Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School - Collegiate Yearbook (Sarnia, Ontario Canada)

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TI-IE COLLEGIATE IO7 SECOND RUGBY TEAM. ln other years, the second Team has been butfeted about by the Firsts and though they practiced strenuously all season the members had few games with teams of their own size. For the past two years, the city league series has provided some variety for this team but here, again, the opposing teams were us- ually much bigger. This year a new league was automatically formed in Lambton and Kent by the three schools, Petrolia H. S., XYallaceburg H. S. and Sarnia C. l.. and the Seconds have the honor of being the first team to win the title. lnterscholastic Champions of Lambton and Kent. The teams rep- resenting each of the above schools played home and home games with the two other teams. Then, as Pet- rolia High and the S. C. l. Seconds were tied for the title, a sudden death game was played in Sarnia and the Sarnia team succeeded in eliminating the visitors. liarly in the season, 'lack Goodison was elec- ted captain and llill Donohue man- ager of the Seconds. S. C. I. Il 8g Petrolia High ll Soon after the fall term commen- ced, arrangements were completed with the Petrolia High for a home and home series and the Seconds motored to Petrolia one afternoon to play the first of these games. Neither team had practised very much. The Petrolia team. though outplayed for the first three periods, staged an attack in the last period, and by scoring two touchdowns in quick succession, won the game. This game was the first played in Petrolia under the new rules and there was considerable wrangling over some of the referee's decisions. Both teams began with a rush, and, for a time, neither seemed to have an advantage. The lines of the two teams were evenly matched, so both resorted to punting. l-lyatt of Petrolia was kicking nicely but Hanna was always able to carry the ball some distance back, while the opposing' halves were usually down- ed by Sarnia wings as soon as they received Hanna's punts. Sarnia during the lirst half, was able to score three rouges and the ljetrolia team, working their way to within striking distance. kicked to the deadline once in the second period. Maclean. following down fast under one of llanna's kicks which crossed the Vetrolia line, recovered a ball but the lletrolia official would only allow one point. ln the third period the Sarnia halves made some long dashes and Sarnia acquired a greater lead when Simpson. after receiving a long pass from llanna, scored a touch. Con- fident of winning, the Seconds now made the mistake of relaxing slightly and Churchill. the Petrolia end. fooled the Sarnia team and dashed across the Sarnia line from a trick formation. Shortly after this, the Vetrolia team began the attack which proved disastrous for Sarnia. The visitor's line wavered and the Petrolia plungers worked the ball into Sarnia territory and over for a try. This brought their total up to eleven points and they were again approaching the Sarnia line when the final whistle blew. S. C. I. II 22g Wallaceburg High 3 llill Donohue. official manager, coach, and erstwhile player, lost no time in opening negotiations with the XYallaceburg High School team, ta newcomerp for a game, and they agreed to play the first of a series ot home and home games in Sarnia on Saturday, October 27. The visit- ing team possessed a formidable line and a fast half division but they had had little proper coaching and the school Seconds easily defeated them .22-3. Through their lack of knowledge of the finer points of the game and the mode of attack their American coach had taught them,

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IO6 THE COLLEGIATE lv DAVE BENTLEY llAGGERS SPEARS 'l'UAD POTTER IJAYID BENTLEY, flying wing. First year on the team. Learned the game with VVood- stock College last year. Developed into one of the strongest defensive men on the School lineup. A steady player and a hard tackler. Euwmvn ROBINSUN, right half, first year he has seen service with the first team, though he acted as sub for it last year. In the Galt game in Sarnia, Eddie ably filled the gap caused by Hayes' absence. He was always on the lookout for fumbled balls and fought stubbornly all the time. BRUCE SPEARS, left inside' tviug, first year on the team. Bruce did not discover his Rugby ability until late in the season, but then he acquired enough knowledge to par- ticipate in the final games. On the defens- ive, he reepatedly broke through the oppos- ing line and intercepted plays, especially in the U.T.S. game. XYXLLIAM lbononuia, lfff ,,in.vidc .-at-inn. Dune was kept busy coaching the Sec onds, but he took part in several games with the Firsts during the season. He was very aggressive and never let up until the final whistle blew. NVALTICR POTTER. Owing to illness during the year, VValter played through the season under a distinct handicap. VVas one of the candidates for the muchvdisputed inside left position and worked hard in the games in which he played, FRI-QD Sintrsvw, flying wing. A veteran of last year, and the lightest man on the team. Possesses a thorough knowledge of the game hut, owing to being handicapped by lack of weight, he was unable to partici- pate in many games. fe ' if A x ' f .E ,v E . EDDIE ROBINSON I3l.'NC IJUNUHUE FRED SIMPSON

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l08 THE COLLEGIATE THE SECOND RUGBY TEAM Ihr I-. Nun C. li.X'l'l-QS, .X. l.xfi i-,ll-1, ll. X xxllfuxxll, lx. Rinzixsnx, .X. linux-x, Nlli-11111 Raw- C. Ciiwiiia, b. liI'I.BI.XN, ,l. Guninisux 4C'.lpt.l. Si. V. l'u:snxs, fl. Wfziaicxzxr., Ifiuim Kun' S. Cim5il rUx, ll, Xlxeitufxmi'. C. limes. -l. Crux. they suffered many penalties. This them Il-4. lt was due chiefly tu same coach had, however, taught them tn tackle hard and luw and tn fight tu the last minute. Never- theless, the nnly scure they uhtain- ed was secured hy their quarter, Shaw, whu kicked a pretty field glial. 'llhe Seconds we1'e ahle tu gain yards frequently, hut with their uppnnents pdssessing such a heavy line, nnsides, end runs, and trick furlnatiwns were used a great deal. Starting with a rush they kept up the pace after the uther team had tired and thus piled up their pnints. S. C. I. II llg Petrolia High 4 Un the fulluwing Friday, the l'et- rolia team came to Sarnia to play the return game and the Seconds had little difficulty in defeating the punting and dashes uf Hanna that the Sarnia team was ahle tu defeat the yisiturs. The l etrulia half divisiun did practically all the wurk fm' their team hut they were nut ahle tu make much headway with llunnhue, Kennedy and liddie liulvinsun nn the line df defence. 'llhe Vetrulia punter was nut nearly as effective as in the game in llet- rulia. lle preferred to kick the hall straight up and then attempt tu re- cover it and, tlinuifli he was suc- h . cessful mance or twice. the Seconds usually stnpped him hefure he could make any gain. lly means of end runs, punts, and hucks the Sarnia team was twice ahle tu place the ball over the uppunents line. The visitors scored their four points by individual ruuges.