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

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THE COLLEGIATE 117 defens-e aside in the great VVindsor rally. Geary, the quarter-back of the winners, was a consistent thorn in the side of the Windsor defense. Bell scored two touchdowns and Moore one, only on-e of which was converted. .The team work of the winners was very pleasant to watch while the losers resorted to individ- ual attacks, in which McKernan and Zade stood out. These two players also combined well on for- ward passes and caused the Sarnia team many anxious moments in the first half. S.C.l. 9-Windsor 1 The S.C.I. team played the return game in Windsor on Nov. 7. The victory gave Sarnia the round 28-2. Dinty Moore, sensational backfield ace of 'the S.'C.I., again figured greatly in Sarnia's victory. Bell and Isbister also played large parts in the win due to good plunging. The Borderites lead by McKernan and Chap-man fought back hard but never managed to offset the early lead establishe-d by the S.C.l. through Moore's field goal in the first period. Moore garnered all of Sarnia's points. Q S.C.l. 4-St. Thomas 12 After sixteen years of persistent effort, Szt. Tlhomas Collegiate was successful in defeat-ing Sarnia on their own field on Nov. 16. The Sarnia Collegians seemed to lack their usual defensive as well as of- fensive punch, and tihe flanking runs of the halves seemed to wear them down until in the final period the Saints ripped through for two touchdowns that gave them a com- fortable lead for the return game. The S.C.I. fumbled frequently and at most inopportune times and did not get a real break at any time. In Carter the Saints possess one of the best looking booters seen in the Collegiate ranks last season. Moore and Claxton were the most consist- ent ground gainers for the losers, but could do little as Sarni.a's wing line was considerably- off colour. Carter, Pollock and Vicary featured St. 'Dhomas with some sensational running. S.C.l. 5-St. Thomas ll After years of trying, St, Thomas at last became WOSSA champions by defeating the S.C.I. in St. Thomas on Nov. 20. The field was in poor condition due to a recent fall of snow. The huddle system was re- sorted to throughout the game. First period opened with Sarnia kicking against tlhe wind, and in a short time Carter forced Moore to rouge on a long kick. In the second period Sarnia launched a strong of- fensive and 1broug'ht the ball up to St. Thomas' 3 yard line, from where Claxton went over for a touch. At this juncture of the game the chanc- es of our team winning the round looked very rosy as they completely outplayed St. Tlhomas. However, in tfhe third quarter they faded. In the last quarter the S.C.I. resorted to every trick in the bag but to no avail, even trying forward passes in the shadow of their own goal posts. One oaf these passes was intercepted by Pollock who trotlted about twenty yards for a touchdown. One bright feature of the game was the inspired playing of two insides, Randall and Lewis. The team went down with colours flying and took the defeat as true sportsmen. VVho could ask more?

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116 THE COLLEGIATE SENIOR RUGBY TEAM Back Row-B. Proutt, W. Reid, M. Heller, C. Cook, R. O'field, NV. Turnbull, C. Abdo. Middle Row-Mr. Asbury, S. Austin, VV. Claxton, G. Moore, J. Geary, A. Hayne, I. Lewis. N. Nichol CMgr.J Front Row-T. Doherty, VV. Hargrove, R. Blay, V. Norwood, R. Ewener, K. Bell CCapt.J, D. Isbister, VV. Randall, D. McLeod, G. Fraser. kicked to the dead line for the first point in the f-irst quarter. The sec- ond quarter developed into a kick- infg duel between Gord. Paterson and G. Clarke, with the latter hav- ing the betlter of it. The feature of the first half was when Van Horne ran for fifty yards and a touchdown. Half time score was 4-6 for the Old Boys. Norm Geary was the star of the second half, with a run of forty yar-ds and a touch- down to his credit. For the S.'C.l. Moore, Clark, and Bell stood out, although the wihole team played well. There were numerous in- fringements of the rules, much to the S.C.I's advantage. S.C.l. 53-London Central 7 The opening game of the VVOSSA was he-ld at the Athletic Park, Sat- urday Oct. 19, when the S.C.I. tr-oun- ced Lon-don Central 53-7. The homesters fha-d their own way throughout the con-test, although the London team never stopped fighting. The Sarnia team was much heavier an-d score-d touch- downs at wilnl. London introduced the forward pass with fair success, as the-ir major s-core was the result of this play. S'arnia's score was gained on nine touchdowns, five of which were converted and one field goal. S.C.l. 25-London Central 0 ln the return game London Cent- ral was decisively defeated 25-O, the S.C.l. taking the round 78-7. The Lond-on team put up a much more stubborn battle than the pre- vious week. However, Sarnia failed to take the game seriously or the score might have been doubled. Dinty Moore was the outstanding' star of the game. Isbisfter and Bell netted five points each bu-t O'Field was 'high scorer with ten points to his credit. Grant and Lawson were the best for London and deserve much credit. S.C.l. 19-Windsor 1 The first game of the WOSSA finals was hel-d in Sarnia on Nov. 2 against Kennedy Collegiate. The flirsft half saw the determine-d Wined- sor crew hold our team to a I-I score, buit the S.C.I. team ran wild in the second ha-lf, dh-alking up I8 points. Some great plunging by Ken Bell and sensational running by Dinty Moore swept the Windsor

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118 THE COLLEGIATE t PERSONNEL OF SENIOR RUGBY TEAM L. Ha'lf-Walter Claxton. Fl. Wing-Clauide Cook. Snap-Reg. Ewener. L. Inside-Roy Blay. L. Middle-Kenneth Bell QCa-pt.j L. End-G-ordon Fraser. R. Half-Gordon Moore. C. Half-Bruce Proutt. Quarter-James Geary. R. Inside-Willard Ran-dall. R. Middle-Douglas Isbister. R. End-VVi1liam Turnbull. SPARES Inside-Andrew Hayne. Inside-Jack Lewis. End-Warreil Hargrove. Half-Barney Qfield. Half-Stewart Austin. End-Maurice Heller. Ross Gray, Honorary Coach. Beatty Jennings, Coach. -.TO-. Inside-Vincent Norwood. R. End-Tom Doherty. End-Donald McLeod. Half-VVilliam Reid. Snap-Caram Abdo. Norman Nichol, Manager. Robert Thorp-e. Trainer. W., BEATTY SON JENNINGS Our 'deepest and most sincere thanks -go 'to Son this year for coaching' the Senior Rugby Team. Though we did no-t retain our laur- els of past years, we cannot say that it was due to our change in coaching. Mr. jenningis work was faithful and was appreciated by all the members of 'the team. Wie that are leaving Wish to extend our best wishes for success to the rugby team an-d their coach for the follow- ing year. ROBERT THORPE This year saw Bob ' back with us again, with his lin.iment,ttoWel and emergency bag. His work was ap- preciated by all the members of the team, as we hope it will be by other teams if he comes back to us next year. g NOTE The Rugby team wishes to thank the Laidlaw-Betlton Lumber Co. for the use of their truck during the home games of the past season.