Oakwood Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (Toronto Ontario, Canada)

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SENIOR FOOTBALL FIRST ROW: Wilf Neidhardt, Bob Andrigo, Mike Shier, Dick Beamish, Doug Price, Bruce Gleeson, Pete Stille, Jim McCulloch, Dom Dente. SECOND ROW: Nick Serba, Arto Valve, Jerry Bober, Joan Kraabi, Chuck More, Dave Topham, Jim Wilson, Morton Prager, Bill Carr. THIRD ROW: Mr. Simpson, Rick Varep, Jorma Salavara, Pete Hustler, Ted Pickles, Al Ruben, Ian Ross, Jim Howe. Shortly after the beginning of the school year, equipment was drawn from the stores and our senior football team officially started the 1960 season. Next day the squad, clad in an odd as- sortment of ill-fitting equipment, complained, groaned and crawled through the first practice. After that the practices were easier and the team began to shape up. There were no exhibition games played, and the team had to go into the East-West game with- out the advantage of some previous action under their belts. Oakwood had to battle the Malvern squad. The short practice time showed up in our play as Malvern rolled to get two T.D. ' s in the first fifteen minutes of play. Jim McCul loch is still trying to catch Malvern ' s Ron Caterer. After the official opening of our new field the season started with a bang. Oakwood met Wes- tern ' s seniors head on. The battle raged back and forth and when the dust cleared Western was on top 7-0. In the second game, Oakwood met the Bloor team. This time, determined to prove themselves. Oakwood went to work on their opposition. From the opening kick-off the boys started to roll over the hapless Bloor team. The final tally showed a 19-0 Oakwood victory. Central Tech was our next excuse for an after- noon off, and a most rewarding afternoon it was. Those of the school who decided to attend saw a wonderful afternoon of football. In the end, a single, booted by Wilf Neidhardt was the decid- ing factor in the 8-7 Oakwood victory. The last regular season game was against Parkdale. The fleetfooted Parkdale squad whip- ped up quite a storm. The game went down in the annals as a 44-7 Parkdale victory. As opposition in the quarter finals we drew the city champions, Lawrence Park. Hampered by injuries the team was held together by blood, horse linament, and tape. The fast, hard-hitting L.P. bovs pounded at our line from beginning to end. The boys gave their best, but the superior L.P. team posted a 63-6 victory. It was a hard battle and though they lost, the boys have a lot to be proud of! 71

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Mary, Carmen, Pat, Julie, Pat OUR C H E E R L E A D E R S Choo - Choo ! ' What is a high school without cheerleaders? And what are cheerleaders without pep? Fortun- ately we will never find out as long as there are girls like our cheerleaders on hand to provide spirit and hope. Many thanks go to bouncy Pat Dixon, their captain and modest Mauer (Carmen, that is) for training this year ' s girls. Thanks also to Linda Bowie, Mary Ayling, Julie Pryszlak and Pat King for their wonderful job of cheering at all the games, rain or shine. In an interview, nearly all the girls agreed that this year ' s school spirit is better than last year ' s, although there are still some mouths that refuse to move to ut- ter a cheer. One question asked was what they like about cheering. Pat: When our team wins Carmen: no comment Linda and Mary: meeting people Julie: doing something for the school Pat K.: everything 70

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JUNIOR FOOTBALL FIRST ROW: Paul Fortune, Al Giachino, Arvo Medri, Dave Webster, Eric Hennessey, Ken Wilson, Nick Colapinto, Bill Wolfson, John Smith, Lome Solish, Emilio Doddatto. SECOND ROW: Rick Glover, Terry White, Bob Francis, Bill Gordon, Humphrey Bogart, Bill Mclntyre, Jim Reid, Ron Kuobaro, Paul Moginn, Bob Doherty, Stan Stein, Mr. Wright. THIRD ROW: John Jerrett, Jim Trusler, Forbes Kennedy, Roy Reynolds, Marv Morton, Bruce Kolbfleisch, Andrew Gemmel, Paul Duke. Coached bv Mr. Wright and with a great squad of old plavers The Juniors had a terrific season. With Jim Reid ' s passing arm, Lome Solish ' s ground game and an experienced line, the juniors had all of the ingredients for one of the best seasons ever. Meeting Riverdale on our new field, the boys made quick work of their opponents. The juniors won 18-12. One of the Riverdale boys had a mis- hap when tiny Ray Reynolds fell on his leg. Mr. Lobb was once more johnny-on-the-spot and rushed out to administer first aid to the injured player. The regular season started off with a real bang. Those of us who were present at the game got a great thrill when our boys took over and showed Western who was boss. This game went down on Oakwood ' s victory list, which was soon to grow a lot longer. Oakwood ' s juniors won this one 9-0 from the surprised Western squad. The second game against Bloor was a great surprise to all. The much improved Bloor team and our over-confidence led to this, our only up- set of the regular season. The Bloor team sur- prised us and came up with a 10-0 victory. Coming back with vengeance in their hearts, the boys started blasting away at the Central Tech team. The Oakwood boys romped right over the Central team and came up with an 18-1 victory. Meeting Parkdale in the last game of the reg- ular season, Oakwood continued its string of wins and stretched it out to three out of four for the season. They started rolling at the opening whistle and didn ' t stop till the end of the game. Parkdale didn ' t stand a chance against our out- standing team. When the game ended the score was 20-6 for Oakwood. Going into quarter finals the Oakwood team had to eliminate North Toronto to go any further. Apparently the North Toronto team had different ideas and they proceeded to show that they meant to get to the finals. The speedy little North Tor- onto backfield ran through and around our line, piling up 36 points. Ken Wilson got Oakwood s only Touchdown. The game ended the junior team ' s hopes for a city championship. 72