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SIDELINE VIEWS By JOHV STECK A Scholar ( an Run, Too: The I- ;>i i 1 tv yt da . 1 i W iliam Lee Odorn out at Death Valles The. Richmonder might i the rosy atmosphere of sports .•<: •. ■ hip he's captain of the i ige: • ennis team. That's not enough - fin- Bill Odom.

BILL ODOM II -SC 1'ennis I,(cider

Earlier his sports-scholarship knack- led to membership in Omi rron Delta Kappa, campus leader slap society then came Phi Beta Kappa honors, and when it comes to savvy on the classroom there is none higher. Now comes the nice dividend for the Hill senior, whose field of scholarship specialty is in tht classical line and who may get the No 1 sheepskin as honor man 01 lus class barring a late spurt ov any competitors -he's just won a $1,400 Woodrow Wilson Fellow snip for graduate study The Richmond senior plans to seek a master's degree , next ses sion at University of Virginia in 'he classics to be followed by launching a career in teaching L,atin. Selection of Woodrow Wil son fellows is based on intellect, tnaracter and personality. The grant system was started at Princeton Univertsity some years ago as a memorial to the late U. S. president so closely iden tified with the New Jersey insti tution The grants are provided to meet the growing need for college teachers. The Ford Foundation paid a $115,660,000 tribute to the Wood row Wilson Fellowship program, originated in 1945. The Founda tion recently put that sum into the program to keep it oiled and functioning as a teacher recruit ing device

A ( oat h Moves I p: To know Phil Boepple is to like him. It is with pleasure that we note the Amelia county school board -, decision to promote-within tlr-ranks which elevated the Amelia coach of all sports to tlie place vacated by Principal O. A "Dick' Norton, who becomes county superintendent July 1. The 31-year-old Boepple has demonstrated a genuine interest in youth and has coached creditably under difficult circumstances. We've watched Phil work with-ins boys in a thimble gym made out of half an auditorium with the st ats removed and make-shift baskets stuck in the corners. When the Orioles took the big gym floors of opponents. Boepple never made excuses. Then while Ire was pitching in with oilier residents to make the new memorial gymnasium and recreation center possible at Amelia. Dick Norton and Phil Boepple give Amelia a fine one-two punch on in-i.aii young p opic W< 1! wager it will continue with strengthened . ffir n<-;, now that each of these educators has moved up a peg. A Superintendent Called ‘Butch’: Another sports emhisiast joins the superintendent ranks with. k : 27 vi ai s in education as Nottoway county superintendent, following the Amelia-Nottoway Division split-up. Blanton. 55. a native of Cumberland and graduate of Hampden Sydiiey and w.ilium and Mary stared off as teacher-coach and has never lost int-.u st in athletics. He has kept up after dropping coach mg for full-time principal duti-.s by officiating in several sports. 1: eqtt'-nt !v hardline: Farmvill*' Kish games here and there. H<- has b-- en principal at Victoria High, where all of his teaching vi r, have been spent since 1943 "Butch" Blanton was u football .standout at Hampden-Sydney back in the days when Virginia had no Bis is Lid - school distinctions in ports and the Tigers held their own very well.

Side Line Shorts: DISTRICT 3 BASKKTBALTERS may have seen the last of; Charles -shotgun' Brown, the Churchland coach who compiled the ; it 104-14 record with the Truckers the last, five seasons. He sub mit! ••<! his i-t -agnation last week for reasons of health, but will con- • tinue physical instructor at Churchland. Brown also had an outstand ins; 39-9-1 record while coaching football. Mi l S TOURING TENNIS team edged Hampden-Sydney Col li tennis team la : week 7-3 on the Death Valley courts, but the » dt Mass . visitors had to play topnotch tennis before de 1 Capt B3 Oil1 ail and !.. H-SC netters. The MIT coach. Ed C-. ' i. : ami Capt Pehn p- ase were very much impressed with H nd friendly atmosphere. Pease thi'i. nt '.ue Bel.;. ..e.> as : d as N. C. State, which had won or • MIT the afternoon before jack Miller, a Roanoker. and Fresh to. u Lindsey Witt ; Riclun >nd won their singles matches to give H-SC its two points. FORMER F1IS STARS combined to give the Sigma Chi's at H-SC the intramural basketball title with an undefeated season. Clyde Shelton. Gerald Duncan and Bill Drumeller saw service, with the first two named to the All-Intramural second team. Bob Lloyd also on the team. led the league per game averages posting a 25.5 mark I . >yd we- one of the players who helped the National Guards, lapture tire Farmville Basketball League crown recently. . POWHATAN HIGH COACH. Hank Norton, likes to keep the hoys active ill every season. Just now he's working with the school track team while probably keeping a weather eye posted for football p lent il for n<-.\: fall. The PHS cindermen were hosts to Varina High in a dual meet Wednesday

