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

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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

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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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Don Smith, in the U. of T. Interfaculty meet, won first place in the mile. In the Intercollegiate meet he was second in the mile and ran on the Winning U. of T. relay team. In the Interfaculty indoor meet he Was second to Jermyn in the half mile. Chester Smith won the Canadian Amateur broad jump championship at Banff. Firpo Brown played middle Wing for the Argos and held the Ontario Amateur Boxing championship. Harvey Jackson, the youngest member of the Maple Leaf hockey team, was at Humberside in 1924-25. johnny Johnston, half-back on Argonaut senior rugby team, played on Humberside's senior rugby team three years ago. Gay Kirkpatrick, half-back on Balmy Beach senior rugby team, was a member of the Humberside championship team of 1924. Bus Haugh has been playing basketball in Regina, and for a While held the foul-shooting championship. Lou Hudson, former member of the famous Dents and then the Varsity Grads Olympic team, has been coaching hockey at Iroquois Falls. He played on Humberside championship teams from 1914-1916. Joe Breen, who is now rugby coach at Western University, played rugby for Humberside in 1914. Since then he has become Widely known as a star half-back on many of 'I'oronto's outstanding teams and as captain of the Varsity Intercollegiate team. Alex Parks and Wally Adams were in Europe playing hockey with the C.C.M. team. Ed. Long was middle wing on Varsity Intercollegiate team. George Ewens, Ron. Geddes, Art Brant, Fred Hall, and .lack Milling are playing hockey on local junior G.H.A. teams. Wes. Lackey was a member of Queen's Intercollegiate rugby team. Al. Huggins and Glen Brydson are now in Montreal playing hockey for the M.A.A.A. senior team. l 4 BOYS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION G. Hudgin, D. Halls, G. Kerr, Mr. McLellan, W'm. Leachman, Mr. McQuarrie 127