Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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. -■;• «■ 5n --fSW ? First Row: Sherry; . Sanguinis Eiving Yates, Gray Second Row: Crocket Ralph, Ranier. Besch Rossi, Woolwine, Thomas Third Row: Cury (manager). Coach Saunders, Brehany, Powell, Chuinbley, Petree, Morris, Coach Ragunas Fourth Row: Candle (manager) BASEBALL Captain Blair Thomas

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V. M. I. clashed with the Univ« rssily of Richinond, running away with the meet hy a score of 102 to 29. Decker took the 100 and the 220, getting his fastest time of the season in the 100. Mapp won the higli and low liurdles, Angle took the quarter- mile, Massie continued his stride in the mile and a newcomer, Griffith, took the half-mile. The meet with the University of Virginia ended with a loss for V. M. I., the score being 66-1 6 to 64-5 6. Though the score was close the Keydets made their poorest showing, being without some of their best men. In this meet Decker took the 220, Mapp won the high hur lles. Angle the half-mile, Massie the mile, and Shay the qnarter-mile. The mile-relay was won by the V. M. I. team. On a cold, wet day in May, V. M. I. again played host, this Angle finishes in a close third in the Southern Conference Decker and Mapi) lake JirsI and second time to the six top teams in the State in the Big Six Meet. Be- cause of a decision of the two-mile run, V. M. I. took second place by a slim margin of 2-12 points. The V. M. I. State champions were Angle (880), Massie (mile), and Mapp (high and low hurdles.) The climax of the season came in the Southern Conference Meet at Chapel Hill, N. C, where V. M. 1. came away with one conference champion and a fifth place in the entire meet. Captain Bill Massie took second in the mile; Angle took third in the 880 with a time of 1 :54.7 in a photo finish; Mapp took second in the low hurdles and third in the highs; Decker be- came our conference champion with a first in the 100 yd. dash. This was the first time in 17 years that a V. M. I. man won this event.

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George Chiiiiibley Is the V. M. I. money player who comes up with the hase knocks when ihe pressure is on a veteran second baseman and shortstop, he won ' t let many halls go through him has a powerful arm to hack up his liehling ability. Bill Brehaney Captain of the 1953 teani — one of the top V. M. I. pitchers, he is known also as a consistent hitter his team spirit makes him a perfect leader for V. M. I. ' s baseball rejuvenation season. Curley Powell Is a fixture in the V. M. I. outer gardens where he has roamed for two years — his speed on the bases makes him a dangerous man for the opposition and enables him to be under most of the balls hit his way out in center field. p f k- Jack Sanguini First made the team in his third class year— —looms as a potential All-State second baseman a long hitter, he was one of the Keydets leading batters last vear. Bill Ralph Moved from the first base sack to the pitcher ' s mound last year the big Indianan had a I)it of trouble hitting the ball last season, hut more than made up for it in some fine tossing Bill will l)e around this year to play first or to pitch, wherever he is needed most, and he can be counted upon to deliver the goods. George Raiiier Is one of the best catchers to show himself round V. I. I. in some time a big man behind the plate, he is just as big when he stands up to bat a second string All-Stater last year, George has another big year to look forward to after this one.