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

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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.

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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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RAREBITS 47 italian Glnuntg Sfvrnnharg Svrhnnlz Elnierarhnlamtir illielh emh Efrark illilrvt By C. MANNING, IIIA On October 3rd at Burlington High School the fifth consecutive Halton County Field Meet was held. From every point of view it was a wonder- ful success. The crowd was of the record-breaking type, and as a result the finances of the Athletic Societies recuperated remarkably. The four schools in competition were Burling- ton, Oakviile, Milton and Waterdown, since Acton and Georgetown were not represented as in past years. The visiting schools entered strong teams and although Burlington led from the start it was a close race, and many times during that hectic day the en- thusiastic supporters of B. H. S. had qualms and forebodings, The good old blue and gold came through again, however, and Burlington won the Lions' Club trophy emblematic of the interscholastic championship in track and field events among the secondary schools of Halton county. The schools finished with the following points in the order named: Burlington, 160113 points, Oakville, 1093 Milton, 775 Waterdown, 491f2. The day was ideal for sports of any nature. The lengthy programme was run off smoothly and efiiciently by excellent oflicials. We were fortu- nate in having with us several promi- nent members of the Hamilton Olym- pic Club, Robert CBobbyJ Kerr as starter and M. M. CBobbyJ Robinson as referee for the track events were ably assisted by residents of Burling- ton, audit is largely due to the efforts of the officials that the meet was such a huge success. The judges were George Howse, Colin Smith, Dr. Walker, James Tresidder, Lee Smith, Daniel Barrett, W. G. Mallett and oth- ers. A large crowd of enthusiastic stu- dents from the various schools accom- panied the competitors, and these supporters urged on their respective teams by every effort known to root- ers. All day long the campus re- sounded with the various school yells. Both on' track and campus very fine school spirit was exhibited, and the various contestants fought grimly for their respective schools. This meet, the first held at Burling- ton for a number of years, was pro- claimed by many as the finest ever held in the county. Certainly from start to finish everything was a dis- tinct success, and this day should be marked as a red letter day in the an- nals of Burlington High School. ifurlingtnn Eigh Svrhnul Annual iliivlh Bag C. MANNING, IIIA This important annual event held on September 4 at Burlington High School was once again a real success. The wonderful weather contributed not a little to the general success, and this combined with a smoothly run off programme made a perfect day. Keen interest was shown in the standing of the forms, and when the results were compiled it was found that form II A had won the form pen- nant, with form III B runner-up. As usual, boys and girls were di- vided into four classes: juvenile, jun- ior, intermediate and senior. A num- ber of local citizens were present, and they kindly acted as judges. Al- though the meet was of necessity di- vided into two parts, the semi-finals on Monday and the finals on Wednes- day, this fact did not detract from the splendid and even brilliant per- formances which were displayed to the large crowd of supporters. Another memorable Field Day has passed, and it is one of which the High School and the residents of Bur- lington can be justly proud.