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

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X THE co LL EGIATE 95 wards out-witted the tired Petrolia six and brought the total number of goals to I4 on the round. P. H. S. used their subs to a good advantage and never gave up trying until the final bell. S. C. I.-Goal, Southern: defence, H. Maitland, Oldham: wings, Le-- Bel, Harkins: centre, Macklin: subs, Teskey, Couse. P. H. S.-Goal, Hyatt: defence, Boges, Churchill: wings, lVillsnn, Bryant: centre, Tanton: subs, Lind- say, Thompson, O'Dell. Sarnia 4.-Forest 1. After defeating Petrolia. Sarnia was ordered to meet Forest in the semi-finals of the XV. O. S. S. A. Hockey. The first game was play- ed in Sarnia. Forest can thank Burke, in the nets for holding Sar- nia to three counters. Forest was never in the hunt so far as winning the game went. The blue and white forward line back- checked the whole Forest team into the ice. and the defence only came to life at times to liven things up with a rush to the net and a shot to let Burke show the crowd his class. Forest could not get the puck past center ice, their offensive being con- fined mainly to lone rushes by Doo- little, who was the best man for Forest, and an occasional rally for a few strokes by Roche, who was the pick of the visiting forward line. Sarnia's forward line smothered the Forest goal with shots to no avail, and scores were Battened a- gainst the walls behind and around the net. due to some weak shooting from all angles. For the Collegiate Doug. Macklin and John Manore were the pick. lllanore turned in a useful game and looks like a comer. The for- mer Typo stickhandles well, can shoot, has all kinds of pep with his weight and was back checking with the best of them. Oldham did some nice rushing and Harkins featured with some of the most persistent back-checking that has been done this winter Teskey and Kennedy worked in well. b Sarnia piled the Forest defence up around the net but could not score. Macklin took a long shot at Burke. the puck deflecting in off Doolittle for the first count. Har- kins banged in number two for the home hopes when he picked up a long pass from Macklin. ln the second period Manore scored on a pass from Teskey and Bill Oldham bulged the net with a long hard drive from well out. Sarnia con- tinued to have all the play, but fail- ed to score and in the last period Roche swept the Forest goose aside when he picked off a nice pass from the corner. Sarnia-Goal, Southern: defence, Manorc, Oldham: centre, Macklin: wings, Tcskey, Harl-Lins: subs, lien- nedy, Morris. Forest--Goal. Furkei defence. Anderson, Doolittle: centre, Roche: wings, Rawlings, Todd: subs, Middleton. Re feree-Eddie Robinson. Sarnia 9-Forest 0. The following Saturday the re- turn game was played in Forest, February 16. The Sarnia squad ar- rived in Forest at three o'clock. They went directly to the rink and donned their uniforms. The Orame commenced at 3.30. The ice surface was in good shape and the local youngsters lost no time in taking advantage of it. ln the first period, Manore start- ed the tallying lone half minute after the commencement of play. Macklin followed one half minute later. Harkins, the diminutive wing man of the Collegiates banged another past Burke, the Forest net guardian. The second period was closer, Forest making a determined effort to hold the visitors in check and during the period the fifty or so rooters present were able to raise a few cheers. Twelve minutes after the commencement of the second, Macklin made a great rush through the Foresters and netted another for Sarnia. The third period was Sarnia from tn

