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               ETERANS, newcomers and the two wonderful coaches joined hands in  organizing                 a football team  worthy of  its name.   Each day they had stiff workouts, and finally                  came the time to show their ability as a team.
      Wilson began the season with John Marshall, who downed them in a tough battle by a score of 22-0. Sounds bad, doesn’t it? However, the boys did not give up hope. They gritted their teeth with determination and looked for better luck. When they encountered the Suffolk team they got the luck they had hoped for in the previous game. The Peanut City gridders scored first, but, after a perfectly timed heave from Holtzscheiter to Beck, who galloped forty yards down field for six points, the score was tied. Then a Peanut Picker fumbled the ball behind his own goal and it was recovered by a President for a safety two point. The final score became 6 to 8. This made the boys feel better, and when they went to Roanoke Captain
Holtzscheiter charged over the goal for the only touchdown of the day. The entire squad worked like a clock during the whole game.
    Another victory was chalked up for Wilson when she played heady football against the Petersburg squad. In taking advantage of two breaks, which thrilled a huge crowd of spectators, the score was raised to 13-0 in favor of Wilson. Special credit is due Pendleton, who intercepted one of the visitors’ passes and raced about seventy-five yards across the Cockaders’ goal. The game was filled with sensational plays and both teams showed up well. Although the Crabbers of the Hampton High School defeated the Presidents in a well-earned victory of 7-0, Wilson made their “crabbing” difficult in the last period. The result was somewhat of an upset, as the Presidents had looked for- ward to an easy game.
    However, that defeat had little effect upon the Orange and Blue gridders when they clashed with Eleven Mountaineers who had traveled from Salem. In spite of the fact that the Salem boys had the advantage in weight over Wilson, the Presidents unloosened their aerial attack and twice crossed the Salem marker, and once gained the extra point after the touchdown.
   Pepped up by the victory of 13-0 over Salem, the Wilson boys met the Newport News team with high hopes of sinking the Shipbuilders, who, at this time, were near the top in the conference. The game was indeed fairly won in a clean contest in which the Presidents went under 12-0. The Shipbuilders were pre- vented from scoring until the last period, in which they gained two touchdown In spite of this, the game was well played by Wilson, with Anderson, Holtzscheiter and Whitaker in the limelight.
     Finally, the day of days rolled around—the day which has been set aside for the local High School rivals to clash. The game was witnessed by approximately seven thousand five hundred shivering fans, who watched the struggle with keen enthusiasm. Both elevens displayed magnificent fight spirit from the starting whistle, and although slowly going down in defeat before the superior Maury machine, Coach Kibler’s Presidents fought valiantly. They never gave up hope of changing the zero, which they held throughout the game. At one time the Commodores were kept guessing by Wilson’s aerial attack, which lasted only a short time. Although the score was 19-0 in favor of Maury, the game was one to be remembered by each team. Both elevens were composed of stars, and we find it difficult to single out any particular ones. Perhaps those who shone a bit brighter than the rest were Captain Holtzscheiter, Anderson, Pendleton, Austin, Lakin, and Butler, from Wilson; and Ponton, Keller, Burgess, and Lambert from Maury.
    Again we wish to commend Coaches Kibler and Wild for their untiring work in training the boys. Nor would a story of the season be complete without mention of our four peppy cheer leaders, Cuthbert Owens, Mildred Kelly, Cynthia Owens, and Agnes Woodard, who were always in front of the student body leading yells that made the Orange and Blue team put all they had into the game.
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              HE WILSON PRESIDENTS started the season with a great  deal of promise, not                     losing one of  the first five games.  Toward the last, though, their luck  changed and                they  lost as  many as they won.  There were  only  three schools in the league, but Wilson played a large number of outsiders and most important were the games with John Marshall High School, Salem, Saint Mary’s, Hampton, William and Mary, Newport News, and Maury.
    At the end of the half in the game between Wilson and John Marshall the score was 17-12 in favor of Wilson. At the third quarter the Marshall quintet swept in dazzling formation down the boards. The outcome was that, at the end of the game, the score was 31-18 in favor of John Marshall. Owens and Anderson played best for the Presidents.
   When Wilson played Newport News, the Presidents were handicapped by the absence of two of their regular guards, but put up a good fight. At the sound of the final whistle the score stood 39-15 in favor of Newport News. Anderson and Austin looked best for the Presidents.
    Maury defeated Wilson in the most thrilling game of the season. Maury was far in the lead at the opening of the fourth period. Then Anderson streaked across the sport’s horizon like a comet. It was his astonishing shots that put Wilson in the running when they were trailing by a dozen points. At the end of the game the score stood 33-31 in favor of Maury. Anderson and Forehand were the stars for the Presidents, while Block Staylor starred for the Commodores.
             BOUT the middle of March, Coach Kibler issued a call for baseball                   players in order that a team might be organized. The call was answer-                ed by many enthusiastic men who were willing and ready to practice
daily to do their best for Wilson.
   Among those answering the call were six of the 1930 sluggers — Captain “Snag” Porter, “Skunk” Owens, “Peachie” Beck, “Bobbie” Davis, Joe Self and “Bootie” Garner.
   With the determination of gaining the State Championship, as they did in 1930, they met the Hampton Nine, whom they easily defeated in a smooth game.
    The Naval Hospital game was next added to Wilson’s winning list. Although
this encounter was but a practice game, the Presidents showed their ability on the diamond and at the stick, with which they made the score of the seven-inning game five to four. On April 16, the Orange and Blue nine crossed the river and for the first time of the season met the Commodores, from whom they suffered their first defeat. The poor stick work of the Presidents was a main factor in the Maury victory, along with the twirling ability of Spiers, the Maury moundsman. Having taken an early lead in the game the Commodores continued to raise the score until it became eleven to two.
    In the second Maury game, which was played at the Washington Street ball park, on April 27, the Maury sluggers scored thirteen runs, five of which were homers, while the Presidents only scored three. However, in the fifth Wilson came to life as Spiers became a little wild and Davis led the Wilsonites at the bat with two singles and a double out of four times up. 
    In the first game with the William and Mary Extension College, Wilson did not show up so well, as they were defeated by a score of ten to three. In the second game with the Braves, which was played at the Portsmouth Park, Wilson romped on their opponents and scored twelve runs to four. The Presidents bunched hits all through the game and made them count for runs. Porter showed outstanding ability on the mound and was also a batting  star, along with Davis and Garner.
    The most exciting game of the season took place at South Norfolk, where the Tigers finally nosed out the Presidents in an eleven-inning match. “Bootie” Garner started the game with a four-sacker. Through the entire encounter the score was practically even, and at the end of the ninth both combatants had six runs. A tenth inning was played with no change in the tally, but in the eleventh round the Tigers were able to score a run over the Presidents, which gave them the game.
Fred Laughon
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              HE WILSON PRESIDENTS this year have participated in four track meets,                    including the Tidewater Meet. Anderson was the year’s high point man with                    around seventy points.
   Forehand, although a Senior, has finished his first year on the track team with twenty-two points. Others who have done well this year are Triplett, dash man, and Manning and Hunt, distance men Wilson’s strongest points this year were in the High
Jump, Broad Jump, and One Hundred Yard Dash. The weakest place was the weight events. Lawrence and Lewis Ottavio, newcomers, are promising boys and are expected to do well next year. Harrell also looked gooci in the Pole Vault. Anderson starred bril- liantly in the Tidewater Meet, making fourteen points.  Wilson has this year been able to boast of a fairly good relay team, consisting of Anderson, Hunt, Triplett, and Snellings.
Wilson will close the season in a triangular meet with Maury and Newport News.