Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 25 BOXING TTN URING the year there was little boxing but in the annual tour- nament on May 13th there was a considerable amount of ability and gameness shown. Eight bouts were fought and Woollcombe House won a fairly comfortable majority to take the 15 points awarded for boxing in the competition for the Wilson Shield. To this writer, the most interesting bout of the evening was that between Scott and Paterson in the Intermediate Middleweight divi- sion. It was a thriUing hard-hitting fight all the way with Paterson emerging the winner of the Ashbury College Cup, and also the E. C. Grant Cup for ringcraft. In the first fight of the evening MacCordick outpointed Finlay II, but the latter although considerably smaller put up a good fight and the decision was fairly close. This fight was in the Junior Light- weight for the Chester Master Cup. In the Intermediate Lightweight class, Kenny eked out a nar- row win over Grant II in a cleverly fought bout to take the Edwards Cup. For the Ashbury College and Fauquier Cups, both awarded to Senior Lightweights, Brownlee gained a well-earned win over Nay- lor I to take the former, while Van der Voot gained the latter by vir- tue of a T.K.O. over Dreyfus, whose teeth band split, cutting his lip badly. . . , . j In the Junior Heavyweight class for Ashbury College Cup, Mul- ligan showed too much hitting power for Cotter and gained a fairly easy decision. Thomas outlasted Hamilton in the Intermediate Heavyweight class to win the Evans Cup for the second time. In the final bout of the evening Clark gained a unanimous de- cision over his heavier opponent, de Sosa, punishing him with hard blows to the body, and managing to avoid the latter ' s vicious rights. It was a good evening ' s entertainment and our thanks go to Major Woods, who was coach and referee, the boxers themselves, and last, but not least, the other officials.

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2f THE ASHBURIAN CROSS-COUNTRY T N the annual cross-country races, held this year on May 4th, Connaught gained a 13 point majority, to win the ev6nt fairly easily and giving them a dangerous lead in the Inter-House compe- tition. The Senior Race saw a most exciting finish by Howie Clark, who overtook Robertson in the last few yards to win for Woollcombe by one second in the time of 25.21. However Robertson, Brown and Kenny, all of Connaught, took the next three positions. Indeed in all four races, Connaught won two of the first three places. Heney II, a boy who should make a name for himself as an ath- lete here won the Intermediate race comfortably with a time of 21.13, with Nesbitt and Earl placing second and third respectively. Grant II beat a large entry in the Junior Race to win easily in 12.09, with Chisholm coming second and Cullwick third. The Under 11 Race featured another thrilling finish, Sobie II edging McCracken by one second, with McDowell not far behind. Thousands cf people who smile at the illusions and dreams of youth, are wasting the vigour of manhood in pursuing the equally un- substantial and far less beautiful shadows of wealth and station and pride. I can do as I like , cries the fool who forget? if ever he knew, how little choice there is in life.