0 Corlyle . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chondler ........... 0 Colemon ........... I Comer .... . ....... 0
2-3 I 12 6---9 5 16 0-1 I 0 0-1 2 16 1-1 2 I 0-0I2 0-0I0
his last game for capitalized on the
Totols . . . . • . . 24 13-20 15 61 his points. In addition, Sonny turned
V. E. S.
Fulton
Berber
Dovidson . . . . . • . . . Lowe ...•...... Stieglitg ........... Peirson ..... • ....
Forinholt .......... Smith .........•.... Stokes . . . . • . . .
McCracken ........ McCurry .... . . . ....
G FT PF TP 20-0I4
in an excellent floor performance, rounding off a terrific basketball ca- reer here. Paul Fulton was also a bright spot both on offense and de- fense . The Saints' Bowles and Harry Hunt teamed up to control the back- boards; Hunt poured 13 points through the net.
..... .... . . . . . . . . . . .
00-1I
Totols ............ 18
6-16 18 42 15 15 2 0 - 6 1 4 14 18-42
3 0-0 0
B e d f o r d . . . . • • . . . V. E. S. ..........
I I
6
. . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 0 ... .. I
4-6 14 1-3 I
E. H. S. Game
Two erratic offenses met on the
Bishops' last home appearance, the Bishops proving to be the more er- ratic, sinking less than 25o/o of their floor shots, and losing 47-32.
The age-old height deficiency proved to be a strong factor 1n the defeat. Episcopal center A u s t i n
Moore controlled the backboards, and was runner up in scoring to guard Alex Hamilton (12 points) with I0 tallies.
Jimmy Davidson and Bill Stokes starred for the losers with 8 points apiece.
Peirson . . . . . .
F~~rinholt . . . . .
Stokes .. ...
McCurry .... .. .... . .... 0
3-4
5
Episcopo! G Morgan ...... .• .... 4 Wilson ............. I Weston ............ 3
FT PFTP
Boker . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moore ....•....•... Scarborough ....... Hamilton .... . .. . .. Nichols .... ....... 0 Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Smedberg .......... 0 T o t o Is . . . . . . . . . . 21
48 02 I7 00 4 10 2I I 12 II 46 00
17 4 7 FT PF TP
0-0 I 2 38 25 25 28 24 20
Although its record indicates to the contrary, our varsity has been one of the scrappiest, hardest-fight- ing teams that this edifice of mental and moral discipline has ever pro- duced. Due to the decided lack of height, the team fought an uphill battle all the way. On many occas- ions, the team mastered the un-favor- able odds. For example the 44-38 triumph in the opener against Bed- ford, and the thriller against Fork Union in the second contest in which it took the cadet cagers 32 minutes and a three-minute overtime period to subdue the battling Bishops.
V.E.S. G
Fulton I
Dovidson .......... . 4 0-1 Peirson I 3-9 Forinholt .... •... . I 3-6 Stokes . . .•......... I 6---6 McCrocken ...... . 2 0-0 Stokes ............ . 0 0-0
Totols .... 10 12-22 14 32 THE METEOR
-J. L.
0 3 0-1 I 6 00-0I 0 0 0-1 I 0 7 I 2-5 I 4 I 0-1 4 2 6 2-3 I 14 2 1-2 2 5 00-000
31-25
0 4 0 6
0-0 0-2 1-3 0-0 2-4 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-0
5-13
SPORTS
Peirson , playing
the Bi s h o p s,
Saints' inability to stop layups for
V.E.S. G
Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Berber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Dovidson .......... •..... 2 Lowe .......... . ... .. ... 0
F TP
McCrocken ........ .. .... 0
1-2 I 0-0 0 2-3 2
Smith Stieglih
.... • .....•.... 0
Totals.....
St. Christopher
H. Hunt ....
. . . .
0 0-0 0 .......12 17-29 41
G F TP
6 1-4 13
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 10
3-5 7 4-7 24
0-0
0-2 2 0-4 2 61010 2-5 4 0-0 4
Butcher
Bowles
Covington .............. 0 Parr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Mewson .... ....... .. I Witt .................. 2 Hardie ............. . .. I W. Hunt ........ ....... 2
0
Totals
V. E. S............ II
Saints .........•.. 17
Varsity Summary
....25 16-37 66
10 8 18 19
12-41 12-66
2-5
1-2
3-4 7
8
9