Alexandria High School - Alecko Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Cjhe ALECKQ GIRLS BASKETBALL HE A H S glrls team was a faxr combmatxon but could not be compared wlth the better teams of past years At txmes lf looked as though lt mlght reach undreamed of hexghts of glory but the playmg was never conslstent The team was blessed however w1th some splendxd materlal Captam Roberta Hoy playmg her last year for Alexandna Hrgh was m a large part responsible for the success of the team Roberta IS a born leader and fought hard all the tlme Tess Carter and Helen Robinson two addlttons from George Mason played very well and helped the team a great deal Frances Games performmg as guard for her second year played a splendld floor game Much IS expected from Frances next year were the games wlth Freclertcksburg and Washlngton and Lee Our team rose to nts greatest ach1evement by beatmg both of these teams Awards were grven to Captam Roberta Hoy Frances Games Tess Carter Vlrgmxa Hltt Helen Robmson Allce Haley o Caton Ehzabeth Angel Margaret Hawes Kath erme Moriarty Dorls Dlenelt and Manager Ednth Spaulding The team w1l1 be hard h1t by graduanon Those leavxng are Captam Hoy Carter Hltt Robmson Angel Dxenelt and Spauldmg It IS expected that Games Haley Caron Hawes and Morxarty wlll form the neucleus for next years team 80 l , 9 . , . . . . ' I ' . . . , , . , , . . . ' . , , ' ' ff Y, . , . . y . , , . The majority of the games were either won or lost by a small score. Notable among these . . . ,, ,, . . . 7 , , ' ' ' Q! 73 ' 9 9 a J s 9 9 ' , . . . . g . . , , . 7 7 7 7 ' I I 7 , I , . . Y

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V The ALELKO Captam Hugh Traxer Flnlxx completed three xears of haslxethall for hxgh school and d1d well ln upholchng the reputatlon of h1s famxlx Hls hghtmg spmt was alxxaxs present Hugh wlll he lost hx graduamon hut we lcnow he xx1ll he a success ln college sports Lexus Schrlener Snuhhx was the hlgh schools IHlgllfy atom Though small stature he oxercame tins handxcap hx h1s sp1r1t and slc1ll Snuhhx had a hablt of malcmg a haslcet at cr1t1cal moments Hrs conslstcnt floor game estahhshtd hlm as 1 valuahle man to the tmm Frank Exans Franlc was not only h1ghest ln stature hut hxghest ln scormg He showed great 1mprovement IH h1s plax durmg the season and great thmgs are expected from htm next xear Roland Boran Tlus xear was Roland s hrst complete one w1th the team Hts playing whxle not spectacular was ot tht h1ghest cahhre He was one of our unsung heroes and helped the te1m greatly Chilton Brum 1m made h1s dehut IH haslcethall thls xear and showed he lcnew what lf was all about H1s playmg under the haslcet was remarkable Leonard aclcson Pete d1d not play much but always gave a good account of hrmself HIS Splflf helped the team to keep gomg when the game was hard and the tlde was low acl: Hudson aclc w as an addltlon from G M and certamly proved hls worth Malcolm Carr Mac was our manager who consclentlouslx worked on the team hehalf Too much credlt cannot he glven hlm for hls valuahle servlcc TOTAL SCORES Alexandrla Hlgh School 598 Opponents 687 70 ,Q fxav. Lada a.aa aaa, at w .4-W H1 , - 7 4 . .5 we 4 , , -T 1 , I ' SL ' ' ' ' .O ' . . s . 1 . v . 1' 1 I 5 -' . . ,. .. . . - V . . . . . . ,, ,, . . V - V - - . ' Y Q 1 - V -' flj ' Q- 'f rf X . 1 f 1 1 x x ,K . - , . . , . . . : V' V 1 v - Q v A v ' - x I - A 1 H Q' ' '., , . M . . . x K I I. . . ,, . .. . . . - J .R Q f. - V V . J te -1 - A Q YQ Y' ' x V x ' - 4 Q 1 ., , . ' . V' ' r s 4 1 S h A ,-

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The ALELKO A i' llllllil HI! 'dur BASEBALL ASEBALL practlce began about March 15th Wllh many candldates reporting for drlll The prospects for th1s season are very hr1ght wxth the return of many letter men The howhng March weather prevented several drllls but the team xs rapldly rounding mto shape Outstandlng candxdates for the team are Catcher Turner and Mudd Pltcher Hudson Burrell Backus Inhelders Brum Stump Carr Tlcomh Haywood Schrxener Outflelders Chft Travers Morlartv Baher The schedule has not hegun yet hut xt 15 expected that the team wlll wm mam games From the materlal shown m the workouts the season looks lnterestmg Our first game will he wxth Western I-hgh S hool of Washxngton 81 .39 - ,s.,,.' f- W.. , N , - fs -wi - P rj 1 A by P c rl T' is f-V T f .nf 4 K, K .Af f 'X , ,, 1 ' Y 1 ,, Q: V A' '11 1 k M k gl il! ' t i' M Ill ll! I 1 - , Y - . . i .. - , 5 . '2 1 l r,,Q'1i' 3-fl -9 t j e- f Q 4 r . ' ' 51- , . - 'Ju ., .EM K H - V I--V , - 'M , ' ' ',.,,. kk Q' , .-rsh V vm U I LV 0 sl aw K K -NW . , . 7 ' 7 9 7 ' 1 7 ' 7 . , I , . , I . . V. 7 . f .