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Sideline Views BY JOHN STECK TIME Ol MANY SEASONS It you think tiie.se lair weather ('.ays are confusing in locating \outsell as to seasons Ol the year, take a trip out t > Death Valley on a unny afternoon. You'll really get lost. In the ryin. Coaeli Matthews' basketball squad working hard to wind up a disappointing season with a bid to the M-D Conference tournament, will remind you it's ihe time for overcoats. On the r i act ire tooitball field. Coach Jim Hickey's Garnett and Gray squad will make you think of fall-1 mfed leaves and the first, rumblings of the oil furnace. Co Captain. Stokley Fulton and Jim Stokes are leading the Tigers in Spring pigskin drills, while Coach Hickey dopes out the best proce dure following abolition of the two-platoon system. Nearby Coaeli Claude Milam's baseball fori. - are be| lining to appear, nu you think of lazy summer afternoons and the old fishing pole Incidentally, the coming spring season will find the new track in use. ft will be nice to know that tlie Tigers can be hosts for track and field events competition from now on Basketball fans who find them

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selves grousing nt officials now and then during one of those controversial charge-or-blocklng decisions may be happy to know that even top flight officials sometimes split on which way to call 'em. At a meeting of the National Association of Approved Basket ball Officials during their last conference, .eight officials were asked to view some charging block mg sequences and call the foul. It Is reported that on several plays they split 4-4. Seldom was there a unanimous opinion, al though several times, they saw somewhat eye to eye with 7-1 and 6-2 decisions. It's best for the fan to remem ber that this play is a matter of split-second action, with officials deciding in the same fashion which way it should be. No mat •ter which way they call, they're probably right 50 per cent of the time That's a little better than the most fans They'd have it one way every time AVant Baseball Chuck" Maillet mid his aides at Station WFLO have done a great job in providing sports broadcasts for listeners in the WFLO area. It's been do nc fre quently despite difficulties the staff experiences when the regu lar broadcasting routine is inter rupted. Nonetheless. Manager Maillet wants to continue if fans want It. With baseball coming up the sta tion faces the decision whether or

Area High School Basketball This Week TUESDAY, FEB. 10 Farmville at Crewe Randolph-Henry at Bucking ham BurkeviUe at Victoria ; Powhatan vs. Montpelier, at Rockville. FRIDAY. FEB. 13 Farmville at Emporia Buckingham at Victoria Powhatan at Rockville Amelia at Lawrenceville. not to again carry the Game or the Day in the Major Leagues. In a democratic sort of way, the station intends to let fans and listeners make the decision. Chuck is asking all fans who want the games broadcast to write to the station stating so. If enough write, the summer fea ture will be brought in again. If not it will be dispensed with. They're letting the fans call the turn this time. That's a fair de cision. but if you want baseball broadcasts, better write WFLO and say so.

Buckingham Takes 47-33 Win at Crewe For 10th Victory Buckingham Central High School whipped Crewe High Fri day night 47 to 33 m the railroad city. It was the Bucks’ fifth straight win and advanced them a big step forward a possible place in the District Three tournament next month. The defeat of Ciewe gives Coach Dolliver's Bucks a solid ten-won. four-lost lecord for the season. Co-Captain Melvin Jam erson collected 20 points to lead the night’s scoring. The Bucks had difficulty get ting underway and had a one point deficit 6 to 5 after a slow first quarter. After that, with Knott. Bruce and Hardiman con necting or counting accurately from the free throw line, it was the Bucks all the way. They held the advantage at half-time 21-15. and were ahead at the three-quarter mark 33-26. Coach Dolliver’s squad put the clincher on the impoitant District Three game doubling tne score on Crewe 14-7 in the final period. Buckingham FG F TP Shumaker, f . 0 0 0 Hardiman. f. 3 3 9 Bruce, c . 2 3 7 Knott, g 2 7 11 Jamerson, g 6 8 20 Cohb, g U 0 0 Totals 13 21 47 Crewe Ftiller. f 12 4 Thomas, f . 1 5 Murphy, c. 3 2 H Willis, g ..... 2 0 4 Crittenden, g Oil Totals . 12 9 33 The Buckingham Central girls extended their fine 1953 record, which is marred by only one de feat. with a .56-42 victory in the preliminary game. Annie Chris tian powered Coach Sterrctt s Buckettes with 28 points. Miss Maxey chipped in with 15.

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Wolverines Keep Slate Clean With 68-57 Win Over Bedford’s Otters

FHS Notches 14th Win Over District Four’s Top Squad Farmville High School's Wolve ines spurted from behind a two point deficit with four minutes to lo to defeat Bedford High’s Otters Saturday night 68-57 at Bedford, or their 14th straight victory. Coach Sherrill Coleman's Otters, vho matched the Wolverines’ height, rallied in the third quart er to go ahead 49-48. outseoring. FHS 26-17. They kept two points ihead midway through the final oeriod at 55-53 when Farmville -net its first, real pressure test of the season superbly. Co-Captain Ernie Newman had left the floor on personal fouls, as had the Ot ters two rangy forwards Billy Chandler and Jess Gillispie. both of whom had collected 12 points. filial Period Kally Then Kddie Thornton, who had i great night with 20 points, hit on a outside set from the side to even the score. Clyde Shelton, whose 25 p ints led the night’s scoring, broke through for a lay- i up. Gerald Duncan, who had come olf the bench to do a great .ioh in Newman’s place tallied from a ' scramble under the basket, and Billy Franklin bucketed two charity throws. When the smoke cleared the Wolverines were ahead 64-55. Clyde Burford ,a substitute for-: ward hit on a long one for the CHters to make it 64-57. then Billy Franklin, fouled twice in the "double shot" final two minute limit, calmly collected all four points to make it 68-57 as the game ended. The Otters, who load the race in District Four with a 7-1 mark matched FHS through the first quarter which ended 14-14, Chandler and Gillespie, the Ot ters forwards worked in the key hole effectively, while Shelton and Franklin, with two one-handed

