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

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THE COLLEGIATE 91 winter sport once more in Sarnia. The attendance at the games has been good, considering the weather, although the money contribution has not so satisfactory. S. C. I. 8: T. S. 3-Petrolia C. I. 0 Our team was grouped with our old enemv Petrolia in the first round of the IVossa. The first game was played in Sarnia and our team up- set the dopesters' calculations by defeating the Oil Town boys to the tune of 3-O. The sharpshooting of G. Patterson accounted for the team's score and his clever back- checking broke up many of Petrol- ia's attacks. The Sarnia defence was impenetrable and Clarke had an easy time in the Sarnia nets. Lindsay, Petrolia's big defence man, was their chief attacker and he broke away several times. S. C. I. 8: T. S. Z-Petrolia C. I. 3 The return game was played in Petrolia, and, although Petrolia won the game, the Blue and IYhite man- aged to win out on the round. Sar- nia played a defensive game throughout and both her goals were the result of spectacular end to end rushes by G. Paterson. Lindsay a- gain starred for Petrolia. A large following of fans went with the team. S. C. I. 8: T. S. 0-St. Thomas C. I. 1 By a queer turn of luck, our team, after beating Petrolia in the first round, was ordered to play St. Thomas for the Hrossa Champion- ship. After a considerable delay owing to the mild weather, the first game was played in Sarnia on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Both teams showed the effect of the long lay oi? and consequently the game was slow. The Sarnia team resorted en- tirely to a defensive play and seemed unwilling to press the St. Thomas goal. The only goal of the game was of a Huky nature when a loose puck rolled off Clarke's skate. A fair crowd braved the cold 'weather to see the game. S. C. I. 8z T. S. 7-St. Thomas C. I. 2 Displaying a complete reversal of form, the S. C. I. defeated the St. Thomas team on their own ice and emerged the victors on the round by the score of 7-3. The game was entirely unlike the one in Sarnia, as both teams bore in persistently and the superior shooting ability of G. Paterson netted 5 counters for Sar- nia. Both goaltenders had trouble in seeing the puck owing to the poor visibility. For Sarnia Patterson, Twaites and Clark were the. best though the whole team played great hockey. Anderson and Taylor stood out for St. Thomas. Jerry Goodman refereed the contest and handed out four penalties all to St. Thomas. The lineup :- Sarnia-Goal, Clark, Defence, Reid, Ikfilliamsg Centre, Paterson, IYings, NYood, Twaites: Subs, Clax- ton, McKay. Kelso. p St. Thomas-Goal, Ruppelg De- fence, Taylor, IVhite: Centre, Moore XYings, Anderson, Babcockg Subs, Vaughn, Edgeworth. NOTE The members of the hockey team wish to thank Mr. Ted Teskey for his attention and assistance to the team during the St. Thomas game here and also Mr. L. LeSueur for his assistance and time in coaching the team. BOYS' BASKETBALL The rugby season had hardly end- ed when the supporters of Basket- ball began to make plans for the coming season. After some delay in securing an entry, the team was organized after Christmas and Lyle

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90 Tl-IE COLLEGIATE L.,-Aa., ..-, .,- .L......-.AY..Y .raw . ,ILYNIOR RUGBY TEAKI Hack Rnwff Neil Ccllar. Qlnhn Mackenzie. NYalter Claxton, jaiues Geary, Douglas lsbister. Max Gough. Claude Cook. Travis Churchill, Leroy Smith, Brnaflbezit. Front Row--,lanies Garrett. XYillian1 Tnrixbull, Robert Leelzie. George Clark. Neil X1311HOYllE, Arthur Lawson, John Sinnnons, james Harris. Laverne Finch. point lead for their return gaine. .-Xt the outset, Captain Clark went over for a touchdown. Froni that point on the lYindsor defence tight- ened and in the second half the visitors took advantage of Sarnia's poor defence and condition to score S. C. I. 8: T. S. 1-Windsor C. I. 6 The S. C. I. -luniors passed up the lY.C'.S.S.A. Championship for the 1937 season when they went down to defeat in XYindsor by the score of 6-I. XYindsor scored their lone touchdown in the second quarter when Montgomery went 25 yards for a touchdown on a fake kick. On the strength of the play Sarnia should have won, but the long morn- ing ride took the pep out of the players and with several chances to score they lacked the iinal push. two points. For Sarnia the work of Collar and Yanldorne was out- standing. ln the Quarterniain twins, the lYindsor showed a Hashy pair of ends. O HOCKEY The return ul the S. C. I. into the hockey ranks, and the bringing to Sarnia of the Free Press Trophy for the lirst time in history, has shown con- clusively what can be clone, and also what valuable hockey material has been lying unnoticed for the last two years in our school. All the praise and hon- our is entirely due to those nieiiibers of the team who coached and trained themselves, and by their eilorts they' have accomplished a great deal in the attempt to arouse and stir up enthusiasm for the establishing of the popular

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92 TI-IE. CO LL EGIATE. McKay was elected Captain with Charles Brush, Manager. Unfor- tunately Beatty fennings, who had coached the team in previous years was unable to devote much of his time this year and consequently the team suffered from the lack of pro- per coaching. Added to this was the appearance at the most critical moments of the time honoured jinx and our quintet was forced to defeat by our old enemy Strathroy in two closely contested games. S. C. I. 8z T. S. 18-Strathroy 27 The iirst scheduled game for the team was on Friday Evening, Jan. 20 with Strathroy. Qwing to the train being an hour late the game which was set for 7.30 did not get under way until IO o'clock. There was a good attendance on hand to see the team start the season with a win but they were disappointed. The lirst quarter was slow as both teams tended to lie back and take things easy. The second quarter livened up, however, and penalties were numerous. Strathroy resor- ted to long shots in which they were very successful and at half time they were leading by three points. The game continued to be close until nearly the end, when superior con- dition and combination told on the school team. The Sarnia team showed the lack of practice through- out. S. C. I. 8z T. S. 16-Strathroy 22 Un the following Friday, the team went to Strathroy to play the re- turn match. At the start the Strathroy team carried the play in- to the Sarnia territory and scored the first basket after which they 'were never headed. The Sarnia forwards showed a great improve- ment in their combination and the guards played a steady game throughout. To single out a star on the Sarnia team would be impos- sible as the whole team played a strong game. The linal score on the round was Strathroy 49: Sar- nia 34. U THE TRACK TEAM The performance of the Track Team in the last few years at Lon- don has shown conclusively that un- less someyradical change is brought about this phase of Boy's Athletics is doomed to die out in our school. lYhether it is the lack of interest or the lack of material or coaching, the writer is unable to answer. Almost forgotten are the memories of the Senior and Junior Championships that were brought to Sarnia in the years 1920-1922. From that time on. there has been a gradual but steady decline in our accomplish- ments in track work, until last year we were only able to win 3rd place in the Senior and Intermediate Shot Put. lt is not the intention of the writer to bring criticism on any of the members of the Track Team who took part in London last year or in any of the previous years. lt does seem, however, incomprehen- sible that, in a school the size of our own, there is not sufficient material which, with coaching, would go far in the attempt to bring back to the S. C. I. 81 T. S. her long lost laurels. lt is true that all this could not be accomplished in one year, but, if a sufficient number of the younger pupils were encouraged and coached the writer has not the slightest doubt that in a few years there would come from the school a Track Team that would bring victory and fame to Sarnia. '