Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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FIRST FOOTBALL Back roar: XY. E. Slattery. Esq.. j. N. Shurly. A. D. Livingston. D. L. .Xlatthews E. N. Rhodes. P. G. Gilbert. Third rox: R. I-I. Perry. Esq.. G. R. Barr, O. Ochoa, L. Oehoa. G. Nueman. j. A. Holland, D. Al. T. lYiddrington. D. A. C. Hore. T. XY. Lawson. Fsq. Second roar: K. A. Kingston. L. Xl. Killaly. j. S. Irvin. XY. L. C. Hart fCaptaini. D. YY. H. Gamble. A. B. Wells. AY. Al. Hogben Front ro-tr: j. B. XYedd. F. Yeissid. F. XY. Baer. A. Besson. XY. H. Clark. win. Laurie Hart kicked our two singles, Howie Clark making the key tackles. FIRST BISHOPS GAME On a bright October day Ashbury met her old rival Bishops Col- lege School at Lennoxville for the first of her annual encounters. In the first quarter the School started ofi with her usual determination but by the end of the first fifteen minutes the score stood at: Bishops 10 Ashbury O. lt seemed that each good gain which the School made was returned with a better one by the Bishops squad. ln the second quarter the team started well again. with several good runs by Hells and Gamble. However. after a costly' fumble by

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if aaaeaiddi x X 4 A ' 8'- A. Y -f . RUCJBX - 6.-5 5 HR team this year lacked suf- T 4 ficient power in every depart- A - ' ment. Only one member of last I ,Aj vear's first string was back, and only ,XT ' , . sr al- - nu 0, four members of the J1 squad. Une t P ' . .imh x third of the team was playing its Hrst X vi. nm year of football. We were virtually a junior team in senior competition. The Headmaster himself, before the season began, expressed appre- hension at the necessity of playing our traditional rivals, lacking the two essentials, power and experience, we were outscored and out- played in most of our games. But I will say this about the team this year: we were never beaten in the true sense of the word. The players consistently ignored the score, and played their hearts out for sixty minutes every game. There were no excuses about scores, no ifs or would haves , none was needed. Their sense of fair play and sports- manship could never be questioned, and at all times they were a real credit to our School. THE LISGAR, CARLETON PLACE, AND NEPEAN GAMES Uur first organized scrimmage was against our old rivals, Lisgar, who came out tfn the top end of a 17-O score. We were unable to cope effectively with their end sweep. Andy Hells' brother starred for Lisgar. But the following week we visited Carleton Place, and after a hard game, emerged with a happy 6-2 victory over a team that went on to an undefeated season in its league. In that game, George Barr ran a reverse for a thirty yard touchdown, converted by Ned Rhodes, and Andy XYells and joe Irvin broke away for some sizeable gains. Kingston and Hart played well on the line. But the outstanding performance was that of Tony Holland, whose tackling was superb. The Carleton kicker, Finley, starred in a losing cause. The following Thursday we were visited by Nepean High School, whose end sweeps, like those of Lisgar, led them to a 12-2

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SU THE ASHBURIAN Ashbury and an excellent pass by Bishops the score stood at Bishops 16, Ashbury O. The School kicked off to Bishops after the half and Bishops boys put on a crushing display to put Price over for a T.D- after only 6 plays. After this touchdown the School got back on her feet and with excellent tackling by Holland and Clark, managed to hold Bishops from any further scoring in this quarter. In the final quarter the Bishops team scored twice again, but the School looked much less ragged and a lot more confident. Hells, Gamble and Shurly did well offensively with Clark, Hart, Rhodes and Holland doing the bulk of the tackling. Final score: Bishops 33, Ashbury 0. SECOND BISHOP'S GAME On Saturday morning, October 18, a smooth functioning, well ba- lanced team from B.C.S. won its fifth straight victory of the sea- son, over a game but outclassed Ashbury team, by a score of 29-7. Early in the first quarter a Bishops sleeper caught the Ashbury tertiary fiatfooted, and Turnbull went over standing up, Oscar Ochoa block- ing the attempted convert. By quarter time, Bishops had rolled to another T.D. on a plunge by lineman Shirley XVoods, converted by Pratt with a drop kick. Early in the second quarter, Ashbury quarter- back Bill Baer, calling rapid signals, caught the Bishops defence off- balance, and Ashbury rolled down the field on successive plunges by Matthews, Gamble, and Hart, till Gamble finally carried over from the three yard line, Killaly converting. This was the Hrst time this season that the Bishops team had had a touchdown scored against it. By half time, Southward retaliated for Bishops on a reverse to make the score 17-6. Ashbury started the second half strongly, and soon scored a rouge on a kick by Laurie Hart, Baer and Gamble making the tackle. Bishops then struck back, MacDougall making a great run around end to score a converted T.D., and Roger Hart carried over from the three yard line just before three-quarter time for another converted major. In the fourth quarter Ashbury pressed the visitors, but were held on the five yard line after a determined drive. It was a clean hard-fought game throughout, in perfect weather conditions. There were no individual stars for Bishops, who fielded an extremely well balanced team. Outstanding for Ashbury were the plunging of Gamble, and the all round two way play of Captain Laurie Hart. LOXVER CANADA COLLEGE GAME On the crisp, clear Saturday afternoon of the Old Boys' week- end we met Lower Canada College of Montreal. Ashbury chalked up the first score on Harts kick for one point. From there on, how-