Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Front row: A. Pritchard. D. Lyon, R. Darby, XY. Lee, R. Kerr 2nd row: D. Graham, XY. Brownlee. j. Bladwin, B. Hcney. l. KlacI.arcn. CI. Cray -1 Srd row: R. Cherrfier, XY. Sudar, G. NY. Higgs. lfsq.. H. Nlclnnes. XY. Yates MQW XA Q FIRST HOCKEY I xg TEAM ji His season the First Hockey Team started with only a few members from last year's team. But under the able coaching eye of Lieut. Higgs. and from the interest shown by players. a well-balanced team was produced which improved steadily as the season progressed. At the beginning of the season a number of exhibition games were played against LaSalle Academy, Carleton College. and teams from the R.C.A.F. house league. All these games were helpful in gaining practice and experience for the team. Two inter-school games were scheduled against Lower Canada and Bishops Unfortunately, the l3ishop's game was cancelled due to a scarlet fever epidemic in Ottawa. The match with Lower Canada

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30 THE ASHBURIAN If you are making a trip, and crash, you must never leave your aircraft. For though the R.C.A.F. gives enough supplies for any emer- gency, yet there are plenty of jackasses who slip up in providing a 'plane. ln this case a man had been assigned the job of checking the emergency kit, and he had fallen down on the job. There were no axe, no sleeping bags, no emergency ration, no pocket compass, no machete. XYith proper equipment they could have built a cabin and lasted all winter if necessary. liveryone counted the days he had to live, being in direct pro- portion of the ammunition on hand. Capt. Custer said that in such times, one should enjoy one's last days, and should have something to fall back on, such as the Bible, poetry, and literature. He said that there were two important factors which helped them through the crisis, manners and religion. ln the way of religion, they had prayers twice a day, for the night and for the trail. Ultimately, however, religion is between the individual and God. Manners are important to everybody. Capt. Custer cited as his example Capt. Stirling-Hamilton. Capt. Sir Robert Stirling-Hamilton, who had had 33 years in the service of His Majesty's Navy, had taught them all manners through his own shining example, he had been the lubrication which kept their nerves from getting on edge, he had kept up the general morale. ln conclusion Capt. Custer quoted the following lines from Thackeray: XYho misses or who wins the prize Go lose or conquer as you can, But if you fall, or if you rise Be each, pray Cwod, a gentlemanf, Mr. Glass then got up and thanked Capt. Custer and Capt. Stirling- Hamilton. He said that there was little he could say, but that their speech had been both entertaining and salutary. He would dispense with cliches. Ashbury was grateful for a wonderful experience.

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32 THE ASHBURIAN was played in the Montreal Forum and proved to be an interesting and tightly played contest. Ashbury was minus sharp-shooting winger Doug Heney who was sidelined due to illness, and his presence was missed by the team. Goalie Bill Lee played outstandingly behind a hard-hitting defence and a shifty forward line. But L.C.C. had the edge in weight and experience and Ashbury ended up on the short end ofa 3 to 1 score. One match was played against the Old Boys. This game was enjoyable both from the point of view of the players and of the spec- tators. lt was a close, sea-saw battle all the way. XVhat the Old Boys lacked in condition they made up in hockey ability and roughness, and the game ended in a 6-4, score in their favour. The annual Inter-House Hockey game was a XVollcombe House victory. Most of the XVollcombe House team was made up of First Field members, and their experience and defensive style of play over- powered a valiant Connaught House sextet. Because the team was young, the season proved a valuable one in experience and knowledge. Next year we expect to have a large Jercentafre of this vear's team back and build a winnin team. l as . 3 JUNIOR SCHOOL HOCKEY HE 3rd Field Hockey team had a very successful season this year. In the three way league CSedbergh, Selwyn House and ourselvesb we succeeded in defeating Sedbergh both at home and away. Although our margin of victory was a fairly comfortable one, Sedbergh put up a good fight in both games. As Selwyn House also defeated Sedbergh in both games we were doomed to meet Selwyn House in a sudden- death game in Montreal for the championship. The play was scoreless right to the middle of the third period, when Selwyn House scored in a scramble in front of our net. On the whole the game was a tight, well fought battle. XVe had two games with our friendly rivals, Rockcliffe Public School. The first game we won 3-1. The second game was very excit- ing, being played in the Auditorium with the score 3-3 at the end of regular playing time and 4-4 at the end of overtime. A great deal of the success of our team was due to the excellent coaching and handling of the team by Col. Brine. Special praise must be given to such players as Dillon, .Nlaxwell Cwho was captainj, Sobie ll and Finlay ll for their great help to the team in paving our way to a successful season. ON.