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

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ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 27 Presenting the W. O. S. S. A. Hockey Champions MARTIN FOX alias Charleston,'- The goal tender, who has saved the team from many an awkward situation by his uncanny stops. 'fMarty would make a poor soldier, due to his abil-ity to stop shots. LINCOLN BROHMAN-Plays left defence, and is the popular captain. Link,' is the talented man on the team, a fast skater, a clean stick handler, and a most effective player. MORLEY CAIN-Comes from a hockey family and succeeded his broth- er, Bert, at right defence. He is every inch a hockey player, and few men get past him. EARL BRILL Curly',-At centre. has been the cause of many a goal tender turning gray-headed before his time. He is the ace when it comes to netting the puck, but hams been the hard-luck man. He received two nasty injuries while upholding the honor of the school, but always came back with a smile. KENNETH ATCHESON - Right wing. Kenny is a whirlwind on skates, and can cover three yards to th-e average skaters one. It is always a treat to watch Kenny take the con- ceit out of the goal-tenders. GEORGE FOX-He is Marty's', twin brother. Marty keeps the puck out at one end while George seems to glue it to his stick and take it to the other. He ranked third among the goal-get- ters. WILROSE REID-Prefers Pete He studied hockey in Acton, and can certainly do some actin at it. Play- ing at centre, he has a fake shot which fooled every goalie in the league. NELSON PlCKETT4 Nelly is a right hand shot, and plays equally well on the wing or defence. Even though slim, they found that they couldn't pick on t'Nelly. Jerry Cooke. The G. C.-V. I. hockey team excelled it.self this year by capturing the W. O. S. S. A. championship, and retaining the London Free Press trophy for an- other year. At the beginning of the season the outlook appeared blue since four members of the 1924-25 champion- ship team had left the school, however, under the able generalship of Coach Johnny Jones, the remnants of last year's team were linked with some new hockey talent, producing a team of which all Guelph is proud, and which reflects great credit upon the coach. Mr. Johnny Jones. The Guelph team was grouped this year with Galt and Stratford. In the first game, at Galt, the local squad emerged with a 5-2 victory. Galt de- faulted the return game. Stratford came next and playing the first game at home, Guelph won by the score of 5-2. A week later the return game was played in Stratford, and Guelph was againpvictorious to the tune of 3-2. This victory gave the locals the round by a four goal margin, and quali- -fied them to enter against Owen Sound in the semi-finals. The Owen Sound boys provided the fstiffest opposition of the season, and at the Hrst. game, played in the north- land, a tie resulted, 3-3. The return game, witnessed by about live hundred spectators, was one of the most thrill- ing games ever staged on the local arena. With only eight minutes to go, the northerners were leading 2-0. but it was during these eight. minutes that heart-failure was a pleasure for Guelph fans. since, in those minutes, they snatched a 4-3 victory out of what Seemed utter defeat, by their dogged determination to win. In the final games with London the Guelph team completely outclassed -their opponents. and won the round by 13 goals to 4. About eight hundred saw the Guelph game, but there were no thrills dispensed as in the Owen Sound game. The players are certainly to be con- gratulated upon their splendid achieve- ment, both la.st year and this year, in bringing in the W. O. S. S. A. champ- ionship. G. Cooke, Manager.

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ACTA NOSTRA, 1926 29 ' Basketball Team Players ROBERT MORTON tCaptainJ- His third year on the team. Bob is la very capable player, an accurate shot and an unselflsh passer. Played a wonderful game against St. Thomas boys, and has guided well the green and white quintette. DONALD HEVVER- Scotty or Don at centre position has play- ed a very consistent game. and is a clever basketeer. Played his best game at Brantford. HARRY HULL- Good things in small parcels. This may explain why Harry was the highest scorer. Chink is a splendid back-checker. and a dead shot. On the St. Thomas court he did deadly execution, shooting with the regularity of clock work and in his season's playing has been a great asset to the G. C.-V. I. aggregation. ROBERT LAING-Along with Geo. Hull, formed the strongest defence in the W. O. S. S. A. League, and they are worthy of great credit. Robert is a third year man-packs a pretty long shot and in rebounds is Johnny on the spot. It was too bad that t'Bobby's friend did not stay for the city league final as Robert played a fine game that evening. GEORGE HULL-A real defence man. His speed and build enable him to make plays With snap and exact- ness. George likes to pick out a blue hat in the crowd! KENNETH ATCHESON - Kenny's clever back-checking and shooting are a feature in any game. He has great speed, is always in condition and plays the game square. He has been known to'linger around Park Avenue. ELMER YOUNG-A newcomer and the youngest of the crew. Played centre and forward.. An.ac-curate long shot, an unselfish passer and at centre Cy knows how to leap to put the ball in the right direction. THEODORE SIMPSON - Another newcomer. Theo has practised faith- fully, and renders valuable assistance. He shows tact and teamed well with Hull and Laing on guard. Simpy can also focus on the long shots. The G. C.-V. I. Basketball Team has this season made a most creditable showing. and incidentally set up a re- cord that future teams will find no easy task to equal-let alone better. The school was extremely fortunate in having all of last year's regulars again in line. and the subs carried were also strong men. XVl1ile the G. C.-V. I. team was conceded a good chance to win the Merritt Cup, emble- matic of the group championship, it was not until after a gruelling series with Kitchener that the honours were finally won for the second year in suc- cession. By the showing made in winning the group, the team looked superior enough to bring home the VV. O. S. S. A. championship. but there were three other strong quintettes with similar as- pirations. St. Marys was the first team to be met in the play-off. The team from the Garden City was a highly- tooted aggregation, yet the green and white were able to hand them a 22-ll trouncing on their own floor. St. Marys demonstrated that they we1'e game to the core. and in the return game in Guelph they played their heads olf in the early stages, and held the locals to a two point lead at half time. Fading in the final session they were outclassed by 11 points, which was the margin on the game. It now seemed that St. Thomas C. I. would be a great stumbling block to Bob Mortonand his stalwarts. since they had a powerful group of cagers. However, the great reputation of the so-called Mighty St. Thomas five took a terrible drop when our boys emerged 11 points up, from the game played night on their own floor. It would be folly. however. to underestimate their