Burlington High School - Rarebits Yearbook (Burlington, Ontario Canada)

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RAREBITS 45 ni IBYWRTKINSDN. Magis' Athlviziua Ezwkrilmll CLARKE MANNING, IHA Boys' basketball enjoyed a success- ful year in good old B. H. S. in spite of the fact that we were represented only by a Junior team. Although no Senior team was turned out, this was by no means due to lack of interest, but can be attributed to the scarcity of senior material. To start with, we had a lucky break. Waterdown did not enter a Junior team, and so Dundas remained the only other team in our group. In our first game against Dundas, played at Dundas, we were defeated by the margin of one point. We were not particularly worried, however, because we had not had much prac- tice. From then on we showed our superiority. We easily beat them on our own floor in the first return game. On February 2nd we again journeyed to Dundas. This was the critical game. The Group Championship de- pended on it. If we could pull out a win it meant that we had to defeat them only on our own floor, and of that we were practically assured. Once the game started, it was fast and fu- rious throughout. Finally, when the smoke cleared, we found ourselves victors by the score of 26-22, We de- feated them in the last game of the series on our own floor, although on the occasion they fought hard and made the score close. With the group championship ours, we found that Thorold High School stood between us and the champion- ship of the Niagara district. The first game at Thorold ended disas- trously for us. Although we fought hard, their greater weight and expe- rience gave them a safe lead of ten points for the return game. As ex- pected, they again defeated us, this time on our own floor. Even though

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44 RAREBITS . P I GIRLS' JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM Back RowfPhyllis Thomas, Marion Tresidder, Kathleen Sheppard, Alice Barrett, Margaret Smith. Front Rowe-Elsie Hodsdon, Miss Martyn iCoachj, Clare Tory. Iierannnel nf .Uuninr Girlz' Basketball Gram ALICE BARRETT Kay Sheppard fCaptainJ - Kay --was a steady, reliable captain. As well as looking after her defence she kept the forwards on her team in open space with a point of the finger and by saying, Hey! over theref' Margaret Smith- Smitty - can she jump! Those long legs of hers, with a quick, snappy movement, have fooled many guards. Marion Tressider- Tressy - She is a new player this year, and Marion sure knows her basketball. When she gets her two hands in touch with the ball it stays there. Keep up the good work, Marion. Helen Lapington- Honey - One of the best little players on the team. Helen works as hard as she can, and if redness of face means anything then Helen takes first prize. Elsie Hodson- Hud -Another of our little forwards. Elsie played good basketball in the first games, Poor Elsie found it hard to keep out of the way of another girl's stomach. Re- member your pivot, Elsie. Phyllis Stainer - Phyll - She helped out our guards, but when it comes to overguarding, poor Phyl- lis will fall' on her girl, Clare Tory - Lucy -A newcom- er to the team towards the end of the season, Didn't get much of a chance, but was a fine shot at the basket. Phyllis Thomas - Phyl - One more of our guards who played a good game. She had a hard job keeping her eyes on the ball and her girl, but Phyllis did: it. Alice Barrett - Al - This is Alice's second year as forward on the Junior team. Watch your temper, Alice. Don't get angry when your guard pushes you around.

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46 RAREBITS BOYS' JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM Back Row-Clarke Manning, Bill Statham, Morley Weaver, Chas. Belchamber. Front Row-Mr. A. MacLean fC0achj, Dare Peer, Bruce Colton, Wm. Atkinson, Arthur Langton We were beaten in both games, we were not outclassed, and we Went down to defeat fighting gamely, but beaten by a better team. This ended our league games, and incidentally our championship aspira- tions. We played an exhibition game at Brampton in return for an exhibition rugby game which had taken place early in the autumn. On this occa- sion we were defeated. Personnel : Mr. McLean fCoachf-The team as a Whole would like to take this op- portunity of thanking Mr. McLean for his work in connection with the team. Art, Langton 4ManagerJ-As of old, gum was always plentiful. Keep it up, old kid! . Bruce Colton fCaptain, Centrel- Toots, the mainstay of the team, a heavy scorer and a good leader, Chuck Belchamber fForWardj - Best shot of the lot. Heavy scorer and a valuable asset to any team. Bill Atkinson CDefenceJ - Al- though small, a tower of strength on the defence, Keep up the good work, Bill. Harold Eaton fDefenceJ-A hard Worker and in there fighting all the time. Morley Weaver fSub-ForWardJ- Doc, a good player, but didn't get much of a chance. Bill Statham fSub-Forwardj - Played his hardest and did some good work when on the floor, Dare Peer fSub-Forwardj -Small but agile. A heavy scorer when on the floor.