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

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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

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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. lOl Sarnia 19-St. Thomas 6. Playing a steady but hard fought game in the Athletic Park on Satur- day, Nov. 29, the Sarnia Collegiate juniors won the junior 'VV.0.S.S.A.' Championship, for the Hrst time in the history of the school, from St. Thomas by a score of I9-6 on the home Game and 20-6 on the round. rs The Juniors were not playing at full strength as Bill Twaits, the reg- ular quarter, was compelled to stay out of the game owing to illness. The breach was ably filled by 'Dinty' Moore who conducted the team like a iveteran, until the last quarter when he was relieved by 'Twaits, who insisted on getting into the game for a few minutes. C The .luniors faltered only once in their decisive march to victory and that in the last quarter, but the lull was only momentary. So with head, heart and hand combined to insure the Championship, the Jun- iors amply demonstrated that they were able to bear the Junior XV.O. S.S.A. crests for the 1926 season. BOXING i For a considerable time Mr. Kee- ber has wanted boxing taught in the school. Accordingly, when Dr. VV. G. Gray offered to instruct a class and circumstances permitted one to be formed, the necessary boxing- gloves were procured and other ar- rangements completed. After the Christmas vacation it was an- nounced that boxing lessons would be given for the boys interested in that line of athletic work. The sponsors of the plan were pleased with the enthusiastic response. Thirty-five boys were enrolled and a nominal fee collected from them. Beginning on january 15th, after school, classes have been held twice weekly. Although but a short time has elapsed since then the pupils have made considerable progress under the able tutelage of Goldie, BASKETBALL After the close of a very success- Morrans Cellffev H- Caftefi Gl12lfdS. ful rugby season, the school eagerly welcomed basketball and looked for- ward to carrying their honours afar in this field. But from the hrst fate seemed to be against them, for the team had no coach to instruct them and the practices drew only a few. A team was at last picked out, Ted Teskey being chosen Captain and ably managed by Hubert Potterl The line-up was a good one and the team would have carried the school colours far into the series,-but, riddled by age and scholastic diffi- culties the team was ineligible to play in W.G.S.S.A. and of necessity defaulted to Strathroy, playing ex- hibition games for the remainder of the season. Line-up-Forwards, H. Potter, G. Patterson, S. Ivenson, T. McKay, E. T. Teskey, R. Brown, R. Nicol, G. Mattingly. Old Boys 41-s.c.1. 3 ln this, the first game of the sea- son, the school was completely snowed under by the fast playing of the old boys. The team was unable to stop Hallam, McDougall and Cur- rie, and this speedy combination soon piled up a healthy score over the school. Our forwards, in at- tempts at retaliation, could not fathom the heavy defence of the grads, and went down to defeat. Port Huron H. S.18-S. C. I. ll. The blue and white were still in the throes of defeat when they met Port Huron on our floor. Our boys