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

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BOXING 1950 Groves ' House were once again victorious in the Inter House Boxing Competition. On the basis of awarding two points to the winner of a weight and one to the runner up, Groves ' ended up with 15 points, Ripley ' s next with 10 points while Lake ' s House were a good last with only 2 points. In almost every weight the favourite won, while two boys, McAlpine 1 and Johnson 1, won their own weight and that of the weight above as well. The standard of Boxing has improved throughout but there is still a strong tendency by almost every boy to get very wild when attempting to open out and hit hard. An excellent example of this was Berry who, although very much taller than his opponent Johnson, attempted to slug it out with him, consequently throwing his fight away by his wild and telegraphic tactics. On the other hand, Wilson 1 kept his head when fighting the older and more experienced Loughary and outboxed him by a clear margin. PAPERWEIGHT (under 80 lbs.) Lawson 2 won this weight for the second year in succession. His main opposition was expected to come from McDonagh but McDonagh was surprisingly beaten by Fuller in the semi-finals. In the final, Fuller was bewildered by Lawson ' s furious onslaught early in the first round and did not seem to recover fully. McAlpine 2, beaten earlier by Fuller, and Vandersluys impressed as boys to watch in the future. MOSQUITO WEIGHT (under 90 lbs.) McAlpine 1 ran through his opposition in this weight without being really extended. At all times he boxed coolly and really demon- started how formidable a straight left can be. In the finals he came up against a much smaller and lighter opponent in McDonagh (up from the weight below) who strove manfully to locate McAlpine with wild swings but was not really up to the task physically. Earlier, McAlpine had no difficulty in subduing Bick. FLYWEIGHT (under 100 lbs.) McAlpine, up in this weight too, found it as easy to win as his own. He was hardly extended at all. His opponent in the final ought to have been Burns. However, Burns was well beaten by a less ex- perienced foe in Harrison 2 who, although wild, was at least persistent and had Burns backing away for the whole of the fight. However, Harrison was no match for the skilful McAlpine in the finals although he tried hard until the final bell. BANTAMWEIGHT (under 112 lbs.) There were only four entries in this weight. Wilson 2 beat Ross and Kingscote beat Kaye, so Wilson met Kingscote in the finals in what proved to be one of the best matches of the tournament. Both boys 24

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RUGBY FIXTURE LIST 1st XV Oct. 15th— Oak Bay Wanderers B (Away) Won 14-13 Oct. 26th— Victoria High School 1st XV (Away) Drew 0- Nov. 2nd — Canadian Services College B ( Home ) Won 6- 3 Nov. 9th — Canadian Services College B (Away) Drew 12-12 Nov. 13th— Old Boys and Staff (Home) Lost 3-11 Nov. 26th— St. George ' s School 1st XV (Home) Lost 0- 3 Dec. 3rd— University School 1st XV (Home) ..... Lost 3- 6 Dec. 7th— Victoria High School 1st XV (Home) Lost 0- 9 2nd XV Nov. 2nd — Canadian Services College C (Home) Lost 0-18 Nov. 5th— St. George ' s School 2nd XV (Away) Lost 5- 6 Nov. 9th — Canadian Services College C (Away) Lost 0-27 Nov. 16th— Qualicum College 1st XV (Home) . Drew 6- 6 Nov. 19th— University School 2nd XV (Away) Drew 3- 3 Dec. 7th— Qualicum College 1st XV (Away) . Won 10- 6 COLTS XV Nov. 5th— University School Colts XV (Away) Lost 0-11 Nov. 26th— St. George ' s School Colts XV (Home) Won 6- Dec. 3rd— University School Colts XV (Home) Lost 3- 6 23

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boxed extremely well and showed a commendable amount of skill. Their defences were particularly sound and a punch which broke through the other ' s guard had to be quick as lightning. Kingscote was awarded the very close decision by the judges, Mr. R. Ross and Mr. Rocky Br ooks. FEATHERWEIGHT (under 125 lbs.) Both Kingscote and Wilson 2 were entered in this weight as well and turned out to be the only two capable of giving Antles, the eventual winner, any bother at all. When Wilson 2 fought Antles, it was his second fight, and strenuous too, of the afternoon, so he must be excused for not having the energy to come out for the third round after putting up a very plucky display against a much stronger boy. In the finals, Kingscote had Antles worried often during their bout but Antles ' age and weight told in the end and he won handily. In an earlier fight, Rohrback is worthy of mention for the way in which he kept after Kingscote, showing that what he lacked in skill he made up for in determination. LIGHTWEIGHT (under 135 lbs.) There were many good bouts in this weight with the outcome often in doubt until the last blow had been delivered. Wilson 1 had an easier passage into the finals than did his opponent Loughary, and he certainly showed that he had plenty of skill in easily outpointing his first three opponents. Loughary received an early shock when he barely managed to outpoint Osvold who surprised everyone by his skill and quickness. Had Osvold had more than just a term ' s coaching he might well have won. However, Loughary was soon back in stride once more with an easy victory over Hagstrom who had been very fortunate in receiving the decision against Hamilton in an earlier fight. Wilson 1 boxed beautifully in the finals against Loughary who must have known at the final bell that he was a beaten fighter. WELTERWEIGHT (under 147 lbs.) This weight was easily won by Johnson but, in his fights, he did little to give anyone the impression that he could box. He was content for the most part to beat up his opponent in the shortest possible time. He experienced little opposition and when he did meet any at all, he was unnecessarily vicious in his tactics. His only real opposition came from Bayly who started out like a tornado for the first round and finished up the second and third rounds like a gentle zephyr. MIDDLEWEIGHT (under 160 lbs.) Burr, last year ' s winner in this weight, was unable to box in the finals and so, his opponent Johnson received a walk-over. Wray pleased everyone mightily when he managed to get in a few healthy whacks at Johnson before the latter caught up with him and wore him down. Berry, Johnson ' s next opponent, let all thoughts of science go to the winds and concentrated on being as wild as possible, thereby playing 25