push shots kept the Wolverines astride. FHS’s Best Period The second period went to the Wolverines 17-9 with Eddie Thornton collecting on two set shots and a fast break lay-up. Shell n added two and Franklin another, while Ernie Newman. Franklin and Bill Drumeller play ed defensive heroics off the back boards to limit the Otters to three field goals and but three charity tosses. The third period was the Wolve rine1- worse, when they suffered a defensive relapse while Cliff Titus, the Otters center, grabbed two sleepers unguarded and John ny Carlyle, who hadn’t scored a point before, suddenly found the range from the side and bucketed three long set shots. Billy Chand ler also collected three field goals from the kevhole before going out on fouls in the third period. The Wolverines' defensive abil ity which stopped many Otter olays without fouls was a decisive factor. They committed 26, on which the Otters scored nine points. Bedford, on the other band fouled 36 times, with Farm villo capitalizing on 20. That’s 11 points and the margin of victory. FHS FG F TP Shelton, f 10 5 25 Newman, f. 0 1 1 Duncan, f 215 Drumeller, c Oil Thornt'or g 8 4 20 Franklin, g 4 8 16 Totals. 24 20 68 Bedford FG F TP Chandler, f 6 0 12 Oillispie. f . 5 2 12 'Titus, c . 7 4 18 Burford. f 10 2 Blankenship, g 10 2 Carlyle, g ... 4 19 Coleman, g . 0 2 2 Totals 24 9 57 FHS 14 17 17 20—68 BHS 14 9 26 8—57

Tigers Scent M-D Tourney Bid After Last Week's Wins Randolph-Macon, Towson to Invade Hill This Week

The Hampdcn-Sydnev College Tigers last, week pot a little tired of the talk about, the lean year at Death Valley, so they bumped rff two Mason-Dixon Conference foes, Washington College and Johns Hopkins, to keep very much alive their chances of a place in the M-D Conference play-off The two wins give the Tigers a 4-4 Conference .standing, with lour conference contests remain ing on the schedule. Two more wins will just about put Coach Waldo Matthews' squad in the tournament, where they have been a fixture in the past This week, the Tigers have two home dates, meeting arch-rival Randolph-Macon Thursday night, and Tow son State Teachers Sat urday night. In both, the Tigers are figured to he tough on their home floor. Jerry Adams, after his siege of ■the flu. has hit his stride, net | ting 75 points in the Tigers' last I three and playing a heavy part in the two most recent victories. Tn general, the Tiger squad has perked up with a scent of the M-D conference tournament bid. Game 13 No Jinx As Farmville Downs Lawrenceville 75-31 Lawrenceville High School had no jinxing effect, as opponent No. 13 for Farmville High Friday night as the Wolverines coasted 'o a 75-31 victory. Coach Gilmer's starting five of Clvde Shelton. Ernie Newman. Rill Drumeller. Eddie Thornton md Bill Franklin rolled up a 41 ’8 half-time count then warmed ‘he bench while the reserves con tinued the rampage, for the re mainder of t lie game The one-sided contest saw the ■isitinc Bull Dogs strive valiantly \11 the wav and numerous fouls, "ere called in the latter stages. Roth Lucy and Clary. LHS for wards. went out on fouls as did ■ Wally Vale. Wolverine center ! ■s’orty-five fouls were tailed 'hroughout. Scoring was well divided among j he Wolverines w ith every placer | m the bench contributing to the : ■ount. The game concluded the eries with Lawrenceville. with I hr earlier came also going to tli*' Wolverines 82-51. 'Htf F< i F 'P' I "heltou. f 5 2 12 | Newman, t 2 18 "Juneau, f lit' Lawhorne, f ('ll Jrumcllcr. c 5 0 10 rale. c '! ■> Duffer, c. ... 2 0 1 Thornton, g . 3 0 fi ■’’ranklin. g 2 1 5 Cumbey. g . 15 7 Tu baa'd. g .... 2 0 4 Vnderson, g . 1 1 5

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Powhatan Indians Beat Beaumont 53-12 The Powhatan High School In dians defeated Beaumont 53-42 Friday night on the War Me morial Building floor. Milas Mc Cracken's 26 point effort played a big part in the Indians' second win this season over Beaumont

Layne and Manley addl'd eight points each as the Indians kept ahead all the way. The Powhatan High girls de rated a team from Goochland 46-32 in the preliminary game. Powhatan FG F TP McCracken, f 8 10 26 Layne. f 3 2 8 Spencer, c 2 0 4 Manley, g 4 0 8

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