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

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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

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