Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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126 Qlcntns ut 1Ruannkz 1919 Y . fi i fl- HV MISS MUNDY THROWS THE FIRST GOAL We are a mighty accommodating bunch of girls. Now that is not brag- ging, but just the honest truth. Blacksburg, who has been accustomed to play on the big V. P. l. floor with all those Hkadetsn to cheer them on, heard about the fame of Roanoke's team and they began to get nervous forfthey knew they woulcln't have a bit of chance on our, little floor so they asked us to play them at the City Auditorium the same night that Blacksburg played U. N. C. We would rather lose the game than refuse them such a little favor, so we agreed, for we did feel sorry for those poor little Blacksburg girls. So they came, bringing with them their band and their ukadetsf' They felt right at home while we were very much at a disadvantage-never having practiced on so large a floor. The game certainly was an exciting one-the score at the end of the first half being 0 to 0--and what we lacked in goal shooting, we sure made up in pass work. Miss Stevens, the star of the occasion, made the first and last goal for Roanoke. Charlottesville came to see us next, and that is the climax of our career. If Charlottesville was not the most skilled team we played it certainly was the roughest and the game was one continuous fight, and our forwards put the ball in the baskets more times than the opposing forwards and the result was a victory for NUS. We sympathized with the Charlottesville players and did our best to make them forget their defeat. We liked the Charlottesville girls better than any teams we have played so far. All the players shone in this game. Our hopes rose, and we looked forward to our next game with Blacks- burg with vengeance in our eyes.

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1919 Qtnurns of .Rualiuke 125 Girls' Basket-Ball Team, 1918-19 rt 5 I ,A ' w r . , 'lf - ,nf ' I lx , .11 - ' -at 11, -X.-44' fer 6 N Ar ff ' 1 1ll'il1- Vi, .Milli ! - ll THE TEAM LEASE do not think that this little opening paragraph is an apology, , 1 for it certainly is not-the girls on this team have nothing to be ashamed of in their basket-ball season. To outsiders, the season might appear to be a failure but to one who has experienced the trials and tribulations of any organization struggling to get along without a leader, will readily say that this team was not a failure but a great success. We did not have a coach, that is the beginning and end of our troubles. Some thought that we would find it diflicult to obtain games, but I tell you-they were mistaken, every school in this State was proud to play Roanoke, why they even thought it an honor to be defeated by the Magic City Teamf' Our first game was with Bluefield and to tell a little secret-we had great hopes of winning that game until two days before it was to happen, when our star forward suddenly decided to have an attack of appendicitis-of course we don't blame her, but we did think the appendicitis should have waited until after our first game anyway. Those West Virginians evidently had the same hopes that we did, without the appendicitis, so they won the game. It was a hard-fought battle. Every man did her best. lVliss Mundy was the lucky one, who made first goal for Roanoke. p

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1919 Qlcnrns ut Roanoke 127 We played Blacksburg there on Saturday night. Now Saturday night always was an unlucky time for us. No need to say that we were not shaky when we got on that big slick Hoor for we were, but when the whistle blew our strength returned and Stevens shot a goal. Gleaves, our star of all games, did great pass work, and Comer, our faithful stand-by, led Miss Alice I-Ioge a hard chase, but we are a plucky bunch and danced away all our grief after the game to the music of The Last Chord Orchestra. lf Q ,i rwif.. ' ...QSM sg ..----- +1 .. THE ONLY WAY MISS COLEMAN COULD KEEP UP WITH MISS KESLER AT BLACKSBURG Our next two games were with Lynchburg and Charlottesville. Although we did not win the game with Lynchburg, the team did better work as a whole than in any other game, and we were very much encouraged when we started for Charlottesville the next morning. Our entire team did good work until the very end of the game, but Charlottesville must have been a little better for they carried off the colors, and we, for the second time, had to dance away our sorrows. ffl QL ,mi- OUFI LITTLE CENTER TERRY AT LAST MEETS HER SUPERIOR AT CHARLOTTESVILLE AIl's well that ends well. If that old saying holds true, our season was a great success, for it did end well. Our last game was played here with