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

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BANTAM FOOTBALL FIRST ROW: George Taylor, Neil Stevens, Stanley Tagasaki, Brian Toll, Horry Mahler, Gus Falcioni, Whitey Varep, Eddy Jurczak, Jeffrey Moe. SECOND ROW: Mendel Kurtzman, Jim Serba, Wayne Browning, Ted Fulton, Ron Davison, Robert Bohnen, Joe Weinstock, Mike Shier, Mike Hasek, Bill Gries. THIRD ROW: John Brent, Malcolm McLeod, Tony Cowan, Tony Tomek, John Barbowski, Norm Cortney, Arnold Marcus, Mr. McKinney, Ken Sketchley. This year was Oakwood ' s first attempt at fielding a bantam football team. Mr. R. McKinney, the coach, prepared his boys for a season that would answer a lot of questions about the future of bantam football at Oakwood. The bantams had an exhibition game, a hard fought battle which ended in a 7-7 tie. Many of us still had no idea of how our team would com- pare with the others. Western was the first team to come to grips with our scrappy little bantam team. Our battlers made short work of the hopeless Western team, running through, over and around them and piling up a score of 26-0. Going into their second game the bantams had a lot of confidence, perhaps a little too much. The Jarvis team won 6-3 in a dramatic game in which the score seesawed up and down. A chance to get back came to the boys against as distinguished a football team as Harbord s. Harbord got a good trouncing, losing the game to Oakwood by a score of 12-0. Meeting Central Tech in the next game, the boys went right to work and posted a 2-6 victory. In the quarter finals, the bantams got a chance to reap sweet revenge for the other teams. Meet- ing Malvern on our field, they gained a hard fought9-0 victory, and an entry to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the farthest that an Oak- wood team had gotten in a good number of years, the boys met North Toronto, the defending cham- pions. The hard fought game, with North Toronto getting the breaks, ended with a 14-0 North Tor- onto victor -. Thus came to an end a season in which the coach and players can take great pride. 73

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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

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SENIOR BASKETBALL FIRST ROW: Bruce Gleeson, Al Ruben, Ted Pickles. SECOND ROW: Mr. McKlnney, Robbie Allen, Doug Price, Dick Beamish, Ion Ross, Ken Sketchley. Pre-season exhibitions did no justice to the quality of our seniors. All the pre-season games went down on the record of defeats. The boys lost five games. Still in their slump, the seniors were defeated 53-43 by Humberside. Sparked to life, they bounced back taking a • ' 56-.52 overtime victory from Harbord, and then Bloor went down by a score of 65-60, and clob- bering Central Commerce, their old enemies, by a score of 89-48. Meeting Parkdale in the last regular season game, the boys seemed to have lost some of their grip. The Parkdale team emerged victorious, win- ning the game 62-43. Meeting Jarvis in a home and home, total point series for the quarter finals, the Oakwood team lost the first game at Oakwood 52-41. This put Jarvis up 11 points on the series. The next game played at Jarvis was more like it. The sen- iors settled down to the tough game they knew they had to win. fiut though they tried hard, they went down to defeat. It was a good try. STRE-E-E-E-TCH 74