Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Credit is due to the defence as they were very awesome in containing the opposition. Simrns and Timmins delivered crushing tackles and Katz surprised many an adversary with his swiftness. The spirit of the team was very high. Crosbie was our real forte in this as- pect of competition. Gratitude from the defence goes to Pickle Macfarlane for his help, and from the entire team to Mr. Kenney, our patient coach. The Under 15 Football Team f ' O 4 - Wf FRONT ROW: Doherty, Jamieson, Johnson, Green II, Slattery I, Wetinore, Rosseel II, Pritchard, Stuart I. SECOND ROW: Mr. Manbert, Cannon II, Rachmaninoff II, Bloemen I, Beatson, Durrant, Lloyd, Gibson I, West, Slattery II, Southee, Slade, Falco, Mr. Landry. THIRD ROW: Boyd I, Wright, Kunst, Crosbie III, Kancff, Kcatcs, Black, Machan.

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The Under 16 Football Team FRONT ROW: Grady, Scott, Johnston, Peart I, Cantle, Sims, Taylor I, Lyall, Timmins. CENTRE ROW: MacFarlane II, Milner, Carswell, MacWUliams, McMurchy II, Henkel, Gall I, Labrie, Fleming, Rachmaninoff I, Cameron, Mr. Kenney. BACK ROW: Katz, Norman, McAlister, Cutler, Maslon, Browne, Hodge. Our first game, against TCS, exem- plified the style of play for the dura- tion of our season. Twice we fumbled the ball from nervousness and the score at the end of the first half (0-13) reflected this. In the latter half of the game, however, touch- downs by Peart, Taylor, and Henkel turned the score in our favour. We lost three of our seven games. UCC proved a powerful adversary and, in rainy weather, we went down to a bad defeat. Our other two losing games were much closer, our opponents being Ridley and Lakefield. Although we lost to Ridley once, in our other game against them we won 12-7, despite our unfavourable (0-7) showing in the first half. An 80 yard pass by Cantle to Brown pro- duced the winning touchdown. Victory was again ours in a game with TCS. Katz, McAlister, and Taylor each scored a touchdown, and good runs by Cantle and Taylor kept our strong drive going. Our final game against SAC was our best and most rewarding contest. Tremendous runs by Burn, Taylor, and and Cantle, and a concerted effort by our defense, were crushing to SAC. Burn himself got three touchdowns and Taylor one. Fleming showed himself to be a power-runner , fol- lowing the example of these other players, but unfortunately SAC had the middle well contained.

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There comes a time, once in so many years, when everything seems to gell, and this was that year. We were fortunate that a nuc leus of good athletes with a desire to learn gather- ed on a muggy September afternoon to play the game of football. The offensive squad quickly learned a wide variety of plays, and the de- fensive players gradually adapted to their positions as well. We were also fortunate in that very few changes were necessitated this season by in- jury or illness. Both Doug Pritchard and David Stuart, our ends, had excellent ' hands ' and were capable blockers, especially in cutting off the interior pursuit on our end runs. Tony ' Tiny ' Braddock and Peter Bloemen, though inexperienced at tackle, learned quickly and could be counted on to open up an off- tackle hole that often gained us five or more yards. Our guards, Greg Doherty and Danny Kaneff , on many occasions were able to lead our half- backs around the corner to score. Paul Crosbie, the centre, improved with every game and became a creditable blocker. In the backfield, our flankers were Graham Johnson and NeLL Jamieson, who was also our punter and place kicker. Both of these players v ere especially effective at blocking out the defensive ends or linebackers, and they caught a number of impor- tant passes. The halfbacks, Mike Rosseel and John Slattery (the cap- tain), complemented one another quite well, John being a strong, fast, hard-hitting runner, and Mike a tricky, shifty player who refused to be taken down. Our quarterback, Jim Wetmore, showed poise in hand- ling the ball and throwing, and his leadership was a vital factor in our success. It appeared at the onset that the de- fence would be our great weakness, but after a slow start this unit toughened up considerably. On a number of occasions the defence kept us in the game when the offense sputtered, and much credit should be given to our defensive line who won the battle of the ' trenches ' . • Of .