London Normal School - Spectrum Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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girls C t ATHLETIC 5 i EARLY in October, Mr. McKone aroused the athletic spirit by getting the girls together to elect an Athletic Society. The first branch of sport this society undertook to organize was the basketba ll team. The team chosen was as follows: Betty McNally — Betty hails from London Central Collegiate. She has played basketball for five years on W.O.S.S.A. teams. On the defence Betty proved a strong wall. The opposing forwards had difficulty in evad- ing her guarding at the basket. Kaye Downing — Kaye comes to us from Beachville. While in Collegiate Kaye played fcr Woodstock C. I. Kaye was a great success this year — playing defence and when necessary, she took her place on the forward line. Marg. Smith — Marg. comes from Aylmer, and has played B. B. for a number of years during her High School career but this year at Normal, Margaret was very successful. She made up the third player on the noble defence line, and certainly turned in a very brilliant performance. ■ Ellen Hunt — Ellen hies from Central Collegiate, London, and was a teammate of Betty McNally during their successful terms in W.O.S.S.A. basketball. Ellen was the playmaker on the forward line and, in addition, was a very good shot. Margaret Thornton — Marg. comes from Woodstock, where she played W.O.S.S.A. for four years and then leaving Collegiate joined the Y team. The team may all join hands and offer their appreciation to Marg. Marg. has a very good eye for the basket and came through again and again to help us put Normal on the top. Norm. Patten — Originally Norm, comes from Windsor, Kennedy Collegiate, the famous B. B. Collegiate, but early last year Norm, moved to London. She took up her B. B. career again here at Normal. Norm, was, however, not quite tall enough to make the regular team but nevertheless was in every game for some period or other, and helped out on the forward line. Ruby MacLean — Ruby hails from Leamington. At Normal Ruby played defence. It is not an easy job to guard a tall player, is it Ruby? Nevertheless Ruby showed her training in the T. Normal game here and also in the Jamboree. Miss MacLean played on the defence. Dot Morgan is well known throughout Ontario for her fine playing in the Windsor and Kennedy Collegiate W.O.S.S.A. teams for the past six years. For four years she played on the championship W.O.S.S.A. team from Kennedy, and during her last year was captain of this team. Little more need be said about Dot ' s ability to play. She made a wonderful Captain for our team, inspiring it at all times, both by her unselfish playing and her enthusiasm. Early in the City League the Normal team was not so successful, losing its first game to Tech. However, we retaliated by defeating Wester- velts School. This is the first time a City League team has defeated West- ervelt ' s for three years. It was not a mere win but the score was very much in favour of our team. The first part of the season ended with Nor- mal, Tech. and Westervelt ' s tied for first place. The second half was rather disastrous for the Normal team. The team, due to several bad breaks, lost two games to London Life. The season ended with Normal third. Our coach this year was the distinguished player on London Aces — Norm. Dawson. The team greatly appreciated the time he spent after school hours coaching them. All the success the team acquired was due entirely to the guidance of Norm. Dawson. We sincerely thank you. Norm.! When the time came to meet Hamilton on their own floor, word was sent that a second team was necessary. A second team? Why certainly — Normal had a very good one. The players were Capt. V. Ross, Dorothy Kyte, Daisy Lewis, Verna Burtwistle, Pauline Bridgette, Lena Farrell, Dorothy Francis, Through very bad luck they lost their games in Hamilton and against Toronto — by two points in each game. The Senior team was successful in defeating Hamilton Normal, but was forced to bow to Toronto. However, we do not mind as the game was keenly contested. This year a new idea was introduced — The Basketball Jamboree. This was held on April 7th and 8th, at Y. M. C. A. and Technical. The Normal team was entered and met the outside teams of Sarnia on Friday night; St. Marys, Saturday afternoon. Both teams were vanquished but in the, final contest again our team lost out to Technical School. It was very hard to lose the pennant by only four points. Better luck to the teams of the coming year ! Dorothy Morgan. Page Twenty-nine

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BEFORE the organization of the Athletic Association, there were many impromptu attempts at baseball and rugby on the grassy campus, with the subsequent aches and pains. Basketball followed in the wake of the election of officers and frequent practices were held in the Normal School gymnasium. There was a large turnout in this field, and it was only with the co-operation of the men who wished to represent the school, that the team was finally selected. Due to his wide experience and outstanding ability, Norman Dawson was chosen as captain and coach, and soon whipped into shape a very creditable team. Norm, Bugs Boughner and Parts Partlow were regular forwards, with Art Kidd and Lee VanLuven as guards. The relief men, Morley McCracken, Jim Gillespie, John Fletcher, Jack Young and Ross Gregory saw much service and contributed greatly to the success of the team. Upon the organization of the City League, the Normal School team was entered. The other entries were : London Life, Bell Telephone, Y. M. C. A., Western and Westervelt teams, and were all opponents of high calibre. The first game of the season, on November 12, resulted in a hard-won victory for the Normal boys over the Bell Telephone quintet. At the final whistle, the score was 18-16. In the second game, on November 19, the Normal team was not as fortunate, losing to the Y. M. C. A. quintet to the tune of 39-31. Another reversal was suffered at the hands of the London Life five, on November 29, who stole the game in the second half by wiping out the first half lead of 14-8, to win by a count of 24-19. December 1 saw another victory for the Normal School, when the boys defeated the Western representatives 32-31, in overtime. On December 12, Westervelts defaulted to Normal, but with the loan of McCracken, played an exhibition, and were defeated by a 15-6 score. This was the last game of the first half of the schedule, and when the smoke of battle had cleared away, it was dis- covered that London Life had won the first half of the schedule, with no defeats, Normal tying Bell Telephone with 3 victories and 2 defeats. While the basketball team was en joying this stiff opposition, the hockey team was organized, and, lest there be any opinion to the contrary, it was very capable. Funds were voted for the rental of the London arena for practices, and under the capable direction and co-operative management of Ace Dickenson, Kemp. Thompson and Blake O ' Dell, a fine team came into being. Though not as successful as the basketball team in its games against teams from the collegiates, the practice stood them in good stead, for at the Inter-Normal games at Hamilton, the London Normal Hockey aggregation was victorious over the Hamilton Normal in a skilfully-fought contest to the tune of 1-0. This game was as good as the score indicates, and resulted in a number of hoarse whisperings for a week following. In the game with Toronto, the boys lost 3-1, after a great game. The basketball team was also victorious in a struggle equally as hard, getting a 36-34 verdict over the Hamilton men. The second half of the City League saw the basketball team hit its stride. On January 7, the Normal team defeated London Life 40-20; on January 21, it lost to Bell Telephone 26 22; on January 28, Western was defeated 39-25; on February 1, Y. M. C. A. was defeated 45-26; and on February 6, the second half of the schedule closed with a victory over the Westervelt team by 28-19. This left the Normal School tied with London Life and Bell Telephone, with 4 victories and 1 defeat. Page Vmtyom