Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASH BU RI AN 29 JUNIOR SCHOOL HOCKEY THANKS to the kind co-operation of the Principals of Rockcliffe and Eastview Pubhc Schools we were able to form a triangular league which gave our Junior skaters plenty of hockey. Many hard fought games were played and though we tied some, we, alas! were unable to pull off a victory. W c did, however, get lots of good experience which should stand us in good stead next season. Our weakest point was undoubtedly the inability of the team, almost without exception, to shoot; but for this failing our season might have been much more successful. We look forward to the continuance of this league next season. SKI FIELD THIS season there was a large turnout for the skiing field, and it can be safely said that good times M ' ere enjoyed by all who spent many pleasant days on the white slopes of the park and on the steeper hills of Camp Fortune, where the more skilled and adventurous found greater excitement. Under the watchful eye of Mr. Polk, the field master, and of the captain, Scott Price, there were no mishaps or accidents— beyond a few broken skis and poles. Our most sincere thanks must be given to Mr. Wright for his welcome encouragement to the team, and for his securing the services of Mr. Ian Fripp for several weeks as a coach for the team. Under the latter ' s teaching many mistakes were corrected, and our standing in the Interscholastic ski meets was appreciably raised. On January 30th our ski team, consisting of Price, Brownlee, Denney, Hampson, and Ross, left for the Seignory Club where they competed in a two day meet for the Dunning Trophy. The boys were well received and were carried off to the club in horse-drawn sleighs. Saturday found the team racing over the five mile cross country trail. In this no individual from Ashbury came first, but a sixth place out of the nine teams entered was obtained, and Hampson must be given great credit for his good work. On Sunday the slalom and downhill were held under perfect snow conditions. In the downhill, Scott Price placed fourth, two tenths of a second behind the winner. On the slalom slopes we also found our captain with an eighth place out of the forty-five competitors. The combined standing for the entire meet was seventh place and here at least we enjoyed some measure of satisfaction in coming out ahead of our rivals, L.C.C. Due to adverse climatic conditions in February the meet with B.C.S., held annually at Hill Crest in North Hatley had to be post- poned for a week. For this reason the ski team did not leave until the last week in February. The boys were well received in Lennoxville by

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THE ASHBURIAN 31 Tony Price, ex-captain of the Ashbury team, and this year ' s captain of the Bishop University team. In spite of a bhnding snowstorm our boys put on a good show. Ross, who was on the team for his second year, won the slalom. Price came first in the downhill, followed by Ross who tied for second place with Campbell of Bishops. Up in the Gatineau they also showed their skill on the trails. There were several interscholastic meets in which the team showed up quite well. In the Junior cross country Ashbury placed third, a mere point and one half behind Glebe who placed second. To be nosed out by such a small margin was a great disappointment to the team, who had tried so hard. The team showed up well in all these meets by its hard and steady work. The spirit of the ski-team was always high, and each meet was eagerly awaited. Every member of the team did his best at all times, and skiing was one of the most successful sports at Ashbury this season. BOXING THE annual boxing tournament opened on March 8th, 1948, with the first round of the preliminary bouts starting at 4.00 p.m. The first bout, between Baer and Scott III, was quite a good one but both contestants got quite flustered at times and seemed to forget their previous boxing instruction— won by Baer on points. The second, between Echhn and Ross II, was rather slow and not very scientific, with the decision going to Ross II on points. The third scheduled bout, between Denney II and iMcCallum went to Denney by default, due to the absence of McCallum. The next bout, between Maxwell and Shaw, proved rather one- sided as Maxwell put on an exceptionally good demonstration of both boxing and sportsmanship, easily defeating Shaw and yet not taking advantage of his undoubted superiority. This was followed by a rather wild exhibition of aimless swinging between Novakowski and Dillon who both apparently completely forgot all they had been taught about boxing, with the judges deciding in favour of Novakowski. Wells II and Sobie H put on quite a good bout with the judges awarding the decision to Sobie II on points. Baskerville II and Scott II did very well, and although Baskerville was at a disadvantage in reach, this was nullified by Scott changing his stance, with the result that Baskerville was able to score a big enough point margin to get a unanimous nod from the judges. Younger I outpointed Gilbert in a mild bout by making good use of his left hand and extra reach. The best bout of the first round of the prelims, was between