Hamilton Collegiate Institute - Vox Lycei Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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Easter Y O X the visitors gained a four-point lead which the reps were unable to overcome. The line-up: St. Catharines C.l. H.C.l. Holland ..... Forwards . . . . Lloyd Schenk Willard Sullivan Allan Gregg.. Defence . . . . . Hannon Doucette Pickard Farmer Maier Barber. . Centre ..... Robinson East High, Rochester, N.Y., 47 v. H.C.l. I5 This is the first American team that has ever entered Hamilton to compete against the H.C.l. While making a sched- uled trip to Niagara Falls, the team from across the border favored us with an ex- hibition game on the large Y gymnas- ium. Although the large crowd that wit- nessed the battle was disappointed with the outcome they declared that it was a won- derful game. When play commenced it looked as though the teams were evenly matched, but Rochester soon broke away, and with short, snappy passes and bril- liant combination, they were peppering the H.C.l. basket from all sides. Hannon, our regular defence man and captain, suf- fering from a twisted ankle, was greatly missed by his team. At half time the score stood 20-8 in favor of Rochester. ln the second half Collegiate again got off to a good start and for a time checked their opponents with success. The Har- rington-Uhlin combination of the visitors completely dazzled the reps, who show- ed lack of combination and practice, many passes being intercepted and turned into goals for the visitors. After the bombard- ment had ceased and the sky had cleared of cheers the Americans were on top 47- IS. Collegiate were hopelessly outclassed from the start. The East High team is a wonderful working machine, their pass- ing, shooting and checking being of the very.best variety. It would take teams of senior calibre to beat them. Although the reps were badly beaten it was not a disgrace. Every man on the team work- ed hard from beginning to end. Not a person left the Y but expressed his Ii Y l' E I 1921 opinion that it was the best game staged in many a day by the Collegiate. The refereeing was a huge success at every turn. Bert lVlcKay handled the whistle to the entire satisfaction of all. The line- up: East High-Forwards, Uhlin, Boyce and Harriman: centre, Roberts: defence, Rapp, Hill and Brugler. H.C.l.-Forwards, Willard, Lloyd and Laiclman: centre, Robinson: defence, Pick- ard, Maier and Allan. H.C.l. 37 vs. Brantford C.l. 22. Our first victory of the season happen- ed away from home, when we took a fall out of B.C.l. The game followed a pre- liminary between the girls' teams from the two schools. Throughout the evening both schools exchanged their pet yells: but the victory of the rooters must go to Bert Challen, leader of the H.C.l. Root- ers' Club, and his band of ear-splitting screechers. Collegiate's superiority was evident from the start and in the first half they simply walked away from their op- ponents who seemed to lack a sense of touch, or an eye for the basket when they did smother a ball. At the end of the half Collegiate led by I9-6. ln the second half Collegiate loosened their defensive tactics with the result that Brantford began to creep up. However they did not get very far, for the loose de- fence was offset by strong attack which brought an easy victory, Although they outscored the home team by only two points in the final half many opportunities to score were passed up. The line-up: B.C.l. H.C.l. Lambert . . . . Forwards . . . .. Willard Adams Allan Ziegler Lloyd Wallace . . . . . Defence . . Hannon Rogers Pickard Maier Bicr . . ..... Centre ..... Robinson Brantford C.l. 30 vs. H.C.l. ZU Local students received a rude jolt when B.C.I. walked into Hamilton and defeated the H.C.l., after the trimming Brantford received at home. From the outset a close

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a , Y 'K 'QQ' I Q Nw sk .-45 ' Q - 3 Q.. . 9. it a , - CLARENCE DREW, Editor. HE officers of the H.C.l. Athletic Association for the term ending june l92l, are as follows: Hon. Presidents-Mr. B. Turner, B. A.: Capt. R. Cornelius. President-Mr. M. lVlcGarvin, B.A. Vice-President-George R. Allan, jr. Secretary-Clarence H. Drew. Treasurer-Mr. C. G. Beck, B.A. Assistant Treasurer-Harry Hannon. Committee-Messrs. E.. S. Hogarth, B. A., W. K. Foucar, lVl.A.: A. E.. Hogarth, N. Walker, F. lVlcKelvey, l. Francis. An important change in the official staff of the Association will be noted. The position of president, in future, is to be occupied by a member of the faculty. This change was made in order to make the athletic body more responsible to the prin- cipal of the school. A forward step was taken by the Ath- letic Association when it decided to de- velop and encourage all manner of ath- letics possible. Many students have left our halls in years past, who were unable to obtain distinction and honour as ath- letes, insomuch as the desired opportunity was lacking. Now the door of opportun- ity is wide open to all who are in a posi- tion to grasp the advantage. The addi- tion of the track and field team to our major athletics provides ample opportun- ity for every ambitious student to obtain the coveted Letter of the H.C.l. By the enthusiasm and interest display- ed by the students during the past year in the varied events which have occurred, that long lost esprit de corps has at last ccme into its own. May it continue to in- crease with never-ceasing fidelity. The spirit is here. Let us retain it. The basketball team was late in round- ing into shape. lt was not until after Christmas holidays that aspirants to catch places on the reps turned out to prac- tice. lVlr. Percy Dodson accepted the po- sition of coach at the commencement of the season and certainly taught his ath- letes many fine points of the game, which they frequently demonstrated at every struggle. The games and results: Reporter for Basketball-Harvey Hall. St. Catharines C.l. 30 vs. H.C.l. 26. The first game of the season was played at home with St. Catharines C.l. Collegi- ate started the game checking hard and numerous fouls resulted, mostly in favor of St. Kitts. During the first five minutes play was even, then St. Kitts made a spurt and took a commanding lead. But with a few minutes to go Collegiate come to life and almost evened the count. The half ended with H.C.l. one point down in a I6-I5 score. ln the second half both teams attempt- ed to gain an early lead, but failed. First the score was tie, then St. Kitts broke away, tie again, and then Collegiate forged to the front. With but Five minutes to go Developing and Printing you will like, HILL'S, 90 King West.

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Enstvi' Y H X I, Y 1' IC l 1921 REPS BASKETBALL TEAM P. Dodson fCoa:hJ: C. Maier. G. Willard. G. Allan, G. Robinson. V. Pickard, W. Lloyd. H. Hannon lCaptainbg Capt. Cornelius lManagerJ. contest was expected when the reps were unable to make their shots count. ln this respect Brantford excelled and rarely missed an opportunity to score. The shooting of the reps was far below par and helped them along to defeat Nevertheless the issue was always in doubt until the last five minutes of play. Every time Collegiate scored B.C.l. came back with another, until the final whistle blew, the score reading 30-20 against us. Baldy Laidman, an old boy and for- mer basketball star of the school, filled the referee's position like an old-timer. The line-up: B.C.l. H.C.l, Lambert . , . Forwards , , . Willard Adams Allan Ziegler Lloyd Wallace . . . . Defence . . .. lVlaier Rogers Pickard Bier .. .. Centre .. . Robinson Ridley College 22 vs. H.C.l. 46 Our old friends and annual rivals from Ridley went back to St. Catharines with a defeat chalked up against them. The teams appeared evenly matched when play commenced. lt was not long before the boys from Ridley were frantically jump-