Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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The Second Football Team y fe s- ' v 3 1 3 ,B il 3 tc tit . »n «F «?o J , 7 1 »: a?. V (JX ™ ' g fc •« !? ' I V . f: FRONT ROW: Yustin I, Bloemen I, Cheney, Hodge I, Webb I, Wetmore, Slattery II, Hodge II, Graham, Kolle, Van Tighem I, Hebert I. CENTRE ROW: Mr. Landry, Stuart II, Paterson II, Thomson II, Gudewill, Davies, Stewart I, Crosbie II, Stuart I, Mr. Manbert. BACK ROW: Morrison I, Withey, Moffat, McCarter, McKenzie, Smith II, Jackson II, To I, Bethell, Spongberg, Bourne. From the coaches ' point of view, this year ' s team, with a 3 win- 7 loss record, was a drastic change following two undefeated seasons. However, considering the fact that there were many rookies on this team, the season on the whole was a satisfying one, though at times a little frustrating. One of our main problems was that, due to a multitude of in- juries, we seldom entered two consecutive games with the same offensive unit; thus we lacked consistency, and despite a reasonable defensive effort, we were not often able to score enough points to defeat our op- position. At the onset of the season our of- fensive backfield looked fairly strong, but with the loss of Jim Slattery to ' mono ' and Rick Webb to a knee injury, we began to sputter and stall. Ferron Bethell played particularly well on oc- casion, but it was impossible for one man to do it all - we simply hadn ' t enough depth to produce a well-balanced backfield. IHHi

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Waterfield continued his fine kicking by adding a field goal. Disappointingly, late in the game, a kick which might have won us the game went out of bounds: however, we were happy with the tie. Our game against Ridley was the most exciting of the season in spite of the final outcome. An early off-tackle run by Michael Rosseel. the convert and a sub- sequent field goal by Waterfield gave us an early 10-0 lead. Ridley came right back with a long bomb ' to make the score 10-7. In the second quarter, Jay Burn, Michael Rosseel and Jamieson combined on the old ' hot-potato ' play to score another touchdown. Waterfield converted. Defensive mistakes and some good Ridley running led to two converted touchdowns by our opponents as they went ahead 21-17. Early in the fourth quarter Jamieson led a march downfield which culminated in a short drive over the goal line by Kerry Cantle. Waterfield ' s convert made in 24- 21. Again our opponents came right back and with about five minutes remaining in the game, they scored another touchdown and convert to move ahead 28- 24. Not to be outdone, Jamieson and Cantle moved the team downfield, but on a third and goal to go on the eight yard line, we were stopped cold by a good defensive play. Ridley then ran out the clock. Final score: Ridley 28, Appleby 24. During the last week of the season we played two games. On the Wednesday, we lost to Hillfield 6-1 in Hamilton. Our op- ponents were much improved since our first meeting with them earlier in the season, and we were both hurting with injuries and feeling uninspired. However when a team gets the ball inside its opponent ' s 15 yard line three times and only scores one point, it has no one to blame but itself! On the last Saturday of the season, we finally beat the Old Boys for the first time in seven years. Neil Jamieson, back at quarterback after a game ' s ab- sence, scored a touchdown on a short plunge and kicked two 7 f converts; Kerry Cantle scored the other major on an exciting play, a long pass from Jamieson after a double reverse. Jim Chalkley (who else?) scored for the Old Boys. Final score: Ap- pleby 14, Old Boys 7. Two weeks later the 1974 football season ended with a stag dinner at the Town and Country Restaurant in Toronto. The general consensus of opinion by all present was that in spite of the mediocre 4-4-1 season, the spirit, cooperation and en- thusiasm amongst the players had been very high, and that the ubiquitous cry of Wait till next year did not seem so hollow or jaded. W.D.R.S.

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t r £ Quarterback Jim Wetmore, who is to be congratulated and thanked for the leadership that he displayed throughout the season, now realizes the frustrations endured by coaches on occasion. Without good blocking, otherwise good and successful plays do not work, and we were very weak in this respect. Paul Crosbie was the only offensive lineman with any experience, and this fact was a fearsome obstacle to good play execution. On defense, we were also plagued by injuries, evidenced by the fact that in ten games we had no less than four defensive captains! We were particularly vulnerable on the corners, since a variety of cornerbacks found it difficult indeed to withstand the blocking and shut off end sweeps. The Hodge brothers played particularly well at middle and right guard, as did Mike Cheney at a variety of line positions. Matthew Yustin, Brian Smith and Graham Kolle did a good job in the interior positions, and the latter, a rookie, showed perhaps the best progress on the defensive squad. We were ' bur- ned ' on occasion by missed pass coverages in the secondary, with obviously diastrous results. The so - called ' rubber band ' defense held on occasion, but at times it unfortunately snapped with an overwhelming ' twang ' . On final comment - football is a game that is not only played with muscle and fibre, but also with a certain amount of intelligence. Too often we were offside or did not give yards on a third down kick or clipped or GAVE yards on a kick-off or moved before the ball was snapped, etc., etc. These are things which should already be known by the time a lad plays football at this level. To sum up, although we had too few good moments and many trying times, everyone did his best, and in the long run this is of no slight importance. - .: a id i a ; ' Mj£] w rn:»:n.l -?« jjfe •.-.-. aim mill v 1 ' ' auv °. :l . ' -°