St Francis Xavier University - Yearbook (Antigonish, Nova Scotia Canada)

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VARSITY HOCKEY With its strongest roster in recent years the I9-I9-50 Varsity I ocltcy Team enjoyed one ol' its best seasons in the history ot' the Unixersity. It was a tx ear which saw the return oli the Nlaritime Intercollegiate 1.t.cI4ty 'I itle, a title which has not been at St. F. X. since I9-16. Varsity Iloclcey got under way very early this year due to the tact that St. F. X. participated in A. IJ. C. League competition. Aliter playing' tlnu a xeiy rigorous schedule the Blue and XVhite Squad managed to linisli in third position, behind the powerful Stellarton Royals and the hard-hitting Antigonish bulldogs. In the semi-tinals lor the A. IJ. C. League Championship, the Varsity Team puslfed Stellarton all t'ie way lorcing the A. P. C. League Champions right down to the wire. This year's Varsity squad was composed ol' three well-balanced otliensive trios, two sets olielliective rearguards, and a reliable net-minder. Besides veterans Rod lVIacNeil, Geno Scattalone, Michey XVoodtiord, lilmer lVlorrisirn, l'l1il ljowes, loe lVIaclfachern, Paul lVIacUonald, and Dan Ioe Currie, the Llue and XX lfite Squad was strengthened by such new-comers as beorge Iieht e, I.ill Ijixon, I- oug lVIacUonald, Luigi Genta, Iohn lVIarlcie, Iaclt lWIacLellan lid, and l',Ll:,CilC S.vai t- zaclc, Ed lVIurrin, Phil Sharliey and Ali'ne:me1.sey. Duriag the Christmas vacation, Fr. lVIacIienna, whose namg has become a tradition in Varsity sports, especially hoc .ey, was suddeny taken seriousy ill much to the regret ot' the entire Xaverian liami y. As a result, ltr. Andy I ogan, a protege of Fr. lVIacKenna's was brought into the picture to talte ox er the outlit which promised a banner year on ice. Shortly after Fr. IIogan's arrival the Xaverian hoclceyists departed for Saint Andrews, N. B., where they played two game exhibition series with the Inttr- mediate Senators. The X-men dropped tI1e tirst game by a score of nine to sex en but held the N. B.-P. IC. I. Champions to a 7-7 draw in the second contest. The Intercollegiate schedule called for only tour games with St. I . X. coming out victorious in all four. The tirst game against Dalhousie saw the potent Xaverian aggregation come out on top of a IO-2 scare. The next encounter saw the X-men trounce the Acadia Axemen by the convincing score oli IU-5. St. I . X. then journeyed to Acadia where they clinched the Nova Scotia Intercollegiate Title by Clipping the fast slcating Axemen IU--I. The remaining game of the schedule saw the Blue and WVhite down the Dal Tigers into a I2--I victory. YVith the lWaritime Intercollegiate Crown in view, the Varsity Squad tra vel- led to Glace Bay for an exhibition game with the Iu'ii1irlVIiners. AltlltJllg'1tilClW' were held to a -I--I tie by the llashy junior squad St. I . X. outclassed them in all divisions. The tirst game against U.N. B., N. B.-P. If. I. Wii1liei's, saw the shtirpfshoot- ing Xaverians crush the Kellymen by tI1e score of 8-fl. With a six goal lead in their two game total goal series, the X-men travelled to Fredericton and on the night ot'lVIarch I7, they set baclc the Brunswiclcers by a score ot' 5--I to complete a most successful year, a year in which interest, spirit, and sound support d emi- nated as never before. 125

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MARITI E I TERCOLLEGI TE CHAMPIONS The year I9-I9-50 though not as title-winning a year as was I9-I8-49, never- theless it was a successful season for haskethaff at St. I . X. This year's intercollegiate Ieague provided more competition than was ex- pected. Dalhousie University forced a pfay-off game in order that the St. If. X. men could estahlish superiority as the hest squad in Nova Scotia. This was done with two successive seventeen-point victories over the Daf team after they had defeated St. If. X. in the opener hy a one point margin in an overtime thriller. U. N. B. were next to faII hefore the powerfuf cage machine as St. I . X. puffed a surprise hy defeating decisively the men from Up the fiiII hv the score of 59-28. Then, it was U. N. B. who puffed a surprise hy defeating our X-men hy the score of 53--IJ. This was nowhere near the thirty-one point victory that our hoys had registered and, thus, the third successive IVIaritime Intercollegiate Basketball Title was hrought to St. It. X. Unfy two exhihition games were played in our Gym. The first was against the Infouse of David team and this was the first of our defeats this 5 ear. The second game was with Sydney Y which the X-men won in convincing, styfe. An internationaf fIavor was given to Xaverian Basfiethaff when the team toofc a Christmas tour covering points in New Brunswick and Iwaine. The Team played eight games of which they tied one, Iost one, and won the remaining six encounters. The defeat was at the hands of the CaIais Chiefs, who have since won the IVIaine Semi-professional Championship. In the final two games of this tour against Saint Iohn, the Ixffaritime Senior title was hrought to St. If. X. for its second successive year. rITf'1IS.VCElI',S victory was more decisive than Iast 1 St. F. X. won the series hy nineteen points. The team was entered in intermediate competition hut was forced to with- draw after it had dropped New Yvaterford in the lnitiaf series of the Nova Scotia pfayoffs. The team withdrew on the unanimous vote ofthe memhers heca use of the time it would require away from the Campus. Again, a great portion of the credit goes to Fr. Fogarty for his ability in moulding a championship team. We are fortunate in having such a great coach at St. F. Xi-the proot is in the championships and the men who win them. .. .:..- . .sirs2e:2e1+!'9?s1f21:e2aE,..:52a2 '1 fam .3 ,Bw a we l..g1t1 it , 1...1.. 1..: I 2 ..i I RONALD NUGENT REV. W. P. FOGARTY ROBICRT CAMPBELL hfanager Coach Assistant Nlanager 1 2 7