Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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BASEBALL TEAM

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Randolph-Macon Academy . . . .... 22 Roanoke High School ............................. 44 The next game we played was with Randolph-Macon Academy at Bed- ford. This team was tall and heavy, but our speed and pass work made up our deficiency in height and weight. Wfe succeeded in doubling the score on the Academy boys. Randolph-Macon Academy . . . .... 22 Roanoke High School .' .......................,.... 33 , The last game of the season was played at home with the R. M. A. team and again resulted in victory for R. H. S. This made the sixth straight game of basket ball in which we defeated the Bedford team. Out of ten games on schedule we played eight and won four-fifty per cent. is not so bad. Through the management of Charles Hurt, basket ball in the last two years has become a very popular sport at High School. fllhe success of the team this season was due largely to the interest taken in it by its sup- porters, by the captain, joe Engleby, and by the team itself. . ..1,1F' 9' ,legs 5 X f ,th ..:,g.,e fqt' gy -L , V .9 A ,. ,W f14s?114S5.za-i4':3ii5f,-, ?4fr7f.x ,f was-vm. ,LY A. Af-J-1-gf 1.55 -am. .,.1,--.-.,-fs. - -' 1-H 524 . -'S.ff..-.!:f'f' ' H? LU- Vfidflll- :L.,l 5'i3'15'FT- ,. -. , T., ' :iii ' -11' ES2.,:iv..t,..3 Iifeilliy-3 1-15 331-.1 5.313 ' ' 1 efq-,g2,.,'.,5 ,v,.'r:J'15 .0 -1931252 S .QT 21223: 121' -ze' . -.iytfwgga g !: - . f:'.f1aff+f' l OO

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k y f W 43 I-Za: lm p u ll! .- 1 6 1' , UG :Baseball Roanoke College ...... .... l O Roanoke High School ............... 1 The first game of the season was played in Sale1n against Roanoke College. Fairbrother pitched seven innings of good ball and had good support, but the collegians were too much for us. Nininger pitched the last two innings and Captain Nelson caught the game. The score was 10 to l with the big end going to our opponentsp Daleville College ...... . . . 2 Roanoke High School .....,......... 0 Our second game was with Daleville College, and Hunter pitched a good game with Nelson catching for R. H. S., but we were shut out by the Daleville lads by the score of 2 to O. I Randolph-Macon Academy .... . . . l Roanoke High School .......... f ..... O In our next game we just missed a fine chance to defeat our bitter rivals, R. M. A. Nininger pitched a beautiful game and was well supported by the team, but through one bone-headed play on our part the game was lost 1 to O. jefferson School ...... ,... 1 l Roanoke High School ............... 3 Wie played two games on the next trip, and on account of lack of finances were forced to sleep in depots or any other place we could find. As a result, all were in poor condition when we came toplay the game. Against jefferson School Nininger pitched the first live innings, then Fairbrother was put in. Fairbrother failed to save the day, however, for we went down in defeat 11 to 3. 104