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SPORTS
VARSITY BASEBALL: First Row: Roe, Farinholt, Woolery. Second Row: Dillard, Jones, McGee, Mr. Lee, Coach; Shanklin, Manager; Long, Matthews, Cranz, Towe.
BASEBALL - 1955
The V. E. S. baseball team won I0
games and lost 4 this spring. They won the big game at home, down- ing Woodberry 4-3 with a thrilling rally, and lost the big one away to St. Christophers in the title game.
Getting back to the record, the team should be proud of it. This team was not a hard hitting outfit and as a result they were constantly in tight ball games. The fact that they won I0 of them is a tribute to their spirited play.
In the other departments the Bish- ops received some fine pitching from B l a i r F a r i n h o l t a n d H a r d y D ~lard. Blair twirled two no hitters (one against E. H. S.) and defeated Wood- berry. Hardy showed amazing im- provement and was really great in the Bedford and Miller School games.
Cliff Towe gave the team a big lift with his defensive work around first. It was almost impossible to throw one by him and his hitting showed big improvement in the last 6 games. Jimmy Woolery protected the second base area as if his life depended on
it. He was at his best covering the bag on attempted stolen bases. Jim McGee had his troubles at shortstop but the whole offense revolved -:Jround him. His batting average was .426, including 8 doubles, and he stole bases by the dozen. His defensive work will improve next season. What an arm that guy has! Marshall Long rounded out the infield at third-a new position for him. He turned in a very commendable job-especially on bunts.
Bootie Cranz handled the catching admirably- best catching V. E. S. has had in many years-and he hit for a .326 average.
In the outfield the anchor man was Gibby Roe. He roamed every- where to grab those long ones and smashed the biggest hits of the year to win the Woodberry game. C. R. Jones hit a grand slam home run to break Lovingston's long win streak, and performed well in left field. Rich- ard Matthews hit the longest home
run of the year and was really be- ginning to hit hard when the sea5on ended. Farinholt and Dillard played
a lot of outfield when they weren't pitching. Dillard's home run at Bed- ford was a winner.
Among the reserves Cloyd Phil- pott and Jimmy Reebals showed a lot of promise defensively and Owen Harper did a good job of pinch hit- ting.
This team was a very fine one to work with. They understood their weaknesses and battled all year to improve them. V. E. S. teams don't win I0 very often-maybe this is the start of a new era.
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