Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute - Acta Nostra Yearbook (Guelph, Ontario Canada)

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22 ACTA NOSTRA, 19.26 played it well. And now comes LIN- COLN BROHMAN, the speedy sure- catch of the half line. Idy entered in 1922. In 1923 his sure 'tackling earned him a place at outside, since then he has played in the backfield. His girlish run disguises amazing speed, which, together with a dirty straight-arm. makes him a superb open field runner. Last year Western Uni- versity coveted his services. but Idy if headed elsewhere. GORDON DOYLE. Aubrey's little brother, played his first senior rugby this year. Gord has spilled more than one buck. On the offensive he made good use of his weight, plowing through for yards a goodly number of times. ELTON WALKER. Tubby has assisted the wing line since 19723. and this year played right inside. The opposition found it a technical impossibility to make interference through Tubby and a. painful experience to stop him once he started rolling toward their goal-line. DONALD HEVVER. Don was a star on the second -team for the past few years and assisted the senior half line, both last year and this. Being a fast man on an end run a11d also ef- fective on the secondary defence he will make a good nucleus for next season's half line. FRED MCTAGUE thought he was in a moving picture. As the camera was not of the motion- picture type Bus's handsome face was omitted. A rugby player of abil- ity: and while this was his first ap- pearance on the gridiron, he played snap as it should be played. He is also able to perform the difficult feat of drop-kicking. The next gentleman if KENNETH ATCHESON. who besides being the original answer to a maiden's prayer, is a bright and shining light. Away back in '22 his never-failing toe earned him the position of centre half which he still holds. Besides being a consistent hoofer of the pig-skin he is a broken field runner who has no equal. Next MICHAEL VALERIOTE. Off the gridiron Mike can do one hundred yards in less than eleven seconds, but on it he cuts his time down to abo-ut half tha-t. Being sitill young he should be an asset to the green and white for the next few years. Mike made his debut in rugby last year and has im- proved rapidly since then. The man in working clothes next 'to M1'. Ross is ROBERT MORTON, who piloted the financial affairs of the team. Next to the popular Principal of the G. C.-Y. I., and behind the coveted silver stein poses GEORGE HULL, captain of the crew. Short learned to play rugby when he was still in swaddling clothes. He commenced with the G. C.-V. I. squad in 1922. as flying wingg since then he has played left-half. He can gain yards both in the open field and -through the scrimmage. As a second- ary defence man he is the last word, and when it comes to punting he can hoof the oval with the best of them. taking Kenny's place when necessary. The fine old gentleman is MR. HAR- OLD KNIGHT. who deserves a great deal of the credit for the successes of the boys. He Hrst coached the team in 1923 when it just missed winning the group. Hats off to Mr. GILDEA! Scotty knows his oats when it comes to putting the boys into condition. WILLIAM PENNYLEGION and REG- INALD FRID were too bashful to have their pictures taken. Penny played snap in 1923 and flying wing in 1924, when his sensational tackling brought him into prolninence. But Pen has a bad habit of getting injured and so usually doesn't last a whole season. He started at flying wing, but was ser- iously injured in the opening encount- er after showing unusual class. Reg. Frid has played on the seconds for a couple of seasons. He has a good build. and with more experience will make a great player. NOTES Dear Teacher:-You must stop teach my Lizzie fisical torture. She needs yet readin' an' figors with sums more as th-at. If I want her to do jumpin' I kin make her jump.

