Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute - Times Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada)

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Q EINGJTCANQ CiOLLE'GvlATE VOCATIONALHITITUTE 3 the ball on the Qttawa l yd. line and Harry Jackson took the ball over for the second touch which Gowsell converted, making the score 18-ll. The final whistle blew before any further score was made and Ottawa College were Eastern Qntario Champions. It was a clean, hard-fought game, and a worthy game for any team to win. After the game refreshments were served the teams at the school. Then the K.C.I. team got into their cars and started home. THE TEAM Gowsell QQD, capt.g Cliff CSDQ lack- son QI.W.jg Beard QO.VV.jg Best CSDQ Abramsky Samwell QM.W.jg Parnass Eccles fF.W.Dg Ker- ruish CQ.W.Dg Bould f0.W.jg Pollitt fO.W.jg Stephen fl-lj, Webster QHDQ Bews QHM lVemp QHjg Mr. Tolchard Cllflanagerj 3 Frank Belch fTrainer, Coachj. A SENIOR BASKETBALL Graduating from Junior ranks the 1931 Juniors stepped into the same positions on the 1932 Senior Team, and assisted by three experienced alternates they have a smart team. This year permission was granted to the team to play in the Eastern Ontario Amateur Basketball Association, Junior series. K.C.V.I., although they did not win this league, made a splendid showing, con- sidering the opposition they received. They have played their complete schedule in the E.O.A.B.A. Q6 gamesj, one exhibition game. and two E.Q.S.S.A. games at time of writing. A summary of these games is as fol- lows: Jan. 22-K.C.V.I. 195 R.M.C. 4 In their first game in the new Gym, the squad tied R.M.C. into a half-dozen knots and proceeded to walk away with the game. R.M.C. didn't score a field goal. Simmons was outstanding, although the defensive play of the whole team was first-class. jan. 29-K.C.V.I. 8g Queen's 22 Caught on an off-night K.C.V.l. were easy prey for a systematic Queens attack which swept down the big floor and kept the blue team on the defensive. Feb. 1-K.C.V.I. 7g Y.M.C.A. 14 Playing without Bill Stephen the team failed to organize on the attack and although they outshot the Y their shooting was erratic and six field goals and a pair of free throws were sufficient to give the Y vic- torv. Feb. 11-K.C.V.I. 143 Queen's 15 Queens found the Seniors tougher op- position in their own backyard! But eked out a l point win with a last minute basket. Feb. 17-K.C.V.I. 12g R.M.C. 14 K.C.V.I. met a vastly improved Cadet team and being unable to find the basket took the short end of the score for the hfth consecutive time. Feb. 24-K.C.V.I. 313 Brockville, C.I. 20 This was the first E.0.S.S.A. game and the blue team showed superior basketball knowledge to take an eleven point lead in the return game at Brockville. Feb. 26-K.C.V.I. 153 Brockville, C.I. 33 Playing in Brockville in a game which was more rugby than basketball, the heavier Brockville team took advantage of a lenient referee to charge through to win the round and group honours. It was a disheartening defeat chiefly caused by the incompetency of the referee, because K.C.V.I. had proved that they were the better team in a real basketball game. Mar. 1-K.C.V.I. 19g Y.M.C.A. 23 The team was weakened by the absence of Bill Simmons, although the game was evenly contested all the way. Besides these regular games, pre-sea- son exhibition games were played with Y.M.C.A. Juniors and Queen's Juniors, and a mid-season exhibition game with Y.M.C.A. Intermediates. Malcolm Bews, guard. Captain-A defen- sive marvel and a consistent scorer, Mal. earn- ed his right to the captaincy which he had held for three years. Rudy Ohlke, guard- Oak came out of his defensive area this year and became a scor- ing threat besides showing his usual back- checking ability. Bill Stephen, centre-The pivot man around whom every attack centred. A perfect ball handler and an effective shot. -70-

