Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE THE Boxing Competition took place in the early part of the Easter Term. On the whole the standard of boxing was very fair. More attempts were made to use the straight left than last year, although most of the boys in the School still fail to realize the true value of a good straight left. Malkin won the Good Loser ' s Cup, while others mentioned in this connection were Bates, Savage, Davidson, Drumheller and Miller. Heavy Heavies (over 150 lbs.) As far as boxing was concerned, this was a poor weight. Macrae, beating Redden in the final, displayed more all-round ability than his opponent, who spent the greater part of his time swinging his arms about in the air. Burroughs, in the semi-finals, did well against Redden. Heavyweight (135-150 lbs.) Quite a good weight this year, with some good fights in the early rounds. Davidson fought well all the way through, and his fight with Stewart in the semi-finals was a very hard and close one. Stewart beat Ames in the finals. Early in the first round he landed a hard right to Ames ' jaw from which the latter never quite recovered. Light Heavies (125-135 lbs.) A very good weight with hard fights all the way through. Cautley boxed well through the weight and only just man- 26

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE CHARACTERS— FIRST XI D. A. Ames (Captain). Captained the side very well on the whole, though at times he did not pay enough attention to his field. Kept wicket consistently well. His batting was very disappointing, he never seemed to get going, mainly owing to not getting his left foot to the ball. G. F. Dyson (Vice-Captain). A good sound all round player. His bowling was very useful. Batting rather lacked aggression. A very good field. E. G. Hunter. Did not come up to his promise as a bat. His fielding was an excellent example to the rest of the side, though his throwing in was inclined to be rather wild at times. G. R. M. Marshall. Bowled well all through, but he must remember that it is length and not pace that counts, and that he must not expect always to get wickets at once. Quite a useful bat, but lacked punch on the off, owing to the absence of his left foot. A good field. D.E. Bradford. A much improved bat, though rather tied up ; should make runs when he learns to open his shoulders. A very good field. J. M. Malkin. Has batted really well at times. Plays with a very straight bat though he lacks scoring shots. Quite a sound field, but must try to improve his throwing in. J. Hutchison. Started the season rather badly, but im- proved towards the end. Inclined to be a slack field. D. Macrae. An extremely good field. His batting was very much of the baseball variety, but he got runs when they were badly needed. C. H. Hyde. Rather a stiff and inexperienc ed bat, who should develop into quite a useful player. Very fair field. The following played but were not awarded their 1st XI colours: R. P. Douty, I. D. Fox, D. Robertson, C. D. Graham, G. F. McAulay. 25

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE aged to beat Shannon i in the finals. His fight with Doull in the finals proved a fast tussle, the decision going to Cautley only after an extra round. Russell put up a very good fight against Cautley in the early rounds. (Middleweights (115-125 lbs.) This was a large weight and most of the boxing was good. Covernton ii, the winner, had some difficulty in beating Bates in the semi-finals. Covernton was to have fought Bradford in the finals, but owing to the latter ' s having injured his wrist a few days before, a very interesting bout unfortunately did not take place. Malkin, who fought Bradford in the semi- finals, put up an exceptionally good fight against his clever and more experienced opponent. Drumheller, Miller and John- son all fought well. Final : Covernton ii won by default as Bradford had injured his wrist. Welterweights (105-115 lbs.) Final : Taylor iii beat Savage Taylor fought well all the way through in this weight, and from the start looked like the winner. He made good use of his left, and though Savage fought well, he was out-boxed by his opponent. Dyke ii and Robinson ii fought well in the earlier bouts. Lightweight (95-105 lbs.) Final : Graburn beat Neal Graburn had no difficulty in this weight. Neal both boxed and fought well but was hopelessly out-classed by his ex- perienced opponent. Earlier in this weight Watson and Tup- per had a great struggle for supremacy, and after three extra rounds Watson was declared the winner. Featherweight (85-95 lbs.) Final: Cromie beat Tryon ii Quite an interesting weight which showed promise for the future. Cromie ' s fight, in the finals, with Tryon ii, was dull. Osier fought well and had a close fight with Cromie in the semi-finals. Maybee, Hayden and Bevington all fought well. 27