Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Nfl f y Tfoolball Roanoke College ...... H32 Roanoke High School. .. ., ... ..... . ..... 3 The first game of our season was played with Roanoke College in Salem and resulted in a defeat for us. During the hrst quarter of the game we car- ried the ball within striking distance of their goal and XV. Nelson put a pretty drop-kick between the uprights. But their superior weight soon began to tell and they bucked our line for six touchdowns, The game ended with a score of 32 to 3 in favor of the collegians. jefferson Athletic Club. . . . . .10 Roanoke High School ............................. lO The Saturday after this defeat we met our old local rivals, the Jefferson Athletic Club. Again Wt. Nelson kicked a held goal in the first quarter, but our opponents succeeded in doing the sanic thing. In this game our sterling defensive qualities were shown. I. A. C. recovered the ball on our four-yard line and in four downs could not carry it over, but later they made a very lucky touchdown, while we also made one. 92

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Lynchburg lligh School. . . . . . 7 Roanoke High School ............................. 17 In this game in the Hill City' we defeated the State high school cham- pions. As usual, we kicked a field goal in the early part of the game. 'But by a beautiful forward pass over our goal line they scored. Wfe ran a touch- down in the first half and another in the second, ending the game with a score of 17 to 7 in favor of Roanoke. Randolph-Macon Academy . . . . .14 Roanoke High School ............ ................ O Two weeks passed before we played our next game, which we lost to Randolph-Macon, simply by overconlidence. Lynchburg High had beaten R. M. A. and we had beaten Lynchburg. XX'e, therefore, reasoned that the Academy boys would be easy meat. They proved otherwise, however, and defeated us by the score of 14 to O. Lynchburg High School. . . . . .13 Roanoke High School .......,..................... 10 The second game with L. H. S. was the most unlucky event that has hap- pened to R. H. S. for some time. In the first minute of play their end got completely away with a forward pass and made a touchdown. Later a Lynche burger picked up a fumble and made another. XfVe made a field goal and a touchdown through their line. Greenbrier Military Academy. .. .... 32 Roanoke High School ............................. O Our next trip was what might be called a wild goose chase. Wfith four or iive of our regulars out of the game we went to Louisburg, XN'est Virginia, and played the strong Greenbrier Military Academy team. They were very suc- cessful in working the forward pass and also at plunging our line. They avenged their baseball defeat by beating ns 32 to O. 93