Humberside Collegiate Institute - Hermes Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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The entries in the field day this year were many, and, after all, that is what makes such an event a success. Many of the boys might well be mentioned, but on account of limited space, the best we can do is to extend our congratulations to all who competed and our thanks to the teachers who planned the day and acted as officials. Board of Education Games At the Board of Education Games, the Humberside Track Team proved its superiority over those from the other schools of the city by taking first place with 54 points. Bloor, our great rival in every field of sport, came second with 33 points. Ontario Championslziips By winning a first or second at the Toronto and District Meet in Iune, fourteen Humberside boys qualified to compete in the Gntario Championships. The finals were held on August the 23rd at Kingston and the Humberside team again upheld the Garnet, Grey and White. Lester Bissel gave the most outstanding performance when he just missed breaking the junior Pole-vault. Art Speare captured two seconds in the hundred and quarter, Jack Milling, Alex Robertson, and Bill Leachman won seconds in the high, H220 yards, and mile respectively. Milwaukee The team from Humberside, coached by Mr. McLellan, which travelled to Milwaukee to compete against the best relay teams from the high schools of the United States as well as the famed Hamilton Collegiate team, did not do as well as last year's, but was far from being outclassed. According to a ruling of 'the Athletic Commission in charge of the meet, Hamilton and Humberside were forced to compete in the open division, rather than the one closed to High Schools. However, in the half-mile relay composed of Speare, McKillop, Halls and Leachman, Humberside ran fourth against some fifteen or sixteen teams. The mile team placed fourth against as great opposition. Speare, Halls, Robertson and Leachman formed this team. In the two-mile relay, where each man ran a half, Halls, Agnew, Henderson and Robertson put up a good race. Curly Evans proved to be the hard-luck man on the trip. He tied for third in the pole-vault after a hard fight and then lost the 'ftoss-upf' which meant that he took fourth place. ' jack Milling competed in the high jump but had to be satisfied with fifth after a gruelling contest of over three hours. The man who made it possible for the track team to make this trip was Mr. Lynch of the Runnymede, while Mr. Livingston, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Leachman also contributed. The Ontario Athletic Commission made a splendid donation which was greatly appreciated and without which some of the boys would have had to miss this fine experience. Besides giving a donation of money, the Commission sent Mr. Knox to aid Mr. McLellan in getting the team into shape. Rowing Bow side, in! snapped out the coxswain. Stroke side, in! Shove her off, bow. A The hour had arrived. At last we were in our sliding seats with our oars ready in their rowlocksg Humberside's first eight, after months of strenuous training and early morning practices at sunrise off the Argonaut Club, were ready to go to the starting point to compete for the championship of high 125

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Parkdalv az' Hzmzbvrsidc-Tlte hitherto unbeaten Humberside juniors went down to defeat at the hands of Parkdale in a closely-fought contest, in which Humberside came back in the second half but lost 21-19. H'zm1bcrsia'c az' Bloor-In another closely-fought contest, Humberside nosed out a three-point victory over Bloor. The score was 20-17. Humbcrsride af IVc'SfC7'I1 Tech.-VVestern Tech. nearly defeated Humber- side in a lackadaisical game. Score: 14-S. The first game of the second series was Oakwood at Humberside. Humberside clearly demonstrated their superiority by romping away to a 26-14 victory, their best score up to that time. Hulzzbcrsidc at COIJZIIICITCLIII a very poor exhibition of basketball Hum- berside lost on a foul shot which was scored after the linal whistle. This was the Worst break of the year. Score 12-11. Hzmzbcrsidc at Parkdalc-In Parkdales excellent new gymnasium, Hum- berside, although the score was 12-12 at half-time, lost all chance at the play-offs by losing 26-14 to the strong Parkdale live. i ii i JUNIOR BASKETBALL C. Gallow, J. Palmer, G. Espie, J. Culiner, A. Miller, H. Sisson, C. Brcdlc, L. Sloane, W. Stringer, Mr. Patterson. lAbsentj H. Higgins. T rack and Field Boys' Field Day The first boys' field day held on our new track was a big success. The students turned out in large numbers to support their friends in the various events. The Senior Championship was won by Bill Leachman, second place by .lack Evans. The intermediate title went to Bunny McKil1op but Arnott Goodwin was only live points behind him. The greatest competition, however, was in. the Junior Series where only one point separated Bruce Bleaknev, the champion, and Lester Bissel, the runner-up. The Bruce Clarke Shield for inter-form championship was won by H-li with 38 points. 124

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school eight-oared shells, over a one-mile course. at the Canadian Henley, held at St. Catharines, last July. At the command of the coxswain we dipped our oars and, on reaching open Water, began to buck the twenty-five mile wind which was whipping up a sea on the course. Finally, however, the starter's boat was reached and, as Lachine and Hamilton were waiting, the three crews took up their assigned positions and Hjockeyedn for the start. In those few tense seconds, as we were expecting the starter's gun to go off at any moment, many thoughts dashed through our minds, one of the uppermost being the determination to do our best to uphold the honour of Humberside in her new field of endeavour. Due partly to the high wind, there was trouble in getting the crews into line. However. the starter was patient and .... Crack! the race was on. The twenty-four oars gripped the water, as the crews vied to break away for the best start. Humberside had a fast getaway, and during the first quarter-mile had a half-length lead over Lachine and Hamilton. The decisive point was near the half-mile mark, where the full effect of the wind and waves was felt. Lachine and Hamilton. stroking about forty-two to the minute against Humberside's thirty-eight, gained little by little till the boats were in the order: Lachine, Hamilton, Humberside, in which position they finished. The race is over but the members of the crew will not soon forget their experiences and feeling during those gruelling minutes of their first Henley contest. Next summer, with more support from the student body and with experience gained in her first attempt, Humberside should be able to sponsor an eight which would equal her hockey, basketball, and rugby teams, in upholding her sporting reputation. Humberside Crew: Teacher-in-charge-Mr. H. Creighton. Coxswain-C. VVest. 1. H. Keefe 5. H. Logan 2. C. Burke 6. VV. Harper 3. N. Agar 7. M. Lewis 4. A. Cubbidge Stroke, R. McAlpine. Average Weight-163 pounds. NVinner's Average-135 pounds. VVinner's time-5 minutes, 12 seconds. Our Ola' Boys in the World of Sport Humberside today enjoys a very fine athletic reputation which the present generation of students has earned for her. But, in this they are only living up to tradition, for she has, out in the world of sport, many distinguished graduates whose records should make interesting reading. Eddie Sinclair was manager of the University of Toronto senior rugby team, a member of the U. of T. championship swimming and water-polo teams. He won the Dental College track and field championship and is a member of the International Water-Polo team of this year. Gord lermyn won the track and field championship at University College. In the Intercollegiate meet he won in the half mile, second in the 440-yard, and ran in the winning U. of T. relay team. In the Interfaculty indoor meet he won first place in the half mile with a new record of two minutes, one-fifth seconds. 126