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

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. THE COLLEGIATE. 99 VLSIT OF MR. WALTER KNOX Early in the fall a visitor came to the school in the person of Mr XVal-- ter Knox, the world-famous, all- round athlete and former Glympic coach. For the benefit of the few who may not know him we might say that Mr. Knox holds many National and International Cham- pionships and to-dav at the age of fifty would have no opposition in a ten event competition with any veteran athlete of his years. Mr. Knox gave the students a fine exhibition of the start of the sprints of the form in the shot-put, high jump. pole-vault, discuss throw and other track events. He was well pleased with the performance of several of the boys, stating that the school holds material for several championships. In the evening he delivered an il- lustrated lecture in which he em- phasized the importance of the re- quired amount of sleep, fresh air and good plain, wholesome food. He also pointed out that the suc- cessful athlete should not use to- bacco. The films were very interesting as well as instructive and the students who went to hear Mr Knox, left the school feeling that they had gained a great deal of knowledge in the art of training. BASKECTBALL At the close of the football season, followers of the principal indoor sport gathered to elect their officers and to get the practices under way. Ted Kennedy, a veteran of the last two years, was elected to lead the team. Claire Gates. a hard worker for the court 'game was chosen to manipulate the management of things and succeeded in a 'way which enabled this year's-team to enjoy one of its best schedules. Pre-season' practices brought out more aspirants for positions than ever before and it was soon seen that with the class of material on hand it would be no easy task for the coach to weed out the players. Under the able coaching of Mr. Keeber the team progressed rapidly with a few practices before Christ- mas as was evinced by the result of the annual Old Boys, game. The first few games were played to capacity houses which gave the team considerable encouragement. The members of the team this year have been favoured with the gracious hospitality of Miss Going and her girls who prepared three sumptuous banquets for them and the team wishes to express its sin- cere thanks to Miss Going and her staff of co-workers. Mr. Campbell, has also shown a great interest in the team's welfare and it'has been largely. through his efforts that the basketball team has had such a successful season. Sarnia 13.-Night School 13. The first basketball game of the season was played with the Night School team composed of the best material attending night classes, such as Son Jennings and Ray lVeston. The game was close throughout, although the better condition of the S. C. I. team showed to advantage but was somewhat offset by the ex- perience of the older players. The Collegiate team led at half- time. Then Son Jennings went on a shooting rampage and evened things up so that the game ended in a I3-I3 tie. The whole S. C. I. team made a creditable showing considering that it was the first game of the season. Night School-Forwards, Lucas, Shantz, Haneyg Centre, VVestong Guards, Jennings, Macdonald.

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98 THE COLLEGIATE the S. C. l six. despite all champion-A ship aspirations. but they entered the finals. and lost out to the form- idable XX'oodstock College lYossa Champions. lYith only two of last years' plav- ers left there was little hope of a succesful season felt by the school authorities. In the course of seven games in which the team participated. only one defeat was administered them, and they scored 55 goals, while their opponents tal- lied 14. This record remains to be surpassed by school teams in the future. THE W. O. S. S. The fourth animal Track Meet was held in London on Saturday, May Ill. lozj. The largest attend- ance that has witnessed a XYossa track meet turned out on Saturday to watch the crack athletes from all over XXI-stern Ontario compete for .Nthletic honors. The Sarnia teams were forced to give up the Senior Trophy and Junior Trophy which has been in the possession of the Sarnia School since the XYossa Track meet was first organized Sarnia was forced to accept second position in the Senior events. l.on- don being first with 48 points, Sar- nia having a total of I5 points. ln the -Iunior entry London again claimed first place with a total of JS points. Sarnia trailing the list with 3 points. The bitterness of the loss of the trophies was alleviated by the bril- liant work of lfddie Hanna. He surprised even Sarnia fans with his beautiful sprinting. He was first in the geo. His final sprint was one uf the features of the day. his time was 23 I-5 sec. lle won his heat in the 100 yards with ease but in the finals he lost his chance through faulty work on the part of the starter Sinclar. The two London runners beat the pistol, Hanna re- fusing to start. Hanna was also a member of the relay team. Charlie firace in winning the pole vault eliminated some of the neat- est vanlters ever seen in London. Ile cleared the bar faultlessly at nine feet four inches collecting five more points .Xrthur llrown gathered in 3 points by taking second place in the Senior Shot Put. Chantler, of St. Thomas was first in the event. TRACK TEAM Hallam was the only Junior entry to get a place. He came second in the shot put collecting the only points for Sarnia. Sarnia's Senior relay team accep- ted third place while the -lunior re- lay team was fourth. A. lYanless won the Senior ln- dividual Trophv with a total of IQ points, IO points ahead of Xiislon of London. L. Misner, of Paris was successful in winning the Junior ln- dividual Shield. Senior-liddie Hanna, Eddie Rob- inson, Charlie Grace, Ernie lYil- liams, Ken Robinson, Charlie Lellel, :Xrthur lirown, fileed XYUl'lill'lZlll, Howard Carter, Ted Kennedy. -lunior-Lloyd Hallam, liric Mac- Kenzie, Ralph Camsell, .lim Arm- strong, Hubert Potter, Case Miners, Malcolm Clarry. Norville fiark, lid- gar liellam. TRACK NOTES lfddie llanna's form in the dashes in which he was entered was the talk of the meet. The Sarnia speed- ster is a beautiful runner and covers the ground with amazing speed. There seemed something lacking in the Sarnia track team last year. The boys did not show the same spirit that has been conspicuous in the past. In the Senior half mile, XYilliams, the Sarnia entrant was tripped at the start. He recovered his feet and then lost his shoe but gamely kept in the race with his bare foot. The next meet will be held this year on May 17th, so an early start will be necessary if the trophies which are far-distant are to return again to the Sarnia Collegiate.

