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

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'IIO THE COLLDEGIATE e RUGBY 1 Once again rugby played the ma- jor role in school sports. Early in the fall its enthusiasts caught the rugby fever and a meeting was call- ed at which plans for the coming season were discussed. E'Ted Ken- nedy was elected to lead the team and Gleed XYorkman was fchosen as manager. The school was fortunate-this year in being able to secure the services of Ross QDollyj Gray as coach for the rugby teams. Dolly has play- ed the game for a number of years and was very well qualifiefd to suc- ceed -lack Newton. 'His eiperience with the -Sarnia Intermediates for the 'past ,few years1proved a val- uable asset to our 'teams, and it is hoped he will be able to lead them in their raice for the championship next season. Although the team this year had lost a number of its stars some ex- cellent material was drafted from the juniors to take the place of our graduates. Little need be said as to how well they upheld the example set by those who came before. The team got down to steady workas soon as the school term began and long before the Old Boys' game they were in excellent condition. Arrangement of the Schedule Ou September 27th. Dr. George A. Smith, Secretary of the 'W.O.S. SA.. announced the groupings for the Secondary Schools of Vtfestern Ontario. Sarnia C. I. and T. S. was grouped with lVindsor, Chatham and Petrolia, Sarnia and Petrolia to play off, the winner meeting the winner of the Chatham-lVindsor series in home and home games to be decided by October 24th. Points were to count on the round. D. A. Campbell of the Sarnia Collegiate was appointed convenor of theedxs- trict. old Bays 6-s.c.x. and T.s. 3 September 23rd ' According to the ancient custom the first Rugby game of the season was against the Old Boys. sf The Col- legiate wa's in goodlcondition for the game and gave Eddie Robinson and. his lZC3.1T1-'1'llZ'lf6SAOl'lC of the hard- est batt-le,s1put up in yea-rs losing out by hard luckiih the last frame. The game was played on the school cam- pus and attracted a fairly large crowd. ThevS.C.I. and T.S. drew the best of the play throughout the fracas, keeping the Old Boys'penned up in their 'own end mostof the time. The Old Boys had Amore weight than the Collegians and it was their bucking tactics that gain- ed them yards. During the first quarter, play was fairly even with neither team gain- ing much advantage. The first and only count of the period came when Carter booted to Howard who was forced to rouge. In the third frame Howard sent one out of touch to even the count. The turning point of the game came when Robinson punted to Kennedy who tried to take the ball on the run. He fum- bled and Crompton fell on it five yards out. The Collegiate held un- til Donohue smashed over for a touch with one yard to go. Robin- son failed to convert. The S.C.I. and T.S. started an aerial attack and forced the Old Boys to rouge again before time was called. For the Old Boys the plunging of Spears, Teskey, Donohue, Bell and Parks kept the Collegiate on the de- fence. Carter's booting was better than .both Robinson's and Howard's who were getting them too far and high for their forwards to get under in time. Dutch Simpson supplied the feature of the game when he sneaked through centre for a 35 yard gain. The Collegiate showed a well-balanced, snappy aggregation which promised to go far in the In- terscholastic race before the season ended.

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THE COLLEGIATE I09 D 0Y'S FW Once again the S. C. I. and T. S. has come through a very successful sport season. Our rugby team, despite the fact that many of last year's team are not at school went through for the W.O.S.S.A. championship with only one loss out of eight games played. In the finals for the O.R.F.U. Interscholastic championship they lost out in the last few minutes of play to Hamilton who were trailing in the third quarter. The excellent quality of sportsmanship displayed by the team when they lost at London can not be equalled by any school in the Dominion. Early in the summer the Board of Education started work on the campus and by fall it had been levelled. rolled and drained, putting the held in excellent shape for practices. Our hockey teams, although not receiving much support from the students have acquitted themselves well. The juniors lost only one game during the season while our senior team is still in the running for XY.O.S.S.A. honours. They have one of the fastest and neatest working teams in the history of the school this year. Owing to illness at critical times the basketball team did not go very far in their quest for the championship. They won their district easily but in the seini-finals were ousted by the fast London Central quint. In the last game of the season the S.C.I. and T.S. squad was badly weakened by the absence of Kennedy and Millman.

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THE. COLLEGIATE lll ' -,I ,.-3 JA- - - - . .yr li, Y 21, vt. ,444 A--.sap -, , -gg- SENIOR RUGBY TEAM Back Row ileft to rightj-Roy Brown. Lloyd Hallam, Ray Conk. Xlidillk- Row lleft to rightl-Mr. Campbell, Jim lY:ilsh, Leslie lfwener, Hari-lil Vanllnrne, John Manure, XY:dler Cfllllllll, NYilfred Hand, Gordon Mattingly. Cyril Teskey, Beatty Jennings. llotti-ni Rnw tlcft to right!-St. Claire Parsons, Gerald MeV:-an, Frank llurwell, Edgar Kellam, llmvard Carter. lfdwarvl Kennedy KCZIIVYIHIIJ, Gleed xvilldilllllll, XYilliam Ewener, Bruce Maitland, Logan Millninn, R-iss Gray tCoachJ. W. O. S. S. A. CONTESTS S.C.I. and T.S. 7-Petrolia 3 October llth. The opening game of the lY.O.S. SA, was held at Sarnia when Pe- trolia llard Oils were set back hy a score of 7-3, Sarnia carrying a lcflcl uf .L 11nil1fS 'tu liL'tl'lPllZl ful' fllt' rctnrn gaine which was played one week later. The game throughout was a kicking duel lmetween Carter and llyatt with Carter having an edge over his opponent. Sarnizfs chances looked bright at the beginning of the game, hut hy the end of the first period Petrolia was leading 3-O. Things took on a dillerent aspect in the second when Kennedy went over for a touch. Carter added another point on a kick to Petrolia's deadline just as the whistle blew. On an exchange of punts in the third, Carter scored another. The Hard Oils tightened up in the last quarter and presenting a stonewall defence, held Sarnia scoreless. For the S.C.l. and T.S. Millnian, Kennedy, lfwener and Carter were the pick. Kennedy scoring the only touch of the game. Carter had the advantage over llyatt, the fUl'lllCI'iS long spirals inevitalmly gaining ground for Sarnia. Fumbles on Sarnia's part however, rolmhed them of much of this advantage. Hyatt and Mcllattie were the lmest for Pe- trolia while McDongall's plunging was the feature of the game.