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SENIOR RUGBY TEAM Back Row-Mr. Danby, F. Belch, A. Eccles, L. Parnass, M. Bews, G. Tisdale, A. Cliff, H. Samwell, Mr. Hedley, Mr. Tolchard. Middle Row-W. Stephen, I. Beard, F. Wemp, H. Jackson, W. Gowsell, W. Webster, G. Bould, L. Best, I. Alexander. Front Row-R. Pollitt, I. Kerruish. SENIOR RUGBY TEAM Owing to examinations and graduation, very few of last year's Senior Rugby Team were available for this year's team. Con- sequently, very little interest was taken in forming a team, but through the energy of Bill Gowsell, a team was finally formed. With but a few practices and no games, the team left for Ottawa to play Ottawa Col- lege in the Eastern Ontario finals. They ha da fine trip to Ottawa, and were wel- comed at the College by Father Carey, the headmaster. At noon everyone assembled for dinner, and when the meal was over the College and the K.C.I. boys gave their yells and several speeches were made. Mr. Tolchard thanked Father Carey for the hos- pitality shown the K.C.I. team. Then the boys wandered around the buildings until time for the game. The teams dressed at the school and walked to the College Bowl. A very good crowd had assembled to watch the game. Both teams were very evenly matched in size and weight, but the Ottawa boys had played a number of games while K.C.I. were playing their first. In the game this experience counted. K.C.I. kicked off, and Ottawa were stopped with no gain. They gained a few yards, then kicked, and on the 3rd down K.C.I. kicked. Barnaby, the Ot- tawa half, made several nice runs with the ball and finally brought it to the K.C.I. 30 yard line. Barnaby kicked the ball over the goal line and on a fumble Ottawa made a touch which they converted. The teams changed ends at quarter time and both teams fought hard, forcing the play up and down the field. Then on an end run the Ottawa team brought the ball to the K.C.I. 10 yd. line. On their second down they carried the ball over the line for a touch which was converted. The half time whistle blew with the score 12-O for Ottawa. After the rest K.C.I. came back with renewed vigour, and, following a series of plunges, Percy Abramsky took the ball over for a touch which was 'not converted. Then Barnaby added another point for Ottawa by a kick over the dead line. Before the three-quarter time whistle blew Ottawa had added another touch, making the score 18-5. Neither team did much gaining in the first part of the final period. Ottawa tried several forward passes, completing none, while K.C.I. tried 6, completing -4. Near the end of the game K.C.I. began to press and soon they had -69-

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. KINGJTON ICOVLEEGIVATE VOdATf6NALi INJTITDTEI A SENIOR BOYS' BASKETBALL Mr. Tolchard, I. Crawford, VV. Gowsell, W1 Stephen, M. Bews, K. Ratcliffe, VV. Simmons, R. Ohlke, M. Thomson, S. Slater, A. McDonald, Mr. Danby. Bill Simmons, forward-A scoring ace and very good defensively, Bill is a constant threat to the other team's plans. Mac. Thomson, forward- Thomsey the half-pint sensation of every game he plays in. He has an uncanny shooting eye and is very tricky. NOTE-The above five have just com- pleted three years as a regular K.C.V.I. team, the first two as Juniors and 1932 as Seniors. The school will probably never get another combination to equal it. Stew Slater, forward - A steady player, good shot and heady. Ken RatcliHe, centre-Fills i11 well, effec- tive under the basket. Alex McDonald, guard - dependable, scores when needed. Ab. Eccles, utility-a first-class ball play- er. SENIOR HOCKEY TEAM A This year they are finding it hard to get enough players to form a hockey- team. Many of the good players are kept frogn playing because of exams, while many oth- ers have graduated. But there are always the few hockey sports who areready to at- tend practices in the early morning in order to see K.C.I. represented in that sport. But Where are the hockey players who are eli- gible to play, yet don't go out to help the team along? K.C.l. and Brockville are the only 2 teams in this section of the league so there wo'n't be many games. The winner of this section plays off with Ottawa for the finals and this is another sport in which we would all like to see K.C.l. bring back the cup. TEAM! Goal-Gowsell, Jones, For- wards, Webster, Cunningham, Wemp, Pyke, NVatts, Bews: Defence, Samwell, Latt. -71-.