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

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THE COLLEGIATE. 99 JUNIOR RUGBY g y Sarnia 13-Chatham 1 Showing a plunging offensive that could not be denied and a very effec- tive defense that seldom faltered, the Collegiate Juniors trotted to victory over Chatham by a I3-I score. As indicated by the score the junior squad had a very strong and fast going team led by Bill Twaits at quarter. George Clark, husky Sarnia half went through the Chatham line continuously for yards. In the second quarter the locals took the lead when they obtained possession of the ball on the sixty yard line and plunged and ran the ball over for a touchdown. ln the last quarter Bell scored another touchdown which Moore converted. For Chatham, Perkins, the lanky half was the best. Twice he broke away, once for a forty-five yard gain, both on fake kicksg but other than that Sarnia had the best of the play throughout. Sarnia 10-Chatham 7. The second game of the junior Series was played in Chatham. Showing more light than they did in the first game, the Chatham High School handed the Sarnia Juniors a stiff argument and only a recovered fumble in the last quarter kept the Sarnia string of wins intact, and gave the blue and white a IO-7 win over the Maple City crew. The score at half time was 6-5 in favour of the Chatham juniors. In the third quarter they booted an- other point and with a few minutes to go in the last .period the fast following Sarnia ends grabbed a fumbled ball and sprinted twenty- live yards for a touchdown, which was not converted. Sarnia won the round 23-8, quali- fying to meet Assumption College juniors in the next round for the district honors. Sarnia 5-Assumption College 9. Playing on a field that was soggy and partially covered with water the Collegiate Juniors were defeated 9-5. This was their only loss of the season at the hands of Assumption College of Wlindsor, at Bayview Park, in the third game of the VV.0. S.S.A. series. The field was in such a condition that it made teamwork of any sort impossible. In the second period Sarnia scored their only touchdown of the game. But in the third period Assumption came back and scored seven points which the Juniors could not over- come although they made a valiant attempt in the last period. Twaits, the Sarnia quarter, played a splendid game and was given good support by Wlise, Moore, Vanhorne and Clark, but the state of the lield prevented any long runs or spectac- ular plays. Sarnia 19-Assumption 6 Varied and forceful playing with few errors gave the Sarnia Colleg- iate juniors the district title in the Junior XN'.O.S.S.A. when they de- feated Assumption College 19-6 in the return game played in Sandwich Nov. 6. The juniors demonstrated that the game in Sarnia was no indi- cation of their merit and that they were a superior team, suited to carry the battle on into the finals. Sarnia did not win on breaks but on ability and team work. In the second quarter their captain, George Clark, was forced to retire from the game for twelve minutes but he gamely volunteered to go in again at half time. Vanhorne, Sarnia's diminutive Hy- ing wing, made one of the prettiest plays of the game, and paved the way for a Sarnia point when .he stepped through the Assumption 1n- terference and intercepted a pass on an end run. If there was one outstanding play-

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THE COLLEGIATE ROSS YV. GRAY Again this year as in the past two we must give great credit to our coach Dolly Gray for our success of 1926. His knowledge of the game is apparent when we remem- ber that this is the third successive Wrossa Rugby championship which he has brought to this school. The interest he showed individually to the team inspired the boys to win for him and the S. C. I. ROY BROXYN QManagerj Although over age by only a few days Roy was unable to play. How- ever, he willingly accepted the posi- tion of Manager and looked after the team in a most creditable man- ner. He was always ready to help or encourage the fellows. BEATTY IENNINGS Speaking of our success in 1926, we must gratefully acknowledge the work of Son who assisted Dolly in the coaching duties. One could not possibly find two men such as Mr. Gray and Mr. Jennings who were more faithful coaches, both sacrificing business and leisure hours in the interests of the team.

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IOO THE COLLEGIFATE. JUNIOR RUGBY TEAHT-IQ26 Back Row-Carl Nanore i,Cr'JZlCl1lv C. lirush, C. Moore, C. XYise, R. Corey. L,.XVe-mple, J. Simmons C. Addison, L. Patterson, F. C. Asliury fP1'l!lCi1Illi. Front Row-L. ilrlcliay, XY. Twaits fllgizl C. Cook, XY. XYllllZll11S. C. Clark tCaptainl D. Isbister, K. Bell, A. Lawson, P. Churchill. er in the game. Captain Clark de- serves the credit as he made two touchdowns and several points on kicks. Dinty Moore also made a name for himself when he made the Hrst Sarnia touchdown about three minutes after the commencement of play. But every member on the team worked to score and the vic- tory would not have been possible had not the line been steady and the secondary defence remained firm. Sarnia 1-St. Thomas 0. Playing a staunch, determined game throughout, the Sarnia Col- legiate Juniors won the first game of the HVV. 0. S. S. A. finals in St. Thomas, Saturday, Nov. 22, when they defeated the St. Thomas Jun- iors I-O on a snow coverediand slip- pery iield. As the score indicates the game was a light fgolii start to finish and Sarnia won on their abil- ity to present a solid line in time of need. The Sarnia backfield was not at home on the slippery snow-covered field but even as it was they present- ed a good account of themselves. Sarniafs first point, which was made in the early part of the game, should have counted live. Twaits kicked an onside, which went over the St. Thomas goal line, was fumbled by a St. Thomas man and recovered by Vanhorneg but the referee was evi- dently snow blind as he claimed a St. Thomas man had his hands on the bal-l and called it one point. Even though the weather was bitterly cold and the field in' poor condition for playing, every man on the team played a heady andfresol- ute game. T