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V. E. S. 13 - Woodberry Forest 0 Behind the six hit pitching of Deac Daughtry the Bishops rolled to a 13 to 0 victory over the Tigers of Wood- berry. This victory assured the Bis- hops of no worse than a tie for state
honors.
Hill Norfleet exhibited the power that was to come when in the top half of the first he led off with a booming triple.
In the innings that followed the big bats of Cranz who was the leading hitter for the day, Woolery, Barber and Farinholt paved the way for a 9 to 0 Bishop edge at the end of the sixth inning.
In the top of the seventh the Bis- hops hopped on Woodberry for four more runs and the 13 to 0 vic- tory.
Daughtry's curve, his ability to pitch well, with men on base com- bined with the best fielding perform- ance of the year kept the Tigers from scoring on their home field.
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"Ace" Farinholt struck out 14 Bed- ford batters while walking only 2 as he pitched a no-hit, no-run game against the Bedford Otters. The Bishops in the meantime picked up
V. E. S. - Fishburne
Big Jim Hartbarger broke the Bis- hops' back with 2 home runs and Fish- burne's cadets staved off a Bishop rally in the top of the 7th to get a hard earned 8-6 victory.
Lefty "Varsity" Dillard started the game and was followed to the hill by "Knuckle Ball " Barker and by Farinholt.
Highlight for the Bishops was Hill Norfleet's long home run in the 7th.
V. E. S. - A. M.A.
The Cadets from A.M.A. who had held the Bishops to a I0- 10 tie earlier this year were turned back to the tune of 8-1.
The Bishops' scoring came in sprees. Slow ball pitcher Cox of A.M.A. was in continual hot trouble throughout the game.
Lefty Blair Farinholt pitched the last 5 innings; he was followed to the mound by Hardy Dillard who pitched the last 2 innings.
Stubborn Norfolk Downed By Bishops
Daughtry started on the hill for the Bishops but Farinholt was called on early in the game to stop a potential Norfolk scoring threat.
The big blast for the Bishops was Farinholt's homer which rolled to
the bank in deep center field.
The Bishops were able to hit big
Dick Stobbs throughout the game. Kellogg, Norfl~et, and Farinholt paced the Bishop's hitting attack.
V. E. S. Baseball
After three weeks of troubles and
woes the V.E.S. baseball team had a record of 2 wins, 4 losses and I tie. Quite suddenly the team turned an about face and preceded to win its next 6 games including two pleasant victories over Woodberry in a space of t hree days. What was responsible for the change? Several factors com· bined together to give the answer.
First of all, lady luck changed for us. Charlie Kellogg's charlie horse left hi m. Milton Barber was switched to shortstop and slick fieldi ng Jimmy W oolery took over a t second. All of a sudden our infield picked up con- fidence. Bootie Cranz, who qot off to a slow start, began to handle him- sel f well b e h i n d t h e p l a t e a n d his throws to second were on the button. The pitchers, having floundered up
to this point, began to show great improvement. Fa rinholt began over· powering the batters and Daughtry's curve ball finally found its mark. The big difference in t~e first six and last seven games was defense. b ur hitting showed gradual improvement but nothing like the defense.
Some of the highlights of the sea- son were as follows: Carlton" Mc- Clure's heavy hitting, Jim Woolery's good eye at the plate and steady defensive work, Milton Barber's speed on the basepaths (16 stolen bases in
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"Hose" McClure led the Bishop hitting with 3 hits in 4 times at bat; Kellogg contributed 2 hits to the Bis- hop attack.
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