Seven-Team Janies River League %ill Open Baseball Campaign On April 21

A seven - team Janies River League will open its 1957 baseball campaign April 21, according to an agreement reached Thursday at a league session W R Blandford of Powhatan was returned to office as league president. Cartersville was voted into the league replacing the Rich m ond Rebels, who will no! participate this s* a son Other league teams will be Amelia. Arvonia. Cumberland. Goochland. Powhatan and Orchid. An eighth team will be welcomed as a replacement for Fife, which this season will combine with Gooch land to field one squad . Of her oil

ford were George K Wright, vice president Mrs. Gray Messenger, secretary and W J. Allen, reporting secretary Club managers will re port gamfc results to Allen for pub lication purposes and league statis tics. The present seven teams will be under veteran managers. They are: W I) Anderson. Cartersville; Louis Parrish Fif e-Goochland; Eldridge McMillan. Amelia; C. Arrington Jones Jr . Arvonia: Ralph Clem ents Cumberland. Paul Sheridan. Orchid, and Mickey Morris, Powha tan. J D. Ranson and Sons will be sponsor for the Cumberland nine.

Swaps Coach's Worries for Principal's Headaches PHIL BOKPPLL, WHO SCCCKLDS O. V NORTON AT \MKI.I \

Amelia Loses Loach, Gains Principal ^ith \\id Youth, Sports Interests

Named to succeed O. A Norton ; as Amelia High principal was Phil Boepple. high school coach and mathmetics instruct.oi. Wuv eily Copley, who lias been coach ing the Amelia junior varsity teams and teaching history, will move into the coaching .spot va cated by Boepple. Boepple, 31. went to Amelia in the fall of 1954 after one year of teaching at Crewe and four years at Burkeville. He is a graduate of Churchland High School, and has a bachelor of science degree from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where he majored in physi cal education. He has done gradu ate work at the University of Vir ginia. Boepple Active Boepple has been acting as icc reation leader for the Saturday youth program established this spring by the Amelia Rui itans. of which he is a member. He is also a member of Amelia Masonic Lodge Last summer he played

catcher with the Pamplln base ball team in the Patrick Henry League. A member of the Virginia High School Coaches Association. Boep ple is also secretary of the newly formed Amelia County Athletic Field Association. Inc., the Vir ginia Education Association and the National Education Associa tion. He is married to the former Hilda Elliott, of Crewe, and has two children. Kathy 3. and Chuck, 9 months. Coach R-M Grad Copley, who has been at Amelia for two years, will coach all sports at Amelia and teach some history classes. He is a graduate of Black tone High School and Kandolph Macon College At Amelia lie lias coached 'hr basketball and baseball junior varsity teams and assisted with the football team. He is also Hi-Y adviser and faculty sponsor of the safety patrol.

