Brentwood College School - Brentonian Yearbook (Mill Bay, British Columbia Canada)

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Brentwood College Magazine Boxing S the long evenings and wet winter days set in, boxing was resorted to at the College as being the ideal sport to keep us physically fit and to afford in the future an unlimited amount of fun to performers and onlookers. As was to be expected, as soon as the word was mentioned, practically every boy in the school enlisted as a prospective boxer. As we only possessed one vol- unteer instructor, it looked as if he was going to have a fairly hard time. How- ever, after a couple of initial lessons, the mass of the unwary beginners who had rushed in with the hope of stepping straight into the ring and slogging at one another soon discovered that there is much to be learnt before mastering the noble art and that boxing is a sport in which the inexperienced are quickly and unmer- cifully punished for their rashness. The boxing lessons were regularly attended by some twenty boys who were given individual instruction in the various moves. As practically all the boys were beginners, progress was naturally slow, but by the end of Lent Term quite a num- ber of the best pupils had reached the stage where they were ready to meet op- ponents of their class. Among our most promising candidates for the ring we may mention Curtis, Miller, Wilson mi., de Pencier, Roome, Coleman ma., Coleman mi., Field, Clist, Bell, Scott-Moncrieff, Forsyth and Williams. With the advent of the Fall Term we hope to be able to stage periodical bouts and give our beginners a chance of displaying their fighting qualities. Our newly formed pupils will also be valuable in training and imparting a taste of this noble art to a probable host of new comers. Page Nineteen

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Brentwood College Magazine CREER: Rather slow in thought, but has improved considerably and did well for his side at the end of the season. An unreliable kick; should practise. COLEMAN mi.: A new player who has done very well and on several occasions rilled a vacancy on the 1st XV. FARRER: A very sound wing thre e-quarter; is equally good in attack and defence. HALL: Worked hard and did well in spite of a lame foot — seemed to lose keenness as the season advanced. HASKAMP: A young player of all-round ability; played a hard, steady game through- out the season. HENDERSON: His first year ' s rugger, but he has been remarkably quick to learn and is now a valuable inside three-quarter — kicking is as yet very weak. HOPE: A sound, hard-working forward, and one of our few good kicks. Has also proved to be a reliable full back. LECKIE: Uses his weight to advantage in the scrum and dribbles well. His game will improve if he will tackle low and learn to kick. MONEY: A forward whose hard work has been rewarded by a marked improvement in his game; has shown flashes of brilliancy in taking the ball down the field at his feet. MORSE: A very fast wing three-quarter; must learn to take a pass when going at top speed — he will then be a difficult man to stop. A good full back, kicks and tackles well. PLAYFAIR: An inside three-quarter, excellent in defence; also gets away very well and is fast, but is sometimes weak in taking and giving passes. REDPATH: A persistently hard-working forward and one of our best men in the line out — must learn to kick. STIRLING: A steady player who knows the game well and follows up hard — lacks weight and speed. TAYLOR: A fast and capable stand-off half or three-quarter, very strong in attack, and if he will improve his kicking will be equally strong in defence. We are glad to observe that he is dropping the bad habit of running across. WILSON ma.: A good all-round forward, but owing to his youth lacks staying power. We look for improvement next season. Page Eighteen

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Brentwood College Magazine Golf Notes HE College has enough and suitable land for making a small nine-hole golf course, but, unfortunately for golf, enough ground to make two Rugby fields has been ploughed up for football. However, there is still sufficient for some six or seven holes. If the College decided to make a small golf course, it would necessitate some means of upkeep, when once completed. Moreover, the cows, which at present are allowed to wander over it at will, must be kept off if we want to have a satisfactory course. There would be for hazards only a few trees, fences and rocks on perhaps four holes, but even without a large number of hazards very good practice would be afforded and all golfers would have a pleasurable pastime, and would be very useful for our golf team. There is no doubt that it would be a popular amusement because before the tennis season began, when the course was in an extremely bad condition, there was always a large number of boys on the links after school. So far we have not been very successful in this branch of sport, for on Thursday, May 22nd, we played the Duncan team, and out of six matches lost all except two, one of which was won and the other drawn. The players said the trouble was the result of lack of practice — as, of course, every golfer does, but in this case I think it was quite truthful. The results were : Scott-Moncrieff ma. played A. D. Redford and won by 3 and 2. Hope played Dan Redford and drew the match. Money played Prevost and lost by 6 and 5. Scott-Mon- c rieft mi. played Duncan and lost by 7 and 6. Head played W. Powel and lost by 5 and 3. Phillips played Dickie and lost by 5 and 4. On Saturday, June 7th, the College golf team played at Uplands, with the following results : Scott-Moncrieff ma. played J. Savident and lost 1 down. Hope played W. A. R. Hadley and lost by 2 and 1. Money played Sheret and lost by 3 and 2. Scott-Moncrieff mi. played P. Austin and won by 1 up. Campbell played H. H. Beck and lost by 2 down. Thurston played A. D. Macdonald and lost by 6 and 4. Once again our golfers suffered defeat, and this time even worse than at Duncan. The only match we did not lose was won by Scott-Moncrieff mi. In this case as in the former, we suffered badly from want of practice, which was probably the chief reason for our failure. Besides, to all but Money, Uplands is a strange course, which makes good play difficult even when one is in the best of form. However, we enjoyed ourselves very much, and hope to be able to have a return match soon. Golf at Uplands Page Twenty