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l00 THE COLLEGIATE S.C.I.-Forwards. Kennedy, Hal- lam, Gates. Parsons: centre, Carter, guards. Brown, Crompton, XVhite. Referee-Chas. Keeber. Sarnia 46.-Old Boys' 23. The annual game with the Old Boys' took place in the Christmas holidays. The Old Boys' were ex- pected to win the contest by reason of their all-star line-up and their practice together during the holi- days. However the school team did the unexpected and reversed the situa- tion by the score of 46-23 taking the lead all through the game. Johnson and Jennings were prob- ably the best for the losers while Carter, Kennedy and Robinson amassed the larger part of the school's points. Old Boys'-Forwards, Howard, NYeston, centre, Johnston, guards, Jennings, Corey. S.C.I.-Forwards, Kennedy, Hal- lam, Parsons, centre, Carter: guards, Brown, XVhite, Crompton, Robinson. Referee-Claire Gates. Chatham ll.-S. C. I. 5. On January Ilth the basketball team journeyed to Chatham to play the first of two exhibition games. This was the first game away from home and the strange floor together with the poor playing facilities probably helped to bring about the first defeat of the season. The Sarnia team could not get an effective combination working and it was only by close checking that they managed to hold the score to 5-7 at quarter time. ln the last quarter the Chatham quintet got two baskets and although the school team tried hard they could not over- come the 6 point lead of the Maple City. Sarnia-Hallam, Kennedy, for- wards, Carter, centre, Brown, XVhite, guards, Gates, Crompton and Parsons, subs. Chatham - Newham, Johnston, forwards, McCallum, centre, Bro- die, Shepley, guards, subs, Merritt, Doyle. Referee-Chas. Keeber. Sarnia 18.-Port Huron 15. The first game of the Port Huron --Sarnia series was played on the local floor, and the game was the best seen in Sarnia for years and the visitors' supporters were forced to witness their first break in nine straight wins. The teams were very evenly matched but the ag- gressiveness of the local quintet carried off the honours. At the end of the first half the Juniors appeared to have the game well in hand, the score standing I3-8 but when they changed around the Golden Tornado stopped playing basketball and before they could get together the Collegiate had tied the score. The Juniors failed to score a field basket in the second period and lost the game by not taking advantage of the four fouls they were awarded. Close refereeing kept the game from becoming too rough but in the second half the game was speeded up a little. Carter, Hallam and Kennedy were the best for Sarnia, for the visitors Sheffer and Mugavero were the favourites. Sarnia-Kennedy, Hallam, for- wards, Carter, centre, guards, VVhite, Brown, subs, Parsons, Gates, Crompton, Johnston. Port Huron-Mugavero, Cataline, forwards, centre, James, guards, Sheffer, Malloy, subs, White, Al- drick. Demolays 15.-Sarnia 30. On Jan. 25th the Senecas' team of Assumption College, VVindsor, were scheduled to play an exhibi- tion game on the local floor but ow- ing to some mistake in their exam- ination time table were unable to make the trip so a game was ar- ranged with the Demolay's team of Port Huron. The school acquired a lead shortly after play was begun and although the Demolays offered strenuous