Humphries Hurls Two-Hitter Norfolk Division, Lynchburg Hornets Victims Nos. 4, 5 For Unbeaten Tigers

Senior Bob Humphries made another successful march for which lie has grown well-known from third base to the pitch er's mound — and tossed a two hittei at Lynchburg College Tues day as the H-SC Tigers jwon No. 4 in a row 11-5 at Deathl Valley. The double-duty Roandker gave up his two hits in the fifth, a single and a grandslam homer to Ralph Shaner, Hornet cenkr fielder, but that's all the visitors could muster off of the slight righthander. The Tigers pounded oift a solid assortment of 10 hits wljiile win ning their third straight Little Eight and second Maspn-Dixcn Conference game. Four walks, Right Fielder Ed Harlow's double and Cehterfield er Gerald Duncan's single gave the Tigers a four-run first inning lead at the expense of Hornet starter Nichols. Lynchburg got an unearned run in the fourth when the Tiger in field bunched three of its four er rors. then went ahead 5-4 in the fifth on Shaner's round-tripper ahead of a single, walk and error. The Millermen clinched the win in the seventh with a four run rally on two walks. Catcher Wayne McLean’s single and Ton. Davis’ double. Davis, a freshman from Richmond, took over the hot corner while Humphries worked on the mound.

H-SC Takes Fifth Straight With 10-7 Win Over Braves Hampden-Sydney made it five in a row Wednesday afternoon with a 10-7 win over thej Norfolk Division of W.&M. Bravds on the Death Valley diamond Warren Carter, senior right hander. went tlie distance for the Tigers, giving up 10 hits — the same number collected by his mates -— to take his second pitch ing win of the season. H-SC won with a six-fun rally in the si^th getting out of a 5-4 deficit that existed when their eruption changed the game situa tion. Two errors, five walks and three hits were strung together for the six deciding, tallies. Carter

CATCHER JOHN DOBBS Leads Powhatan Attack

Powhatan Takes First District Win Tuesday B-2 .John Dobbs, Powhatan catcher, j got two hits for four nips to the j plate Tuesday afternoon at Var- i ina and spaced his hits at tire ! right time to knock in two runs, j John Boggs allowed only three hits by the opposing Varina nine j and the Powhatan Indians won ; with an impressive 6-2 score. Boggs struck out 13 batters and; managed to pick up a hit to help ; his own cause. This is the sec- 1 ond win of the season for Boggs, who pitched the non-district win over Goochland last week The fourth inning was the helped his own cause with a two out, bases-loaded single during the spree. The Braves, going down to their second loss to the Tigers this sea son. collected four of their runs on homers, Joe Cox getting a solo round-tripper in the second and John Debb. a three-run smash in the fourth. Both nines committed three er rors. i

Richmond’s Baseball Spiders, Norlolk SL Division t rack Squad \t H - SC Friday

; Ana High School Baseball Round-up

Buckingham Wins 3-2 After 12 Inning C ontest Buckingham baseballers broke into the win column Wednesday afternoon with a hard fought 12 inning 3-2 decision over Ran dolph-Henry. Elmo B r y ant. Buckingham’s easy going southpaw, was winning pitcher and stayed in for all 12 innings. He had 14 strike-outs and good support from his team mates The Bucs were trailing by two runs going into the fifth inning With one out arid men on first and second. Ickie Ritter hit a iong, high ball to left field. Tile Randolph-Henry fieldei lost the ball momentarily and it sailed over his head. Both men on base scored and the score was tied up 2-2. In the bottom half of the 12th inning the Bucs again got men on first and second. This time Jeff Robertson stepped up to the plate and knocked out a short single to right field, Bossieux Shepard scurried home from sec ond base They made a play for him at home plate, but the throw was wild and the game ended with Buckingham on top 3-2.

Buckingham travels to Amelia Friday (today* to tangle with tlie Orioles of Coach Phil Boepple. Amelia has not been tested yet since their first game was rained out at Powhatan last Friday. Next week Buekingliam plays Crewe in * home game on Tues day. April 16. Easter vacations will start Friday and the next game will be on the 23rd with Randolph-Henry at Charlotte C. H. turning point as Powhatan push ed across four runs to overcome the one run deficit up to that point. They added two more in the seventh, and played errorless ball to capture their firts District 2 win. Christian Goodvvyn picked up two hits in four tries and Car roll Palmore* got one for three. Palmore hit .378 la.! season. Boggs hit !55 and Dobbs hJt .333 i ist year The Indians will have their first home game Friday as they tangle with the Rebels of Douglas Free man. The contest with Amelia last Friday was postponed be cause of rain.

