Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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14 THE ASHBURIAN BOLSHEVIK HOCKEY LEAGUES At the beginning of the Hockey Season it was decided to in- augurate a Bolshevik League, which would be composed of those who were too big for the Intermediates and not good enough for the Seniors. The teams were picked amid much exc itement, and later each chose a new sweater. On the opening day numerous trades of players affected the personnel of some of the teams. How- ever all disputes were settled, and the teams were as follows : — A B. C, D. Champions Hammond Macorquodale Rowley H. Smellie Rowley L Brooke Ritchie (Capt.) Ross (Capt.) Schlemm Grant Monk GilHes H. McDougall Mathias Whitcher Fensom Henderson Gillies L Gilmour Gale (Capt.) Brown (Capt.) Cooke Mr. Benson Scott Mr. Pattisson Menzies Woods Sherwood L Robertson Sherwood L McOuat Gait L Robinson MacBrien L Spence Mr. Van der Angus Byl Lang On the afternoon of Tuesday, January 28th, the league swung into action with A vs. C. After the first few games it could be seen that three teams were evenly matched, but D team was firmly placed at the head of the league. In the first couple of games, Gilmour, the hard-working D centre, placed himself at the head of the scoring column, where he remained for the rest of the season. The games were played on every possible afternoon, and attracted large crowds. Half-way

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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.

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THE ASHBURIAN 15 through the season D was still leading, followed by B and C, while A, having taken longer to get going, was not considered in the running. The weather at this point became mild, so that the last few games had to be abandoned. It was decided to play the finals at the Auditorium. After a complicated play-off system had been finished D team headed the league, having beaten both B and C the two runners-up, in two very hard fought and even games. By this league much promising material was unearthed. Great credit is due to the referees, who made the games a pleasure, instead of a menace to life and limb as in former years. -B. R. The final standing was : — Team P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. D. 6 5 1 0 41 18 10 B. „ 6 3 2 1 23 30 7 C 5 3 2 0 27 21 6 A. 7 0 6 1 21 39 1 The leading scorers were : — Name Goals Ast. Pts. Gilmour D 35 5 40 Gillies L C 12 2 14 Ritchie C 9 2 11 Schlemm B 3 9 Henderson B 7 2 9 Mr. Pattisson D 6 2 8 INTERMEDIATE HOCKEY On February 19th, the Second and Intermediate teams went down to Brockville to play St. Alban ' s School 1st and 2nd VI respectively. The ice was in bad condition owing to the recent thaw but a well contested game took place, leaving St. Alban ' s School victorious 3 — 1. The Intermediate team were rather smaller than their oppon- ents, which placed them at a disadvantage in view of the condition of the ice, but St. Alban ' s deserved to win if only for their superior combination. The score was 4 — 1 in their favour. The following represented Ashbury : — 2nd VI. — Goal: Robinson; Defence: Perodeau, Stanfield ; For- wards : Fauquier II, Coristine II, Gait II ; Spares : Ritchie, Mathias, Hart, Schlemm, Symington. Int. VI. — Goal : Boyd ; Defence : McGuckin, Evans ; Forwards : Palmer, MacCarthy I, MacCarthy II ; Spares : Hammond, Calder.