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94 THE. COLLEGIATE. for a touchdown. .-Xlthough the whole second team worked well, the brilliant playing of Callum, XYalsh, llurleigh and Southern was the fea- ture of the game. .Tones and John- son, Chatham halves, were the stars of the winners, scoring most of Chatham's points. HOEKEY .-X meeting of all hockey enthusi- asts was held in the library on llec. Sth. The large attendance at this assembly practically assured the team of strong support from the students. XYith the unanimous vote of all those present, Charles F. Lelilel was elected to lead the team for the season, with Arthur P. Brown for manager. The meeting looked with disfavor upon the city league and they decided unanimous ly not to place a team in that series but to conline their efforts wholly to the winning of the Xtossa trophy. The schedule was drawn up, Sarnia being grouped with Petrolia. Forest and XYatford. Petrolia's hope of winning the XYossa hockey series was shatter- ed when the 1924 Collegiate team defeated them in Sarnia, and carry- ing to the oil town a nine point lead. This being the first game of the season, showed both teams their lack of practice as plainly as it can be shown. Had the S. C. I. six played the game their class war- rants. the lead would have been in- creased by several goals. .Xfter liye minutes of play llill Uldham put the Sarnians in the lead when he beat Donald on a shot out- side the defence. From then on the Collegiate forwards scored four in a row and had the greater part of the play in this period. ln the second chapter Petrolia played better hockey and stayed off the Sarnia attacks. while Xl'illson scored their only counter. The final period increased the Sarnians' lead, when Macklin out- guessed the l'etrolia defence and beat the lligh School's goalie on four impossible stops. Capt. lioges was about the neat- est player l't-trolia possessed, but was given little support by his team mates. Macklin, Robinson, and Oldham played their usual good games and were particularly in the limelight for Sarnia. lien. Uslllllllyu Harris refereed the contest. in a capable manner and kept the play clean and fast throughout. S. C. I.-Goal, Southerng defence, Oldham, .-X. Brown: wings, Harkins, Lellelz centre. Mackling subs. Tes- kcy, Robinson, Heal. Petrolia H. S.-Goal, Donald: de- fence, Boges, Churchill: wings. lX'illson, Thompson: subs, Lindsay, lelryant, O'Dell. S. C. I. 5-Petrolia 2. The return game was played in Petrolia the following week and the S. C. I. added three goals to their nine point lead by defeating Petro- lia on their own ice 5-2. The Petrolia L'Arena proved a great handicap to the Sarnia team as it was an open air structure. Team play was almost impossible on the small ice surface, both teams using individual efforts. Play was fast and somewhat furious, as Pet- rolia relied on body checking their lighter opponents. They succeeded in holding the Collegiate at first, but found the task a little too diffi- -:ult as play progressed. H. Maitland played a great de- fensive game and exchanged bumps with Petrolia as often as they came within striking distance. Doug. Macklin was a little strange during the early stages of the game, as he was just recovering from a severe cold, but as the play progressed he became more effective and his rushes were always dangerous. lioges and Churchill were in their glory on the small ice, and each succeeded in scoring for .the home team ln the final period the Sarnia for-

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96 - THE COLLEGIATE start to finish. Although Forest had periodical awakenings they could not cope with the Lellel crew. Macklin and Manore seemed to think that this period was theirs as they were shooting goals at will. Macklin scored two in this period and Manure scored three. Manore scored the last goal of the game just before Robinson sounded the final bell. Referee Robinson kept the game well in hand. He gave two penal- ties both being on Forest men for heavy checking. The Forest rink is anything but well lighted and this seemed to affect the home lads more than it did the visitors. fThe Collegiate boys work well in the dark.l Burke was the mainstay of the Forest team, he stopped .23 shots during the campaign. Doolittle turned in a good game also. It is hard for the goal tender to see the puck on the Forest sheet as the lights do not refiect properly on the ice. To pick out an individual star on the Sarnia team would be doing an injustice to the team as every player turned in a good game. Macklin and Manore each scored four goals and Harkins one. Old- ham swept down from defence several times but lost the puck at the critical moment. ,lack Manore had more luck as he managed to get llurke's measure four times. Teskey on the forward line was the same as Oldham, he worked hard but could not find the net After the game the boys were the guests of the Principal of the Forest High School, who saw that they were provided with a lunch before they boarded the 6.30 train for home. Sarnia-Goal, Southern: defence, Manore, Oldham, centre, Mackling wings. Teskey, Harkinsj subs, Ken- nedy, Morris. Forest-Goal, Burkeg defence, Doolittle, Anderson, centre, Todd, wings, Roche, Rawlings, subs, Middleton, Kemp. Sarnia 5.-Amherstburg 0. After defeating Forest in the semi-finals Sarnia was scheduled to meet Amherstburg in the second round of the XV. 0. S. S. A. hockey tournament. The hockey played by Sarnia was a revelation to some of the spectators and before the game ended they decided that Sar- nia was in an entirely different class. The Sarnia boys were lost for a. time on the strange arena which is square. During the first period the Sarnia boys played rather warily until they had beco1ne accustomed to the uneven ice. Three minutes after the game had commenced Le- Bel rushed from centre and whip- ped one past Bellecour. Macklin repeated the performance three minutes later. The period ended 2-0. The second period was a little more interesting to watch as the Sarnians could not find the oppos- ing nets. Teskey scored the only goal of the period. ln the third period Hill Richard- son made his debut in Teskev's posi- tion. liill gave a good account of himself while on the ice. Leliel scored the last goal of the game making the score 5-O. The game was clean not a penalty being hand- ed out to either team. It was hard to pick a star on the Sarnia team. Macklin. l.el-Kel and I-larlsins teamed well on the offensive while Oldham and Manore displayed sofne fine de- fence work. Sarnia-Goal, Southerng defence, Manore, Oldham, wings, Lel3e1, Harkins: centre, Mackling subs, Teskey and Richardson. .AXmherstburg-Cloal, liellecour, defence, U. Hamilton, Cuddyg wings Shay, Xiirightg cenre, llamiltong sub., liairn. J Sarnia 19-Amherstburg 1. On Saturday afternoon Amherst- burg played the return game of the semi-finals when they accepted de- feat to the tune of I9-I. Amherst- burg didn't look very good in the beginning of the game although