Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School - Specula Galtonia Yearbook (Galt, Ontario Canada)

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64 SPECULA GALTONIA TRACK AND FIELD RACK and field is, as yet, in its in- fancy as far as the G. C. I. is con- cerned. Last year we sent our team to London for the second time. The re- sults, although not overwhelming, were, nevertheless, sufficient to warrant the sending of another team this year. In the last meet we had a man in nearly every final heat. Roy Sneath, running in the mile fopenl finished third to give Galt its lone point. Jack Dawson out well in front in the Junior hurdles fell when very near the tape. Our own track and field meet was held under the most favourable of weather con- ditions. Harold Walker Know of Varsityl '69 won the Senior Championship with a scant margin over Prior Philip QRoyal Miltary Collegej. ' The intermediate cup was awarded to Frank MacDonald and the junior to Jack Dawson. .w. .v. 4. .P .,. .,. In summarizing Boys' Athletics it might be truthfully said that the year's work 'has been a success. Perhaps from a viewpoint of material victories this is not so. But real success cannot be counted in victories alone. That which really mat- ters is that the G. C. I. upheld her name of playing the game fairly and squarely. Girls' Sports ' LTHOUGH the Girls' Sports were not entirely successful this year, never- theless there were bright spots. Due to the eforts of the Softball Team, the Ross Cup will remain in the school for another year at least. The Basketball Team was not quite so fortunate. New players were used this season and no doubt the experience gained by them will be apparent next year. Thus we eagerly look forward to a banner year in girls' sports. GIRLS' SOFTBALL TEAM-WHOLTON CUP CHAMPIONS Front Row, left to right-Mr. Henderson 1Mgr.J, Margaret McLeod, Janet Wood, Myrtle Parr KCapt.J Isobel McLeod. Centre Row-Lena. Turner, Marion Tait, Mary Wardlaw, Grace Johnston, Jessie Heinrich, Miss Duggan, B.A. CC0achl. Back Row-Madeline Hughes, Betty Hallman, Lois Bowie.

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P SPECULA GALTONIA 63 INTERFORM BASKETBALL ERHAPS the most active of all boys' sports is interform basketball. It is an understood fact that more students participate in this sport than in any other within .the school. The gallery is constantly lined with en- thusiastic supporters who derive much amusement from the games. The laurels for the first formers were captured by the technical form, Tlc, while form 2b finish in front of the second form group. The senior championship was won by form 4b who, as usual, continued into the playoffs to take the Tancock shield, em- blematic of the school championship. Tlc-First Formers-Raynor, Markar, ian, Richardson, Thompson, Panabaker. 2b-Second formers-Cartwright, Roos, Hipel, Hamel, McCurdy, Bond, McDermid. 4b-School Champions-Scott, Rich- mond, Hughes, Thompson, Handorf, Mur- ray, Campbell. 'iff - BOYS' GYM. TEAM Front Row, left to right!-C. Amacher, H. Harley, T. Roos, J. Spring, R. Sternall, W. Wicken, G. Coppel. Second Row-W. Tutton, N. McCrea1'y, J. Allard, D. Kemp, 1Capt.l, H. Midgley, J. Dietrich, S. Ster- nall. Back Row--C. Ferguson, J. Peters, J. Dawson, H. Dando, R. McCaffrey, G. Hipel, Mr. W. D. E. Don- aldson, B. S. A. lNot in picture! J. Baird The next activity that is ready for com- peti.tive sport is undoubtedly the Gym. team. Their work in the past years .has been unexcelled by any other organiza- tion within the school. Their various feats on the high bar, rings and trapeze, are anything but comfortable for one with weak nerves. The Physical Exhibition be- comes with each successive year a bigger and better display largely through the work of this team. Tn Mr. Donaldson, the team have an ex- cellent instructor who is well fitted for the Work in hand. At present the team is busy with flyaways and full hawks, two very diflicult movements on the apparatus. The team of this year is captained by Doug. Kemp. Gym. Team:-Kemp, Dietrich, Dawson, Ferguson, McCaffrey, Midgley, Dando, Peters, S. Sternall, Ferguson, Hipel, R. Sternall, Tremaine, Tutton, Rowes, Spring, Wicken, McCreary, Allard, Am- acher, Bond, Harley, J. Coppel.

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SPECULA GALTONIA 65 SOFTBALL The softball season opened very aus- piciously indeed with the Galt Team going to Guelph and returning home victorious, with a score we are really too sympathetic to mention. However, Guelph wasn't the only team in the field and so, the fair ladies of K-W Collegiate were met. This game may well be called a game, K-W having the slightly greater portion of a 21-20 score. For the next game Guelph journeyed to Galt and tried to redeem themselves for their initial effort. Nevertheless the Galt girls again tasted victory. Guelph was now out of the running and it was neces- ary for Galt to defeat the K-W Collegiate in order to make a tie. This was duly un- dertaken and accomplished. The play-off game was scheduled to be played on neu- tral grounds and Guelph was granted the honour. Strange things happen--K-W de- faulted, thereby awarding Galt the Whol- ton Cup for the second successive year. Team :-M. Parr fCapt.Jg J. Hinrich, L. Turner, J. Wood, M. Tait, M. Hughes, G. Johnston, D. McLeod, M. McLeod. Subs.-L. Bowie, B. Hallman, M. Wardlaw, M. Wood. GIRLS' WOSSA BASKETBALL TEAM Front Row-Virginia Watson, Margaret Gabbitas, Edith Dowler, Verna Day QCapt.l, Marion Stuart, Hester McKay. Middle Row--Anna Spalding iManager'b, Elsie KeHer, Miss L. Snider, B.A. fCoachJ, Myrtle Parr, Marjorie McKenna. Back Row-Janet Wood, Norah Hunt. BASKETBALL This year Basketball was not so suc- cessful as formerly. However, an alibi is Semper Paratus, in .that some of the regulars of last year's championship team were missing this year thus necessitaiting new material being trained. Miss Snider was again chosen as the popular coach. Anna Spalding as mana- ger, and Verna Day as Captain left noth- ing to be desired and performed their re- spective duties most efficiently. Prior to the Interscholastic League an exhibition game was played with the Y girls. This, the school was unfortunate enough to lose. The Galt girls made a most noteworthy entrance into the league, by defeating the Guelph Collegiate. So, naturally in face of this fact we lament deeply that the next .three games were not credited as our victories, although it must be added in self defense, they were not one-sided by any means. Thus the Galt Team have relinquis'hed their hold on Mr. Ross's Cup for a while but one can never know what great things may be done next year. Team:-Forwards: M. Parr, E. Keffer, M. McKenna, M. Stuart, N. Hunt, H. McKay. Guards: V. Day, V. Watson, M. Gabbitas, E. Dowler, J. Ward.