Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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12 THE ASHBURIAN ASHBURY vs. BISHOP ' S COLLEGE SCHOOL Played at the Forum, Mon., Feb. 24th. Draw 2 — 2. This game was played in three fifteen-minute periods. The first period was rather slow, both teams testing the goal keepers with long shots and waiting for a break. Ashbury opened the scoring when, with the Bishop ' s forwards down, L. Bates secured the puck, broke fast, and scored an unassisted goal. The second period was much faster. The Ashbury forwards indulged in good combination and went through a number of times, but erratic shooting marked what was otherwise good hockey. Bishop ' s played a more open game this period and Ashbury showed good back checking. L. Bates scored again for Ashbury and McLennan opened the Bishop ' s scoring. For the first ten minutes of the third period Ashbury pressed constantly but were pulled up on many occasions for skating ahead of the puck. With five minutes to go, an epidemic for rough play broke out amongst Ashbury and as a result the game was thrown away. Craig Bates n and Beardmore followed each other to the penalty bench in quick succession. Bishop ' s made the most of their opportunity and, with two minutes to go, Coristine skated down his right wing, circled the defence, and lifted the puck into the corner of the net. This ended the scoring. -J. R. P. ASHBURY vs. WESTMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL Played at the Auditorium, Saturday, March 1st. Ashbury 2. W.H.S. 0. The following is the account which appeared in the Montreal Standard on Saturday, March 1st: — The Westmount High School hockey team, which swept through the Montreal School League to score ten victories in as many starts, were defeated for the first time this year in an interesting exhibition game at the Auditorium today by Ashbury College, of this city, by a score of 2-0. It was the first meeting of the two teams for two years. On the, occasion of their last meeting they tied here with a 3-3 score. It looked as if it was going to be another tie game until the final period, when the home team swept through to score their two goals. There was plenty of excitement in all three periods and both goal minders turned in splendid games. Gilmour in Ashbury College cage was in sensational form. He robbed the visitors of goals in all three periods. The home team was in on Markham on a number of occasions in the first two periods, but were unable to bulge the twine till the final session. Markham had little chance to save either of the two goals, as the scorers were right in on top of him.

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THE ASHBURIAN 11 which brought the scoring to a close. L.C.C. sat back and played a defensive game for the rest of the period and the game ended 2—2. Line up — Ashbury : Goal : Gilmour ; Defence : L. Bates, T. Bates ; Forwards : Beard- more, Coristine, Smellie ; Subs: Craig, Fauquier, Thomas, Elwood. — D. M. W. ASHBURY vs. CLARKSON TECHNICAL COLLEGE Played at Potsdam, N.Y., Jan. 17th. Lost 3—1. The game was played in the Tech ' s open door rink and, although the weather was very cold, the game kept the interest of all, and the temperature was not noticed. Three twenty-minute periods were played. The puck see-sawed between the two goals, both tenders showing themselves at their best. ' Buzz Williams and Lou Bates were playing brilliantly, and the crowd of several hundred were on their feet. The second period opened with several rushes by the Clarkson men, and after six minutes ' play, I. Houston shot from a face-off and put the first goal of the game past Gilmour. The game was resumed with renewed vigor and several penalties — P. Donald and Lou Bates being put off for heavy playing. This period was featured by the excellent goal tending of Gilmour, who from 21 shots only passed one. Fifty seconds after the start of the 3rd period Williams scored a great unassisted goal after passing the entire Ashbury team. This had the effect of putting Ashbury on their mettle, resulting in a lovely, unassisted goal from Fauquier, who skated through the whole team. A half minute later Williams on a pass from R. Houston scored the final goal of the game. Ashbury tried hard and although they were able to break through the Clarkson defence, Easton, the home goalie, was too good for them. Much praise is due to Gilmour for keeping the score as low as it was. For Clarkson, Easton and Williams stood out, while the whole Ashbury team showed up well against their older and more ex- perienced opponents. Line Ups : — Ashbury — Goal :Gilmour ; Defence : Craig, L. Bates ; Forwards : Beardmore, Smellie, Coristine ; Subs : Elwood, Fauquier, Thomas, T. Bates. Clarkson — Goal : Easton ; Defence : Burk, Guest ; Forwards : Oonald, WilHams, and I. Houston ; Subs : R. Houston, Levia and Reneke. — D. M. W.

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THE ASHBURIAN 13 The first goal of the game came after two minutes of play in the last period. Fauquier, smooth-working Ashbury forward, raced through the West- mount team to score from close in with a hard drive. Eleven minutes later Smellie clinched the game when he took Lou Bates ' pass to beat Markham from close in. The game was waxed with ten penalties, most of which were handed out by Referee Fred Bartlett, of Ottawa, because of heavy body-checking. Lou Bates, rugged Ashbury defence star, took his share of the penalties by being sent to the cooler on four occasions. Tommy Riddell, youthful little centre ice star of the Westihount squad, was the outstanding player on the team. He played a hard, clean game with no penalties chalked against him, and was a constant threat whenever he was on the ice. His shooting was of a high order and he pestered a number of difficult drives at Gilmour. Stewart also worked well on the front line, while Webb and J. Riddell did their share of the work on the defence. Beardmore, Smellie, and Fauquier, were the pick of the Ashbury forwards while Lou Bates used his weight with reckless abandon on the defence. The line-up: WestmounT: Goal, Markham; defence, Webb and J. Riddell; centre, T. Riddell; wings, Brydson and Scofield. Subs: MacNeil, Stewart, Morgan and McMartin. Ashbury: Goal, Gilmour; defence, L. Bates and T. Bates; centre. Beard- more; wings, Smellie and Fauquier. Subs: Thomas Ellwood, Coristine, Craig and Perodeau. Referee: Fred Bartlett, of Ottawa. HOCKEY CHARACTERS L. Bates. — Best defenceman the school has had for some years. Pretty puck carrier. The team depended too much on his goal-getting ability. R. Craig. — Defence. Fastest skater on the team, but inclined to forget there are others who might score. T. Bates. — Good relief defence man. Knows the game and his position well. A. Fauquier. — Left Wing. Very neat, but inclined to be lazy. Watches his man well and gets a timely goal. E. Beardmore. — Centre. Good pivot man. Fine skater and scorer. Checks well with his stick but could use body well. P. Smellie. — Right wing. Tireless worker and persistent checker, but too hasty around the nets. L. Thomas. — Left. Wing. Good around the net, but doesn ' t spend enough energy checking. F. Coristine. Beautiful skater, but still unsteady around the net. Checking fair. E. Elwood. — Right wing. A neat player, inclined to do his shooting from long range. Could pay more attention to his cover. C. Perodeau. — Defence. Came into team late. Uses his body well. — B. G. B. Gilmour. — Goal. A keen captain with good judgment and a sound knowledge of the game. A brilliant goal keeper, whose keeping inspired confidence. —J. R. P.