Fork Union Military Academy - Skirmisher Yearbook (Fork Union, VA)

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-- ini 2: : ,eil 391771, Y ,2:. - w TH E SKIRM ISH ER lQQQffT 1222, JU- Y iE.4 Yg -' 'Yap Q ' v Y -2 The Track Team The cup from the Piedmont Association is ours. The team went to Richmond to meet the other schools in the ,Xssociation in a contest Coach Pitt, with the assistance nf the captain of the team. Curtis C. Thompson, put life and pep into the team, and talk about the record! Ont of a possible S1 points our team came home with Sl nf them to their credit. The cup now adorns Col. Perkin's otiice. The members of the track team were C. C. Tlionipson, captain: Gen, S. XVnlfe. Don H. lVilkins, hl. C. Fray, .X. ll. llloxom, lelaile Parker, llill Richmond. J. H. Cosby, XY. ll. Siegfried. Some of these men will be back next year and we are looking forward for them to lead ont and bring the Cup of l92l to Fork Cnion. 89

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,eil :T ig Fm, YZ- THE SKIRMISHER fe- .fx aw S i i ip?- ig 1 5 .S i The Cross Country Run The .Xnnual Cross Country Run was held on XVednesday. February llth, after about two weeks of hard training that the teams might be picked for the cross country run in the class competition and there was indeed great interest taken by the classes. The course was tive and one-half miles and was extremely hard to run at this time of the year for the ground was still frozen. For a week before the event this was the main topic of conversation by the cadets: so much so that the Seniors and lireshmen were picked as the winners. Of course, the Juniors had several good men that they were counting on to make first place. But the Sophomores, well, they were not even thought of as being in the class to win anything, and some thought that there was not a man in the class to place in the contest. Coach Pitt had confidence and faith in them and thought they would at least come in third. The day at last came, but it was cold and it seemed that the ground was frozen harder than ever. with a cold north wind blowing. The race was close from the start to the finish for all men were in prime condition. So close was the race that you could not pick a winner until after the race was two-thirds over. But soon we noticed a man in the rear passing one and then another during the last half mile. gaining at every step: we soon saw that Lieutenant Cosby was in the lead. He finished with forty yards in the lead. This gave the Juniors the leading man. XVhere were the Seniors? But lo, here they come! The second and third men were Seniors. To our utter surprise at this stage of the race we could see that at least three Sophomores were in place. XVhere in the world was that wonderful little Freshman team that the Rats had talked so much about? No one but their Captain, Wfaldron, placed. The race finally ended with a tie between the Seniors and Sopho- mores. The following is the standing of the classes by points: Seniors .......................................... ................................ l 8 Points Sophomores ...... ..... l 8 Points Juniors ........... .... l 5 Points Freshman ........... .. 4 Points The tie between the leading classes was never run off.