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

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4 . -ae 34 5:6 W : . SKIRM ISN ER ltegf J if is Tl T Hog in v5 'ft' , the home plate with his long throw was his favorite trick. He developed wonderfully at the bat during the past year. He was elected captain of the baseball team for next year. ROLAND STEPHENS, Tlzird Base. e Stephie is no doubt the most able man on the team. He knew the game from .X to Z. A Rat. but my, how he could play ball. Never smiles, but in that serious nature that makes him doubly reliable when working out his plays. He led the team in batting average this season. He was elected manager of the team for next year. GRgXH.XlW THOMAS, Svfolld BGSU. Graham did not make his letter last year, missing it by one game. but this year he was always at the second sack from the first to the last game. To see him you would never take him for a ball player. but put him on the infield and be is a baseball playing trick BILL RICHMOND, Ccaifw' lf1'clfz'. Billie never played baseball until this year and it was only through continuous work and practice that he made the Varsity. He had little con- fidence in himself until he made that home run with three men on bases in the Danville game. From that moment he was there with the goods. ALVAH B. BLOXOM, Right Field. flloxom was a Rat. His first year on a team and at first few thought he would ever make the Varsity but working hard and faithfully we found towards the middle of the season that he was in the regular line up. He has developed into a wonderful little fielder. H. ROE BARTLE, MANAGER. With his team at heart he has proven to be an excellent executive as well as the most popular manager Fork Union has ever had. Too much credit cannot be given him for the success of our team. 94

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Ai R .. , gi VY 2 .Y 12441 THE SKIRMISHER ap. i ,E gg: e g if X Baseball Team HOXYARD S. BERGICR, C.x1f'r.x1N, l 1'r.vf Base. Mutt has often been spoken of as the best first baseman Fork Union has ever had. Never was a truer statement made by anyone. He out-played any Hrst baseman on any team that played lforlc Llnion during the past two years. He is our home-run slugger, pulling in more than any member of our team. He made an excellent Captain, full uf pep and always leading the team to victory. ROBERT R. BOT'l'llXlORli, twvlzvr. Hottie is a three year letter man and tu see him behind the bat you would think him an imported man from the XYhite Sox or Cinci Reds. He was always able to receive in great style. .X sure man with the stick- not long hits. but those that count, CURTIS C. TIIOKIPSON. Pifrlzvr. Curt, that wonderful southpaw, has been picked as an all state pitcher. His equal has not been found. Never losing his head and always pitching air-tight ball. He won many a game single handed. CURTIS FRAY. Slmrf Stop. Fray is one of our two year letter men. He neyer says much but is always on the job when those hot grounders come into his territory and with that sure peg to first the batter was gone. He was the lead-oil man at the bat throughout the season and always displayed his batting ability when we were in a pinch. HARRY BOHANNON, Lvfz' Ifivld. Bo is also a two year letter man. .X better fielder cannot be found. Little Bo always had a sure eye on those long Hies and cutting men oil at 93

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T in iii THE SKIRMISHER , 19: ig T' Zi-NS f- Baseball Record lVitl1 four letter men back this year in baseball, Captain Berger. Fray, Bottimore and Bohannan, we had about thirty other cadets out for the Varsity team. Among them was Curtis Thompson, our all state pitcher. who deserves much credit for the showing of our team this season. .After a hard season of training the nine were picked and never has there been a faster infield nor a surer outfield than we had this year: playing twelve championship games and losing only two. Our team opened- up the season on its own diamond with the Richmond College second team on March 31st, This was an easy game for the cadets and it gave Coach Pitts a good chance to study his men in a real game. The score was l5 to l in favor of F. U.. Richmond College getting but one hit oi? Thompson and that by Miller, a former Boston American. Q11 April the 2nd we continued the good work of the first game by de- feating Danville Military lnstitute by 18 to 2. This made the second victory for cadets at home to witness. April the 5th we went to play lfishburn Military Academy. After getting as far as Charlottesville word reached us that the game was cancelled by our opponents. They did not have another open date so it was impossible to have the annual game. It was much to our regret that we were unable to meet our old rivals this year. April the 16th found our boys on their way to Richmond to meet the Benedictine Military College. Another victory was added to our string by defeating them 12 to 3, It was a nice clean game and more interesting than the score indicates. Blackstone Military Academy, our strong old rival, was the next team to meet, so April the l7th found us at Blackstone. Sad but true we lost a hard-fought game as the score of 2 to l shows. The writer wishes to give his readers a summary of the game and let them decide which team played the better ball. Thompson fanned l7 men while Throne, Blackstone's pitcher, fanned only 6. Fork Union got S hits while Blackstone got only 2. Black- stone made 3 errors while Fork Union made no errors. The manager of our team had another contract signed by Blackstone to play another game. 95