Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute - Breezes Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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FOOTBALL TEAM Back Row (left to right)—A. Pearly, L. Stone, E. Johnston, K. Whatmough, M. Sprung, P. Haines (Capt.), R. Heide. Front Row—H. Penwarden, B. Hampton, N. Iannone, B. Brownstein, B. Volkman. Front—G. Ness. JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM H. Blair, R. Hampton, W. Halloran, W. Kemp. G. Johnston, J. Gutray. Missing—F. Chase (Capt.).

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 59 Athletic Activities FOOTBALL Early in the term, Mr. Fyles and Mr. McLeod called out the football candidates and set to work to build up a team with four or five of last year’s aggregation as a nucleus. The w’eather was fine and the team came on rapidly. ' They opened the season against St. John’s on the Saints’ home grounds. Play started fast and inside of five minutes the Brown and Orangc- were one up, on a fine shot by Glusman. The half ended with the score- sheet unchanged. Hardly had the second half got under way, when Glusman scored his second counter of the match. Things looked bad for the Maroon and White, but the breaks came our way. On a corner kick the ball was deflected into the open goal. A little later Haynes headed a beauty past the Saints’ custodian to place the game on an even heading. Try as the forwards might, the respective goal tenders kept everything out, and the match ended in a draw, 2 to 2. In the second game at our own school, against Kelvin, the team had little difficulty in vanquishing the Cherry and Grey clad warriors, 4 to 2. Later in the week St. John’s paid us a return visit, and again the score was deadlocked, this time, however, at nothing all. In the following week, Daniel played the second game with Kelvin. The southenders displayed a much rejuvenated team, Avhich fought to the bitter end. Our team, knowing that anything less than a win would mean elimination, were determined to get that win. At half-time the score was one to one. In the second half, after swarming around Kel¬ vin’s goal-mouth for half an hour, the break came—Hampton netting the ball for what proved to be the winning point. This placed St. John’s and Daniel on an even footing for the title. It was decided to hold the play-off at Wesley Park on the following Tuesday. The play-off was a fast, clean game, ' St. John’s emerging the vic¬ tors by one goal, and, though the goal was lucky, it was generally con¬ ceded that the Saints were the better team on the afternoon’s showing. Congratulations are certainly due the coach, Mr. Fyles, and the team for putting Daniel back on the football map once more.

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D. M. C. I. BREEZES 61 BASKETBALL During the past season, Daniel has enjoyed her most successful year, as far as basketball is concerned, for many a winter. We won two out of the four divisions, the Primaries winning handily, as did the In¬ termediates. The Juniors and Seniors, the Juniors in particular, put up a great fight, but were beaten by ' better teams. Intermediate Team From the first of the season the Intermediates were picked to win their division. They started out on the right foot by trimming the crack St. John’s team, 30-27. The next time they met, however, Daniel showed this was no true indication of their form, by defeating the same team with twenty points to spare. In a two-game series with Kelvin, they completely outplayed the Cherry and Grey to win by twenty-five points on the series. With “Eastie” and “Penny” to thwart the opponents’ offense, and “Tim” Timlick and Bruce Dodds to riddle the opponents’ defence, they were undoubtedly the strongest Intermediate team ever produced in Daniel. Senior Team The Seniors have always been our weakest representatives, and though they finished in third place again this year, they did much better than ever before; in fact, if our memory serves us right, they were the first Senior team ever to win a game. In their first game they took on the champion St. John’s team on their home floor, and though they flashed their best plays, they were no match for the smooth working champs, and lost 47-24. Nothing daunted, they journeyed over to Kelvin and there showed a distinct improvement in their playing. ' They lead at half-time 18-1 fi, hut once again it was denied us, for Kelvin, having an uncanny knowl¬ edge of the long-shooting game, came through in the final minute to drop in a basket and win 33-32. In their next game at the Y.M.C.A. the Seniors showed the results of their previous experience and for the first time in years, defeated Kelvin. It was a dandy match, one point separating the teams the whole game. With one minute to go, Kelvin dropped in a well earned shot to tie th ' e score 19 to 19. After a brief consultation it was decided to play overtime, and in as fierce a five minutes as the Tnter-High League ever witnessed Daniel hung up two points to Kelvin’s one, and so took the game, 21 to 20. In the final game of the year, the team made a wonderfully im¬ proved showing against St. John’s. They tried hard and came within four points of winning from the champions, the final score standing 38-34. With Calvary Church gym in which to practice, the teams this year made a much improved showing, thereby proving what we have