Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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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

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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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128 9111015115 of IKIJHUUBZ 1919 Lynchburg. It was the most exciting game of the season, the score being I2 to I4 in favor of NR. I-I. S. Every player was at her best, Miss Stevens making the two goals the last two minutes of the game. We've changed our minds, we like the Lynchburg girls best now. They know how to take a defeat and so do we-from experience. IX Z ' EQ t,A f l , .mix Tfx g QW a A 5 N - Ai XA J' AFTER THE LYNCHBURG GAME: HAPPY, THAT'S US ALL OVER. HARRY NASH flocking at the Annual dummyl- lsn't this blank verse beautiful in A HARRY NASI-I-- lVlary and l had a good time posing. Every time we got closer together. l want to keep on posing. GEORGE. PETERS- lf this Annual doesn't soon go to press, l'm going to 'kick the bucket'. EMMA TINSLEY- Do you think your feet will be able? GEORGE PETERS-NI think l'll take Emma Tinsley to the Annual Board dance to-nightf, SENIOR- Emma has a car. GEORGE- She's the girl for me. She'll save my feet. The Senior colors are green and gold. A certain boyn gives Emma the green ribbon and keeps for himself the gold. He then Hties the knot of the green and gold. Looks at Em. Emma in greatest excitement exclaims: Oh!. l see, fm green and y0u're yellolvllu