Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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12 THE ASHBURIAN ASHBURY vs. L. C. C. Played at the Forum, Saturday, February 16th. Won 2-0. This game, which was played in two twenty-minute periods, was a very good exhibition of hockey. Ashbury were determined not to have a repetition of Monday ' s game vs. B. C. S., and they made no mistakes in their combination or back-checking. L. C. C. who finished the season at the top of the Montreal league, were worthy opponents. Mickles and Gate- house always being dangerous when in possession of the puck. Fauquier, Southam, L. Bates and Smellie were outstanding for Ashbury, playing hard and scientific hockey. L. Bates opened the scoring midway through the first period. Bates stopped a Lower Canada attack at his own defence, eluded the opposition and scored with a hard shot that completely baffled Somerville. Lower Canada attacked time after time but on the few occasions when they got past the Ashbury forwards Bates and Stanfield forced them to shoot from the wings and Gilmour made no mistakes. Towards the close of the game the puck was put past Gilmour but the goal was declared offside. Two minutes before the end, Fauquier put Ashbury two goals up when he scored from a scramble in front of the goal. The referee was Frank Carlin. Line-ups : — Ashbury College — Goal, Gilmour ; defence, Stanfield and L. Bates ; center, Southam ; wings, Smellie and Fauquier ; subs, Craig, Beardmore and T. Bates. Lower Canada College — Goal, Somerville ; defence. Johnson and Gatehouse; wings, Carsley and Thomas; subs., Ebbit, Fraser and Burpee. ASHBURY vs. L. C. C. Played at the Auditorium, Saturday, March 2nd. Lost 1-2. Three fifteen minute periods were played. In the return game with L. C. C. -Ashbury were beaten 2-1. His Excellency, Lord Willingdon, faced the puck and stayed to watch a very closely fought game in which both teams showed considerable hockey ability.

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THE ASHBURIAN 11 Line-ups : — Ashbury — Goal, Gilmour ; defence, Stanfield, L. Bates; centre, Southam; wings, Smellie, Fauquier; subs, Gausden, Craig, Beard- more and T. Bates. M. H. S. — Goal, McCormick; defence, Armitage, Hilliard ; centre. Lamb ; wings, Carmichael, Morgan ; subs. Woo, Blachf ord and Kane. Referees : Savage and Rexford. . ASHBURY vs. BISHOP ' S COLLEGE SCHOOL. Plaved at the Forum, Monday, February 11th. Lost 0-1. The game was played in two twenty minute periods. Ashbury after the easy win on Saturday were very confident of the result of this game and it was this over-confidence, in part, which lost the match. Ashbury started playing fast hockey in a determined hunt for goals but they found the Bishop ' s defence a stumbling block, and after the first twelve minutes they could no longer maintain the attack. Bishop ' s had evidently been instructed to play a defensive game and wait for a break. They got their break after fifteen minutes play, the puck was shot from outside the defence and hit Bates. Bates seemed to be taken by surprise and instead of clearing or breaking away allowed a Bishop ' s man to recover the puck. A face-off followed immediately in front of goal from which Coristine netted the puck. For the rest of the game Bishop ' s played strong defensive hockev. As time went on Ashburv became over anxious and ex- pended their energy, of which they did not have as much as usual, on fruitless solo rushes which lacked all hockey science. Bates and Craig both had excellent opportunities to pass to uncovered wings, instead they tried to split the defence only to lose the puck. In the last two minutes of the game Ashbury who were improving a little nearly scored when Smellie rushed in to secure a rebound. Reed dived and fell on the puck just preventing a score. It was a disappointing exhibition of hockey in which no-one played anywhere near his usual form. Line-ups : — Ashbury — Goal, Gilmour ; defence, Stanfield, L. Bates ; centre, Southam ; wings, Smellie and Fauquier ; subs, Gausden, Beardmore, Craig and T. Bates. B. C. S. — Goal, Reed; defence, Duggan and Taylor; centre, Kenny ; wings, Riddell and Coristine ; subs, Drurv, Glass and Davis,

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THE ASHBURIAN 13 L. C. C. opened with a strong offensive and scored twice in the first seven minutes. Thomas, the right wing, shot from inside the defence ; the defence were slow clearing and Thomas followed up to put the rebound between Gilmour ' s legs as he fell. Shortly after- wards Gatehouse broke throug h the Ashbury team and skated right on top of Gilmour to score easily. Gausden took the puck down the wing and gave a well judged pass to Beardmore who made no mis- take with his shot. From then on two well matched teams fought hard with no further scoring. Somerville made many fine saves and showed himself to be a very finished goal-keeper. In the third period he made saves off Southam and Smellie in rapid succession which looked to be certain goals. Craig who was sent on in L. Bates ' place soon after the start filled his position well. Southam worked his poke-check at centre with skill and effectiveness, and every one did his share. Line-ups : — Ashbury — Goal, Gilmour; defence, T. Bates and Stanfield; centre, Southam; wings, Smellie and Fauquier; subs., Craig, Gaus- den and Beardmore. L. C. C. — Goal, Somerville ; defence, Gatehouse and John- son ; centre, Carsley ; wings, Thomas and Mickles ; subs., Fraser, Ebbitt and Burpee. ASHBURY vs. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOLS. Played at the Varsity Arena, Tuesday, March 5th. Won 5-3. This is the first time the Ashbury hockey team has been seen in Toronto and they gave a very impressive exhibition both in at- tack and defence. Two Twenty Minute Periods Were Played. U. T. S., the champions of the O. H. A. Junior Preparatory School group, have a very strong team and immediately started a fast offensive. Ferguson, the U. T. S. centre, initiated a ' number of dangerous attacks, two of which resulted in goals from McLean and Hendry respectively. Ashbury settled down quickly and checked Ferguson and WilHamson, the most dangerous U. T. S. players closely. Towards the end of the first period Craig sent in a hard well directed shot from outside the defence which ended in the corner of the net.