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Athletics and Missed Classes: H .ward R. Richardson, executive secretary of the Virginia High School League twhich is the controlling organization behind all high school athletic activities in Virginia*, says sports do not cause too many absences from the classroom. H-- based his answer on a year-long survey of attendance records at high schools in District J. which embraces Buckingham County, along \y;ih five more counties and the City of Charlottesville. Tie VHSL secretary . surv* •. shows that only 6.6 per cent of all da s abs aces in the sen;.; yar resulted from students being ex cused to compete in athletics. That- percentage, incidentally, corre sponds exactly to that caused by excuses to permit students to work. Thai s a small percent a ..e of the 28.554 recorded absences, but even that much serves to underscore the necessity of the usually "revered" c ich to make the time profitable by good methods, disci pline and encouragement of the best qualities in his players. Other wise th*’ Ikst place is the classroom' Side Line Shorts: f !■ ARMVILLE'S Billy Franklin gave up only seven hits the other dav. but no attack behind him gave Maryland a 3-1 win over the N. C .Shit e squad. Opposing him on the mound was the Turps' Sopho more .ii'!'. Fred Gebbardt, who allowed five hits. Franklin had a no hilt.er going four and two-thirds innings. POWHATAN HIGH and other D-.strict 2 schools soon can quit worrying about the winning habits of Douglas Freeman High, which move; up to Group I ranking next year The Henrico County school upeicit ii d irs in 1954 with 300 students, while next year it ex pert . 500 more! The Rebel will commence Group 1 play with the 1953 football season, while scheduling Group I foes by degrees now and then. MAYNARD HICK tin big end on Fluvanna High School teams of two sea •ns ago when his pass-catching sank Farmville High, has i mulled at Virginia .The Scottsville 205-pounder prepped last year at Greenbriar Military School which had an undefeated football team. Gutting ili • six-three strapper proves that Ben Martin, the Cavalier grid skipper, lias no idea of letting VPI get all the cream.
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