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

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Kneeling: Jim Grant, Gus Falcioni, Sid Ackerman (captain), George Dubinsky. Standing: Mr. R. Q. McKinney, Greg Swaluk, Izzie Horowitz, Doug Richardson, Fred Gentili, Bruce McCully (Mgr.) Absent: Chip Harper, Ed Bobot. Although Seniors opened the season as defending T.S.S.A.A. title-holders, they were somewhat of an un- known commodity. With only three players, Sid Acker- man, Gus Falcioni, and Eddy Bobot returning from last year ' s squad. Blues chances of winning another league crown were rather debatable. In the first league encounter, Oakers started slowly but nevertheless managed to overpower Humberside 42-46, Ackerman was the leading scorer with 21 points, Izzie Horowitz adding 17. Continuing their slow starting procedure, Blues next met Western Tech, whom they beat 69-60. The outstanding player in the game was Doug Richardson, who scored 21 points as well as grabbing 22 rebounds. Parkdale was Blues next victim as Oakers triumphed by the score of 66-55 in a fast moving game. Richardson and Ackerman headed the scoring card with 16 points apiece. Battling for first place Seniors then met Harbord. After the first few minutes there was little doubt as to the outcome. With Gus Falcioni, doing a tremendous defensive job on the opposition ' s leading scorer, Oakers walloped Harbord 68-45. Edy Babot notched 24 points to lead Blues. Oakers ran into foul trouble in the following en- counter as 3 regulars fouled out. They still managed to top Bloor 71-62 due mainly owing to Falcioni ' s excel- lent playmaking. Babot scored 24 with Horowitz adding 11 points and controlling the backboards with 18 rebounds. Rolling along merrily Blues edged Central Commerce 94-57 in a strong team effort in which they hit on 54% of their field goal attempts. Babot hoped 22 points, with George Dubinsky and Ackerman adding 21 each. In the following two weeks, Oakers clinched first place as they crushed Central Tech 77-41, Humberside 61-44, Western 72-33, and Parkdale 72-56. For the Blue and Gold, it was their second consecutive undefeated regular season. Danforth Tech provided the opposition in the quarter- finals, a two game total points affair. Blues bombed Teachers both times by scores of 90-60 and 88-77. In the second game, Ackerman totalled 40 points, the highest individual output by an Oaker in many years. The semi-finals saw Oakwood slated to meet Jarvis. Seniors immediately built a huge lead by downing their opponents 67-38. For the second contest of the series, Blues seemed to be bothered by the huge Jarvis gym. At any rate, they emerged with a narrow 42-40 win, their 33rd victory in a r ow. By now the finals were upon us, Oakwood meeting Harbord. As the game progressed, it was apparent that Blues had suffered a letdown in playing a team they had previously beaten so easily. Oakwood could not get untracked while Harbord had a hot shooting hand. Thus Harbord beat the Blue and Gold 56-46. Oakers hit on 24% of their field goal attempts, their worst average all season, but made 20 out of 24 foul shots. The amaz- ing feature of the game was that Blues lost by only 10 points in a game Harbord dominated. Congratulations to coach, McKinney, all-stars Gus Falcioni, Sid Ackerman, and honourable mention Eddy Babot, and the rest of the squad for a fine season. From the players; our deepest thanks to the best coach in the city, Mr. McKinney, Oakwood! You have a coach to be proud of. 91

