Randolph Macon Academy - Sabre Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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X N SABRE I ll U U from the preceding defeat and went after the Moneta boys in earnest, running the score up to 46-0. - V Vlfhen next our team drew up in battle -array on Day Field they faced Blackstone Military Academy. The Blackstone cadets showed us a mighty good team, but they failed to run away with us has was predicted. We were again playing against a heavier team than ours, but we managed to push' over one counter. 5 The final tally read l8-6. I Roanoke High School invaded our camp, bringing quite a large crowd with them. The field was overflowing with Jefferson rooters. The Roanoke team was composed almost entirely oif letter men or second stringersu of the preceding year. In fact, their experienced team ranked high in State circles. Therefore, it was not surprising that they won by four touchdowns. I On the following Saturday the team packed up their kit and journeyed to Fork Union to meet a 39-0 defeat. The Fork Union line outweighed our light defense almost ten pounds to a man, and our boys showed the effects of the hard-fought battle. Our second trip, to I-largrave Military Academy, was not as disastrous as the first. However, we failed to score, while Hargrave pushed over four l82l l -- s gg -as so ,Lael ' s

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SABRE??m 149-2-8 e E all 1 .1-1 an Q Football i WHEN, at the call of Coach Marks, the Randolph-Macon Academy Cadets reported on Day Field for the initial' football practice, there was one letter man of last year tot report-Captain Phlegar. I Asa result, there was a great ditliculty to overcome--that of 'building avnewsteamq r However, the boys set to work earnestly and steadily showed improvement through the, entire season. y i s a I N q On the first day of October our boys met their first -opponent, Forge High School, at Bedford. The High School boys, with, unpleasant memories of last year's defeat ringing in their ears,.came, with- increased determination to get revenge. Both teams fought hard, but when the final whistle blew the score was I8-0 in favor of the opponents, an exact reversal of the score of the preceding year. g o I Our schedule originally called for a game with Lynchburg High School the following week, but since their card was overcrowded, Moneta High School was substituted. Our eleven seemed to have gotten quite 'a few pointers ISII llllll , -- --llll -1-Y J ..-. ii l

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u :QQ Lair- ' ' fmrfai if 5,7 WWL? .V At. 1' L W touchdowns. With memory of the defeat of the preceding year in mind, they seemed to fight with unusual determination' to win. The score at the end of the fourth quarter stood Z6-0. , The last trip of the year took us to thehome of Danville Military Institute, where their cadets administered a fine coat of whitewash to the. tune of 46-0. The Lemon and Black were still stiff and sore from their hard trip and failed to show their customary fight and pep. On the nineteenth of November we met Virginia Episcopal School for the last game of the season. This game showed us that, although our team was not very successful in the number of games won, there was great success measured in the terms of improvement. During the first two quarters Virginia Episcopal School scored two touchdowns and kicked the goal for one extra point. In the last period, however, our boys awoke from the daze which had enveloped them and Kidwell ran the pigskin over the line twice before the Episcopalians knew what it was all about. In each case, however, we failed to kick goal for extra points. Vvhen the final whistle of the game and the season blew we were within four feet of another touchdown and victory! Oh! Irony of fate! If time, in its flight, had delayed only a few I 83 l Flu I , :T I J If ..-- mai -4 :F t UID, lull, al p l