Central Collegiate Institute - Analecta Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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The Analecta 21 petty jealousies bet veen players—Central girls by their actions prove they are superior to that sort of thing. C.C.I. were grouped in the southern section of the league with South Calgary High School and Mount Royal College. The season opened with Centrals playing host to the’ College. The game, which was attended by as large a crowd as has ever witnessed a basketball game at C.C.I., was a landslide for the purple and resulted in a 73 to 1 victory. Sure of their new methods C.C.I. next invaded South Calgary and there registered an even more impressive victory by a score of 52 to nil. a rather remarkable result for a game played away from home. Crescent Heights were the next to meet Centrals, the game being an exhibition one on C.C.I.’s floor. The Sheiks provided the most strenuous opposition to date. In the early moments of the game they outplayed their hosts and at one point were leading by 4 to 0 but C.C.I. came down out of the clouds to have the half time score 22 to 6. In the second half the purple drive continued the game finishing 44 to 12 for C.C.I. Central next entertained South Calgary and while the red and green gave a better exhibition than the earlier one on their own floor they were still a long, long way from Central’s form. Central left the southern maidens stranded at the unlucky thirteen while they themselves found the hoop for 47 counters. The final game of the first half of the schedule was played at Mount Royal and resulted in a 70 to 3 Central win. A few days later Mount Royal returned for their final game on Central’s floor. Their defence showed improvement in that they held Central to 56 points but they were held to one lone counter on a free throw from the foul line. Central’s next game saw them in action on the South Calgary floor where they proved that their earlier victory over the Southerners was no unmerited win. The purple girls attacked re¬ lentlessly throughout while maintaining their splendid defence with the result that the Stanleyites were forced to content themselves with three points and the Central clan piled up 54. The following week South Calgary made their final appearance at Central. The game was particularly interesting in that C.C.I. gave an exhibition of a perfect defence. Not only did they prevent South Calgary from scoring from the field but the methods they used were as gentle and proper that fouls were so few that the Southerners did not even have the jov of scoring on a free shot. Nor in doing this did Central weaken their attack for when the final w histle tooted the purple score read forty. The final league game was played at Mount Royal and resulted in a win for C.C.I. by 62 to 6. In the interval between the completion of the schedule and the final game with the winners of the northern section. Central played an exhibi¬ tion game with Commercial High, runners-up in the northern section. The result was a complete Central victory by a 58 to 11 score. The final game was played with Crescent Heights on the floor of the Y.M.C.A. Early in the first period, Eva Brown received a bad fall when she was crashed to the floor trying to recover a rebound. Gloom fell on the Central supporters, as it looked as if C.C.I. would be minus their centre for the remainder of the game, but the freshman hooper pluckily con¬ tinued after a few minutes rest. At half time Central was leading by 20 to 10. In the last half they tightened their defence holding Crescent to one field basket and winning the game by 36 to 15. Central Seconds came back to their usual place at the top of the Southern Division of the Junior Interscholastic League and although they

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22 The Analecta failed to carry the championship, completed their schedule with a record of eight victories and two defeats. Of their defeats one was suffered on the South Calgary floor by one point and the other in the league final against Commercial at the Y.M.C.A. when they finished on the short end of the score by two points. C.C.I. ran into more tough luck in the way of injuries than was ever experienced before. Marian MacKay, guard of last year’s team, suffered a broken arm before the season started and was unable to join the team and Helen Mercer, last year’s side centre, was kept out of the game for the first half of the schedule. The only other members of the 1925 team who returned to the game were Gladys Ross, jumping centre and Evelyn Waddell, guard. On the forward line Norma Bell, a freshman, and Jean Wallinger, a newcohrer from British Columbia found places. Nedra MacAllister, who playpd side centre during Helen Mercer’s absence and substituted during remainder of the season was also a freshman as was Margaret Lee, who made the other guard position. The Central team found itself in their opening game when they met and defeated Mount rtoyals on Central’s floor. Their real test came in the second game whcfiMhey came from behind to defeat South Calgary on their home floor invthe final quarter of the game. This habit of a strong JUNIOR BASKET BALL TEAM. 1925-26.