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ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 21 Boys' Athletics Qi Executive of the Boys' Athletic Association Honourary Presidents ...............,.......... IMT' J' F' F4053 LMr. James Davison President. ,. ...... Mr. R. Hartry Secretary. . . .......... Walter Reid Treasurer .... .........,............. 1 Ir. J. Charlesworth Record I925-26 Rugby-Hamilton Cup, for winning group-NV.O.S.S.A. finalists. Basketball-Merritt Cup, for winning group-W.O.S.S.A. finalists. Hockey-London Free Press Trophy, for W.O.S.S.A. Championship. ii Bouquets and Brick-Bats for the G. C.-V. Just gaze at the Rugby photograph. Handsome, yes, but just listen to this! Starting at the left of the back row we come first to HAROLD METCALFE. Metty first served with the green and white senior team in 1922 and 1923. when he was a spare. In 1924 he was a full-fledged quarterback, which posi- tion he filled this year. Possessing a strong, clear voice and a. quick work- ing brain, Metty was an ideal director of plays. He also carried the ball well in tight corners, and his vicious tack- ling made him very effective on the secondary defense. Next on the pro- gram is ERNEST BERNER. This year was Ponzi's first appearance on the senior team. He did valiantly as a spare outside wing, having the art of the shoe-string tackle down to a science. WILFRED ZIEMAN. Back in the autumn of 1921 the Count got a job at right middle, a position I. Rugby Squad which he has managed to hang on to up until now. THEODORE SIMPSON started his senior football career in 1924. Another football season has passed. and Simp's sensational tackles have become super-sensational. Hello! XVhat have we here? None other than AUBREY DOYLE, the far-famed line plunger. Aub. started in as assistant left middle in 1923, and has held that position permanently since then. He is a deadly tackle, making the left wing practically impregnable. On the ex- treme right of the rear row is HAROLD JEFFRIES. Jeff is an old Guelph boy, but spent a few years at Trinity Col- lege, where he became a rugby player of wide renown. At outside wing his speed, skill and tackling were sensa- tional. Over on the left of the middle row we find ROBERT LAING. Bob assisted for the first time last year. This year he played right wing, and

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ACTA NOSTRA. 1926 23 With the Green and White on the Gridiron from Galt to Sarnia as Seen by Count For five weary years G. C. I. rugby teams had shed a few bitter tears. put away in moth balls what was left of their more or less aromatic outfits and closed the football season with a bright optimistic, wait till next year. Right toog they were tired of letting their friendly little playmates from the un-dies town gleefully insert them in second place. Accordingly in Septem- ber, 1925, there were many of them who decided that higher education was a fine thing and thus Exhibition Park saw again many familiar faces: faces of those who had managed the pig- skin in days of yore, faces of those who were not bashful in placing a friendly knee in the opponent's tummy. All went well. Under the capable tutorage of Coach Crop Knight and trainer Scottie Gildea. Esquire, the G. C.-V. I. dozen were soon ready to start their stuff. and they did. The first combat of the season was staged in Galt, on Saturday, October 3rd, l925. The whistle blew, the fray was on. everybody was happy. An in- accurate memory forbids your scribe to give a play by play account of the game. Let it sufiice to say that the teams did their best stuff right man- fully. Scoring wa.s done on both sides' at times things looked none too bright for Guelph. but with time the score stood 17-6 in favour of the G. C.-Y. I.. and Galt had been defeated in their own back yard for the first time in six years. Right there and then the boys decided that their serfdom was over and that once more the Hamilton Cup would reside on Paisley Street. There was only one incident to mar the day's fun: Dan' Pennylegion had the auda- city to get himself half killed. thus guaranteeing himself a vaca.tion for the rest of the season. Seven more days had rolled by and now the lads from the telephone town toured to our fair city. All went right merrily. Among other outstanding plays Jetfs tackling made a big hit with the crowd and his little running mate, Simp, got away for a 40 yard romp on an onside kick. Everybody was simply delighted. At half time the score stood 13-2 for the locals and with the final whistle 20-3 had been chalked up. The boys' condition was all that could be desired. Scotty Gildea's jerks having worked wonders with them. Then. October 17th, the squad journeyed to that town famed for its summer sausage and sauer-kraut. Things looked black for a timeg Kitch- ener without a doubt knew their oil. Then oui' little playmate, Michael Val- eriote, toddled through a broken field for a mere fifty yards. This brought the ball close to Kitcl1ener's goal line, and after the boys had put Meddy through his perilous flying-squirrel trick, for a touchdown, Guelph was out of danger. Kitchener at times ap- proached uncomfortably near Guelph's goal line, but the wing line of the green and white held firm as was their custom when in a tight corner. How- ever when the time-keeper played the closing hymn on his whistle the score stood 16-12 with Kitchener second best and thus ended another perfect day. Then came the day of days. On Sat- urday, October 2-ith, their bosom friends from Terriertown paid the local lads the call they owed them. Both teams were out for gore. It rain- ed for the greater part of the game, and consequently the field was treach- erously slippery as likewise was the ball. Both teams before long discov- ered that the pig-skin behaved some-