Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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28 THE ASH B U RI AN off with us in high spirits. These increased when Dillon made a sensa- tional 5 5 -yard run for a touchdown. The convert was not successful. By half-time they had tied the score, and in the second half Mansur made a touchdown, but it remained unconverted. The climax of the game was when New Edinburgh threw a pass over the goal-line, and Dillon collided with the receiver as they were both running for it— both looking only at the ball. We were penalized for illegal interference by awarding them the points. They converted the touchdown to make the score at the end of the game 11-10 for them. ASHBURY vs LINDENLEA Second Game IT MAY truly be said, on looking from week to week in this case, that Lindenlea, by taking thought, had added a cubit to their stature. They beat us resoundingly by 13-5, our score being made by Dillon. ASHBURY vs NEW EDINBURGH Second Game WE HAD expected a tough battle, but their team seemed to be less organized and we beat them 11-0, our scores being made by Parsons and MacNeil. ASHBURY vs LINDENLEA Third Game WE GOT ahead in this see-saw battle between Lindenlea and our- selves, when we beat them 12-0, Cottingham scoring the first touchdown, and we were given the convert due to holding on the line by Lindenlea. Finlay II made the next touchdown, and a rouge was scored near the end of the game. ASHBURY vs NEW EDINBURGH Third Game NEW Edinburgh was extremely late shoM ng up, and to speed things up we lent them most of our subs, who stayed with them throughout the game. The first touchdown was made by MacNeil on a quarterback sneak— it was not converted. Then, later, Roberts intercepted a pass and ran 40 yards for a touchdown— also uncon- verted. However, Roberts often gave us anxious moments, and fumbled the ball by his loose ball-carrying methods. In the second quarter, Wharton intercepted a sleeper pass and within five minutes, Finlay had made a touchdown, which Sobie I converted for our first true convert of the season. In the last few

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THE SECOND FIELD RUGBY TEAM First row— left to right: Luyken, Roberts, MacNeil, Parsons (Captain), Sobie I, Dillon, Cottingham Second row: Lawson I, Finlay I, Scott I, Nueman, Wharton, Rosenberg Third row: Maxwell, Ross, Mann, Hart II, Nowakowski, Rhodes I Rear row: Eraser I, iMr. Powell SECOND FIELD RUGBY TEAM ASHBURY vs LINDENLEA First Game OUR first game of the season started off in a cold, drizzling rain, and our spirits suited the weather. We were brought out of our slump in the second quarter, when a pass by Mansur was caught by Parsons who ran for a touchdown. We did not make the convert. The game was marked by a fairly high standard of playing, with Parsons and Wharton making a good many tackles. We seemed to gain most of our yards on passes. So the game ended at 5-0 for us. ASHBURY vs NEW EDINBURGH First Game THE second game was against a much bigger, heavier, though less organized team. They had a few men who were much heavier than the heaviest of us. The weather was perfect, and the game started

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THE ASHBURIAN 29 minutes of the game, Roberts made another 4()-yard run but was stopped short. In the last few seconds we scored a rouge, making the score 17-0. ASHBURY vs BISHOP ' S OUR first game against Bishop ' s was rather a disappointment as we had started off with rather high hopes, only to be defeated 30-0. The superiority of the B.C.S. team was soon apparent, especially in the blocking and running, and in the fourth play of the game they scored their first touchdown. The Ashbury team played well, though, in spite of the score, but the opposition had evidently the edge on us at all times. One of the greatest differences we found in our two styles of play was the absence of huddles and the smoothness of their number calling system. So, taking this to heart, we spent the next week prac- ticing our own little system devised by A4r. Powell. On our next game we were greatly improved, and it was a very good game. They scored a rouge in the first quarter, but we tied it up quite soon. Then they got ahead with a touchdown and convert, climaxing a steady advance down the field. It was in the second quarter that the star play of the game was made for Ashbury. The ball was snapped to the quarterback and then for several seconds, no one knew who was supposed to take it or where. Jimmy Finlay took the initiative and the ball for a forty-yard dash down to the five- yard line, and we scored our touchdown on a quarterback sneak by Parsons. When we converted this touchdown, there appeared to be some hope, but this was dispelled by two more touchdowns for Bishop ' s. Another rouge by us left the score 17-8, but it was a very good game. The only serious injury was a broken wrist for one of the Bishop ' s players.