Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 17 The shriek of the whistle is heard from afar, The peace of an afternoon to mar, While from the big rink ' s snowy border May be viewed a scene of wild disorder. A timorous cozvering referee Is the centre figure of a group of three ; The other two zvith stocks on high, Revile each other to the sky. The rival teams zvith taunts and oaths Azvait once more the signs to close — The dropping of a round black puck. The players start to run amuck. The whole idea of the game is gone, But the thirst for blood still lingers on. Until at length, the others prone, The goalers face it out alone. An easy shot — just one, no more — Along the ice, and the game is o ' er. A goaler retires, covered zvith shame. Need I mention that goaler ' s name? — Somniosus. SECOND TEAM, The School played S. Alban ' s at Brockville on February 13th and were beaten 3-4 after a good game. The first period was fairly evenly contested and it was not until near the end that Loomis scored for S. Alban ' s. The lead was short lived as Coris- tine went through almost at once and scored for the School. In the next period each side scored once, Elwood and Coristine showing good combination which resulted in the former ' s equal- izing the score. The Ashbury back checking was weak in the third period and Loomis was twice allowed to penetrate the de- fence single handed and put S. Alban ' s two goals ahead. Ash- bury tried hard to reduce the deficit and in the last few minutes of the game Gilmour scored our final game. The School side all played sound hockey though there was no outstanding performer, and they undoubtedly lost the game during the early part of the third period when the defence temporarily went to pieces. Ashbury was represented by the following: — Garvock, Gilmour, Guthrie, Perodeau, Coristine 1, Elwood.

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16 THE ASHBURIAN scored for Dominion. In the closing minutes of the game Stanfield added to the score bringing it up to five. Line-up : — Ottawa — Gilmour, goal ; Guthrie, Rowley, defence ; Smellie, centre ; MacCarthy, Campbell, wings ; Ewart, spare. Dominion — MacBrien, goal ; Stanfield, Bates I, defence ; Southam, centre ; Fauquier, Bates II, wings ; Thomas, Elwood, Kelly, spares. In the second round Dominion beat Montreal 3-2. Again Dom- inion had the stronger side on paper but they had to work hard for their victory. Two twenty minute periods were played. In the first period Montreal seemed afraid to leave their own blue line so that Dominion had most of the play. T. Bates opened the scoring when he netted a rebound. Shortly afterwards L. Bates put Dominion further ahead. Towards the close of the period Pero- deau, who was seizing his opportunities of shooting, beat MacBrien with a low shot from the wing. In the second period Montreal attacked more and had a large share of the game. They well deserved the equalizing goal which Craig scored. The goal itself was a lucky one as MacBrien swept it in as he was getting up after falling to save. Both teams worked hard for the deciding goal but neither could score and the game went into overtime. After four minutes of overtime Southam scored with a good shot from the wing while Beardmore was serving a penalty. Line-up : — Montreal — Robinson, goal ; Ritchie, Craig, defence ; Beardmore, Gausden, wings, Coristine ; centre, Perodeau. Dominion — MacBrien, goal; Bates I, Stanfield; defence, Fau- quier, Bates II; wings, Southam, centre; Elwood, Thomas, Kelly, spares. BOLSHEVIK HOCKEY There were several attempts at Hockey this year. Some of the more advanced students could stand up, a nd the number of pucks found in Lindenlea is evidence of the shooting powers of some of the players.

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18 THE ASHBURIAN The return game was pla,yed in Ottawa at the Auditorium on March 2nd. This proved quite an exciting encounter and even- tually resulted in a drawn game though shortly after the third period Ashbury was leading 4-1. Again the defence temporarily went to sleep and S. Albans put on three goals without response. The following represented A.shbury : — Forbes, Gilmour, Guthrie, Perodeau, Coristrne 1, Elwood, with MacBrien 1 as spare. INTERMEDIATE TEAM. The School pla}ied S. Alban ' s at Brockville on February 13th, immediately after the Second Team game and was success- ful, v3-l. Ashbury were certainly the more finished side and MacBrien 1, who scored all three goals, turned in a good game. Fauquier 11, and Kelly also played well and materially helped their side to win. The following represented Ashbury : — ■ Forbes, MacBrien 1, Thomas, Fauquier 11, Coriistine 11, Kelly, with Powell 1, McGuckin, Brodie 11 as spares. The return game was played in Ottawa in March and result- ed in a win for Ashbury bv 2-1 after a level game. The following represented Ashbury : — Robinson, Ritchie, Thomas, Symington, Bonnar, Kelly, with Henderson, McCarthy 1, Powell 1, Brodie 1 as spares. Two games were played with the Minto Club Juniors, in Avhich the teams were limited by weight, Ashbury losing one and drawing the other. JUNIOR AND JUNIOR INTERMEDIATE HOCKEY. The following matches were played : — JUNIORS vs. SELWYN HOUSE. Played at Montreal, Friday, February 15th. Each member of the team played really well, but collectively, they were beaten by the unaccustomed size of the rink. We were undoubtedly