Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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125 HEIJPUS nf IRUHIIDIKB l9l7 Roanoke High School .................... 4 Lynchburg High School .................. l Next we went to Lynchburg to play our old rival, L, H. S. The team started in with a rush and did not stop. Calahan, their south paw, was unable to hold the team. Thomas's pitching was a feature. Roanoke High School ......... .... 4 Wytheville High School ......... ...... 0 Our next game was with Wytheville and was one of the hardest fought of the season. The Wytheville team worked hard but were unable to cross the plate, the final score being 4 to O. ' Roanoke High School .... .... 8 Blacksburg High School .................. 2 We played the strong nine from the wilds of Blacksburg next and suc- ceeded in downing them with a score of 8 to 2. Roanoke High School' ....... .... 8 . Wytheville High School .................. 5 The team next went to Wytheville and after a hard fight the game ended with R. H. S. at the big end of an 8 to 5 score. At the lirst of the game Friday got mad and threw a ball through the wind shield of a car. Roanoke High School .................... 9 Christiansburg High School ................ I On this same trip we played Christiansburg and broke their record of having never been defeated on their home grounds by a score of 9 to l. Roanoke High School .... . ............... 9 Randolph-Macon Academy ............... 0 - The last game of the season we journeyed to Bedford and played the R. M. A. nine. They failed to solve Thomas's pitching and could not hold the R. H. S. sluggers. The game ended with a score of 9 to 0. The season closed with R. H. S. the undefeated High School champion of Virginia. Much credit is due to Mr. Marshall who, by his efficient work, was responsible for the success of the team.

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128 Qlcurus uf lRUtl1IDkB 1917 Track Team CAPTAIN IVIATSON MANAGER IJASH PAUL 'T. I-IASI-I ....... .... M ana-get DAVID I'I. IVIATSON ...... ..... C aplain MOSS A. PLUNKETT ..... .... .... C o ach RECORD DAVID I-I. MATSON-IOO and 220-yard clashg shot put: laroacl jump: high jump: discus throw. WILLIAM K. ANDREWS-440-yard rung I-mile relay. MAC W. BARBOUR-440-yarcl rung I-mile relayg ICO and 220-yard clash. ROBERT BOLLING-I-mile run. ' FRANCIS BRUNER-Pole vault. EDWARD CARY-Pole vaultg hurdles. JOI-IN FOX-440-yard run: I-mile relay. FRANK I-IELVESTINE.-I-mile relayg shot putg javelin lhrowg hurdles. ROBERT PAINE.-880-yard rung javelin throw: shot put. JAMES THOMAS-Discus lhrowg shot put. H. FAY YOST-I-Iurdlesg broad jump. PHILIP T. POWELL-880-yax'd run. WILLIAM GIBBONS-Pole vaullg high jumpg hurdles.