Union High School - Union Jack Yearbook (Union, WV)

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the floor on which both coaches agre d to olev Long before starting time the stands were packed by enthusiastic Vonroe County fans, who were there to support their home team. The rest period found the Red Devils with a slight advantage of four points, but in the second half the strong Greenville outfit tied the score several times. Only a whirlwind finish, which was received with great en- thusiasm from the Union stands, saved Union from defeat. The 5un sounded after the present open court champions had piled up a six point lead. . SUMMERS-FONROE TOURNAMENT The Summers-Vonroe County Tournament was held at Talcott on March ll-12. The six teams included in this year's tourney were: Hinton, Sandstone, Talcott, Union, Greenville, and Forest Hill. The games got under way at 2:00 ?. M. Friday afternoon with Forest Hill meeting the Hinton Bobcats. The Bobcats held the boys in yellow and blue scoreless in the first half, while they were piling up 54 points, however, the lads from Forest Hill camo out in the . 2 second period to score 15 points, while Hinton was making a total score of 71. The second game of the afternoon was between Talcott and our Netate open-court championsn CUnionD. This was, beyond doubt, the most closely contested game of the tournf ament. At the rest period the Pirates were leading the Red Devils 9 to 16, a small lead that meant very little with a half to go. The second half still found Union unable to turn the tide of battle, and the final gun sounded with Talcott loading Union 37 to 22.

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X , In the third and final game of the after- noon Sandstone outclassed the little Greene ville aggregation by sailing to victory to the tune of 61 to 22. In the first game of the evening session the Hinton Bobcats defeated Talcott by the lopsided score of 40 to 15. Later the strong Sandstone quintette downed the Forest Hill open courters 61-13. In the final and sectional cham ionship game Sandstone met smashing defeat at the hands of the ever-powerful Hinton Bobcats. FIELD DAY V The an ual field day contest was held at Union on May 6. The five High Schools of the county were represented by participants in the many athletic events. Blue, red, and yellow ribbons were presented to the winners at the end of this great day for Monroe County. BASEBALL Basketball was soon forgotten at Union High when the athletes of this institution saw baseballs whizzing through the air to be caught by some up and coming Babe Ruth. Soon the locker room was packed with baseball shoes, gloves, and uniforms, the baseball season was in full sway. Practice in the first week was prevented by bad weather, but in the second week of the season old man baseball was treated very roughly by our squad, who hoped to win diamond honors this year. Some of the boys who were seen in practice were: Bailey, Martin, Miller, McNeer, Beckner, Scott, and Hinkle.