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JUNIOR BASKETBALL Kneeling: Alan Sternberg; Robert Pinkerton; Ken Shulman, George Cervoni; Mike Seguin. Standing: Mr. Wilson, Marty Vaivado; Ted Farr; Pat McCabe; Joe Hauth; Allan Hedderwick; Jack Arbus (Mgr.) With a squad of twelve, including nine rookies and three veterans, the junior team undertook to make a good showing in the basketljall circuit. The campaign started at home against Humberside. With Pat McCabe leading the way with 20 and 10 each for oJe Houth and Allan Hedderwick, Oakwood won 57-45. The next game was also at home with Western Tech supplying the opposition. The final score was 52-34 for Oakwood with McCabe scoring 13, Frank Pitcher 14, and Houth 7. The third game was played at Parkdale were the baby Oakers with a great come from behind in the final quarter won 51-41. McCabe and Houth led the way with 21 and 12 points respectively. The fourth game, for first place in the western division turned out to be a disappointment. Harbord won 62-46. In the fifth game Bloor met Oakwood with a final score of 49-35 for Oakwood led by McCabe and Houth with 16 and 14 points respectively. Still in full fHght Oakwood defeated Central Com- merce with a score of 52-36. Ken Shulman came off the bench to lead Oakers with 11 points as did McCabe with his 11 points. The seventh game was the one which began Oakwood ' s slump. (A perennial nemesis to Oakwood ' s junior team.) With three of the first five-men out of the game owing to fouls the juniors went down to defeat to Central Tech losing by a score of 46 to 44. In the next game Oakwood lost another heart-breaker. In this thrilling game which went into overtime, Hum- berside won 46-45. Ted Farr at 17 and Houth at 15 contributed to this losing cause. In the worst game of the season for the baby Oakers the team went down to a smarting defeat of 53-29 for Western Tech. Houth had 11 points and McCabe 7 points. In the final game of the season, Oakwood played its best game of the season and trounced Parkdale 66 to 29. Leading the way in the scoring parade were McCabe with 20, Marty Vaivado with 12 and Sternberg with 11. In a playoff game to decide the fourth and last play- off position. Western Tech defeated Oakwood 48 to 45 to advance into the quarter-finals. The high men for Oakwood were McCabe with 20 and Farr with 11. And then there was an unsung rookie whose name hasn ' t been mentioned yet in this article — Mr. Wilson and, doesn ' t one think this coach would be discouraged by the showing his team made. No, of course not .One only has to come to the gym after school during basket- ball season to see a smiling coach, having fun playing ball and showing up his towering juniors. Hats off to Mr. Wilson this year for the championship he will win next year. This year the Bantam Basketball team, won the championship under the coaching of Mr. Whitewood. Much can be expected from them, as Juniors, next year. 90

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SWIM TEAM The words of that famous rat (what a pun!), Horatio Water in the Face, ' Tis better to have loved and won than to have lost at all, ring beautiful music to our water- clogged ears. When we beat Parkway, Castle Frank and Northern we felt as if we were walking on air (or rather, water). But, when we lost, we felt as if we were walking barefoot on nails (ten nails to be exact). You might think we were pretty conceited and that we probably got into hot water with the teachers, but at least we were clean. We didn ' t even demand that the Oracle have our picture with all our names in it, hint! hint! (Editor ' s Note: Sorry fellows, there is not enough advertising to cover expenses, hint! hint!). We had so much fun splashing in the water chasing butterflies with our frogs that some of us even splashed to the finals. These swimmers were Stewart Campbell, Don Wilson. Don Carr, D. Lee, and Allan Weiman. — All in all we brought in a first, second and third. A special note of congratulations belongs to Allan Weiman. He not only came first in the Bantam 50-yard breast-stroke, but he also broke the T.S.S.A.A. record for the event. In other words, Allan Weiman is the fastest Bantam in the record of T.S.S.A.A. swim-meets in the 50-yard breast-stroke. Congratulations Allan Wei- man. The most valuable swimmer awards for Bantam, Junior and Senior were given to Allan Weiman, Stuart Campbell and Peter Petzold, respectively. The team would like to thank the coach, Mr. Gorman, for his kind assist- ance during the season. You see! we aren ' t such a bad lot after all. I admit we don ' t know all there is in swimming from A to Z but we do know what happens in H to O . The Champs: Ail those who wish to be in the front row, raise their right hands. Compliments of FRANK SIMMON ' S MEN ' S WEAR 958 ST. CLAIR AVE. W. Telephone 535-3314 PRIME RESTAURANTS 940 St. Clair Ave. W. and 1575 Eglinton GOOD FOOD — FAIR PRICE Always Welcome! - M.U Get his wallet! I got his watch. La Vogue Credit Jewellers Ltd. NORM ' S BILLIARDS 952 St. CLAIR AVE. W. (OPPOSITE GARWOOD COLLEGIATE) Where You Meet Your Friends QUALITY, SERVICE 2 Air-Conditioned Rooms 10% DISCOUNT TO OAKWOOD STUDENTS 1355 St. Clair Ave. W. SHOWING STUDENT CARDS at Lansdowne 92