Bloxom High School - Panther Yearbook (Bloxom, VA)

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Baseball The boys baseball team, off to a flying start, have high hopes of winning the Shore Championship this. year. . le started early both in practi § and in playing. The first game has been our toughest so far. That was a practice game with Onancock which we won by a score of 3 to 2. The second game was played with Chincoteague , in which we had an easy time, the final score was 14 to 4 in favor of Bloxom. The next game yith Parksley, we won by a score of 4 to 0. Tommy Hickey” Scott pitched a no hit, no run game. We have just played a game with Accomac, we won this game by a score of 6 to 4. We have one more game to win before the County Championship is ours. Then, if we win this one, we will play for the Championship of the Shore. That is what we want, our players are as follows: Carson Barnes has done a very good job at catohing, and in the Chincoteague game hit the longest ball ever hit on that field, a 360 feet home run. Hickey Scott, our Southpaw pitcher, already has a no hit, no run game to his credit and should establish some kind of strike out record this season. Elton Wessells has done a very creditable job at first base by saving qiany. bad throws of the infielders. Robert Mason Taylor is doing a good job at the hot corner. Clifford Annis, our sure fielding second baseman has done some relief pitching and is also a member of the double play combination featuring Claude Spooks Colonna at shortstop. Claude is a very smooth infielder who knows how to make all the plays. Our outfielders, Wayne Lewis, Herbert Ewell, Calvin Bloxom and Pierce Taylor have all played very well. If the entire team plays the remaining games as it has so far we stand a very good chance of coming out on top.