Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN Sl ever, it was apparent that our opponents were to carry the game. They made three touchdowns, converting one, before Andy XYclls plunged over, after a march down the field by Ashbury, to make our only major score of the afternoon. L.C.C. then kicked another point and in the last minutes ofthe game made a converted touchdown. The final score was 23-6. ROYAL MILITARY COLLlQGli GANIIQ This year, on November l, we again played R.Al.C., wc were no match for the cadets, as they marched to a 32-l victory in excel- lent weather conditions. Ashbury opened the scoring with a single by Hart in the early minutes. By quarter time R.Al.C. had scored a con- verted touchdown on a buck by XlacLellan after a long drive. In the second quarter a rouge and another converted touchdown put the Cadets ahead 13-l at half time. A steady drive by Ashbury was stopped deep in the Cadets' end when the School fumbled, and by three quarter time, R.M.C. added a field goal and a T.D., the latter when an alert cadet picked up a fumble of an R.Nl.C. kick. The final T.D. was on a pass late in the fourth quarter. The Cadet quarterback McCarthy was the star of the game, his shifty broken field running providing much excitement. For the losers, Tony Holland's tackling, Ned Rhodes' passing, and Don Gamble's plunging stood Ollt. OLD BOYS GAME Audacity was the key-note from the start. After preliminary cat- calls and cheering in the traditional manner of Bronxville, the School kicked off to Pritchard who ran the ball back to the OB. -I-0. Then. on a quick play, he dropped back and heaved a neat but apparently not unexpected pass into the arms of Gill who trotted quietly over from the School 15. XYith the missed convert, the score was 5-0 for the Old Boys after some 20 seconds of play. School chose to receive the kickoff and, by sensible plunging against a somewhat disorganized O.B. defence, worked the ball up to their opponents' 15. From here Gamble shook a tackler or two loose and galumphed over to make the score 5-5. Hart's attempted convert by placement hit the upright a resounding blow. Old Boys received and, with some forceful charging by Patterson, Gills and E., and Pritchard, made three first downs and found them- selves in possession on the School 3 yard line. Gill lf. tried a quarter back sneak and made 2 yards 2 feet and could well be seen at the bot- tom of the heap working the ball over with his nose. However he was caught and sentenced by his captain to another sneak which this time was successful. Pritchard passed to Gill who took the hcadlinesinans

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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-

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32 THE ASHBURIAN bet that he would miss the catch after he had caught it and had to be satisfied with the one point. Score was thus brought to 11-5 in the GB. favour. The battle seesawed fairly evenly with the Old Boys gaining ground on the runback of Hart's booming kicks with Zilberg in the novel slot of catching half. But his self-appointed role as sleeper was not recognized by his captain McKinley or passer Pritchard, while Gill J. had picked up a private eye in the shape of Matthews. Old Boys were again successful in working the ball up the Held by brute strength plus a beautiful end run, reminiscent of Argos in the thirties. CAuthor's Note: an END RUN for the benefit of spectators and coaches in the 1950's was a thrilling gromzd-gainivzg play now fallen into desuetude as containing no forward pass.j Quarter Gill E. and backs Patterson, Gill J., and Pritchard all handled the ball and together made about 30 yards. A play or two later, Gill took a pass from Pritchard almost on the goal line and scored standing up, and with Pritchard's successful placement almost as the whistle blew for half time the score stood at 17-5 for the Old Boys. School then pulled itself together a bit and, on good ground plays by 1Vells, Gamble, and Hart were again in scoring position. Disdaining a shot for three points at 3rd down on the 15 with 2 to go, Hart plunged wide and over and Rhodes converted by placement to bring the score to 17-ll. Age should now have been beginning to tell with the veterans in the O.B. squad but, apart from old gaffer McKinley who was pooped from tying up his laces when he changed, there was no letup in the OB. drive and once again Gill plunged over from five yards out. The attempted placement was a picture play, as the sports editors have it: a bad snap by Sinclair gave Gill E. no chance to hold it for Pritchard so he began dodging around looking for an eligible receiver the while. None being handy, he began an end run and, being trapped, lateralled to Pritchard who by this time had got the general idea. So had the school line, and no convert resulted. The score was now 22-11 at which point it remained for the duration. Mention must be made of the interesting Ochoa L. experiment - evidently one of those Connaught House plays. In a sepulchral voice Cobviously planned to convulse the O.B. linej Rhodes called the Algebra and Uchoa presented himself by his elbow to take the hand- out or handoff or whatever name it goes by. But each time, a reception committee of Old Boys in the shape of Hart C. and McKinley Ctotal- ling a modest 395 lbsj was there to help and waltzed him back gently into the arms of his fellows to the lively ILIIICS of Nlr. Brain's whistle. All in all, a good, hard, fast-moving game and a richly deserved win for the Old Boys, their second since 1945.