FHS Wolverines Open at Victoria The Farmvile High School Wol verines. 12 lettermen strong, open their baseball campaign this' aft ernoon (Thursday* with Victoria High's Panthers at Victoria. Game time is 3 p. m. Coach Bob Gilmer said that his squad would elect a captain just before game time. The squad plays its home opener and second game of the campaign next Thursday night. The FHS games, at home will b? moved up a half-hour, starting at 7:30 p. m. this season. .The move is one calculated to keep the contests from running too laU in the night. Gilmer will field a team of in field and outfield veterans, in cluding Catcher Walk;-. Nobiin. who will have new' battery mates for the most part Pitching re mains the only question mark on the eve of the season's start. Randolph Lafoon. G a r 1 a n d Fahrner, Buck Hartley, Joel Col - man and Earl Fore will do most of the chucking Hartley, who al ternates at first with Lafoon, and Coleman saw limited mound duty last season. The Wolverines will trot onto the field this season in new vrey. pinstripe uniforms Black socks j and caps, and orange numerals will complete •(!*• outfits

Area High Games Friday Buckingham at Amelia 'l’:30> Freeman at Powhatan 0:15) Farmville at Victoria (3:00' College Events Baseball Richmond! at H-SC <Friday i Track Norfolk Div. at H-SC (Friday Tennis Richmond at H-SC 'Tuesday ■ Goochiond At Cumberland Friday Afternoon Cumberland high .'-ehooi s win ning Dukes will play two aim? in a row this week. Thursday they journey to Midlothian for a non district game and.Friday they are host to Goochland on their heme field.

Sink Shctput Record-Holder Hue The Richmond Spiders baseball team, under colorful do. I' Mac Pitt, and the strong Norfolk Division of William ahd Mary track team invade Death Valley today (Friday) for a b p afternoon of collegiate soorts activity. Richmond defending 1956 Big Six champions, poses a serious threat to FHampden-Sydney's undefeated victory string

\\-S<' Track Standouts

Bl NTING BROWN Quarter-Miler

BOB IHPPFNSTEEL 880-Yard Runner

)f five. The Spiders also will help mswer the question of the rela .ive merits of B: Six and Little Sight baseball. The H-SC and Norfolk Division iual track meet will get underway it 1 p. m.. -so that most of the cinder past activity will be over Alien the baseball game starts at 2:30 State Record Holder The Division squad will include Virginia's collegiate record-hold er in the shot put — Bi> Gerald Tiderman whose mark of 51 feet-plus is the best heave by a campus tosser in the Old Domin ion. The weight contest between the visiting Tiderman and H-SC's Jim Frazer and Co-Captain Jim Wiley promises to be a fine con test. The Division weight man has displaced Frazer as the top col lege performer. Frazer's best mark and former record toss is 59 feet. 1 8 inch. Coacli Mont Linkenauger. high ly pleased with his Bengals' 71 51 win in their track opener against East Carolina Marcli 29. looks for a close, interesting dual meet.

Spiders Tough Tile Tiger baseball squad will be playing its third game of the week this afternoon, and Coaclt Weenie Miller may have to pa rade his available pitchers in shorter puns titan normally. Bob Humphri-s. who tosed a two-hit - ter in Tuesday afternoon's 11-5 win over Lynchburg, may get the starting assignment. Coach Miller, who had some moments of worry earlier wonder ing how his 1957 edition would compare to the .340 hitting squad of a season ago, has been comfor tably re-assured during the five game streak. Extra base hits have been pro pelled from Tiger bats with en couraging consistency' thus far. Gene Cooke. Ed Harlow, Bob Humphries. Gerald Duncan. Tom Davis and Wayne McLean have been coming through with the chips down, including two hom ers. three triples and three dou bles. Coach Pitt's Spiders hold wins over Furman. Harvard (twice), and have lost to William and Mary.

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