St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Lestock Adams Shield .. Lower School Individual Athletic Award McKay Ski Trophy. Taylor Cup. Cory Cup ... Moulden Cup . Headlam Cup. Templeton Cup . Cox Cup . All-round Athlete Individual Skier High Jump Long Jump Junior Track Midget Track Senior Track One-mile Open Curling Entered in the Fort Garry Curling Bonspiel were four teams from St. John’s-Ravenscourt. The skips of the four teams were: Croll, Thomp¬ son, Ferguson, and Radymski. On Croll’s team were Don Drybrough, David Drybrough and George Mitchell. Thompson’s team was R. Stewart, Ed Parkes, and Bruce Ferguson’s team consisted of Davidson, Mollard and Lloyd Mitchell, while Radymski’s team was Bell, Santo, and Green. In the first event Ferguson and Thompson fought it out, but Fergu¬ son was too much for his opponent and won 7-5. In the second event Joyal and Croll, had it out, but Croll wasn’t so fortunate; Joyal won 10-8. The winners of the first and second event should have played off for the championship, but due to ice conditions the game was not played. Ferguson’s team won first prize for winning the first event, while Thompson’s team followed with second prize. In the second event Croll won second prize. We wish to congratulate all four teams for their excellent showing. W. R. M. EAGLE Forty-one

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Inter-Meuse Gym Competition The gym teams of the three school houses held their annual competi¬ tion on Friday afternoon of April 20. The judge of the competition was Mr. Andrew Curry, who is a member of the Board of Governors. All in the Upper School participated unless physically unfit. The judge’s de¬ cision was close, with Young House winning by less than half a point, closely followed by Hamber and Richardson houses respectively. TROPHIES The following awards will be given at the Prize-Giving and the Athletic Banquet this year: House Trophies: National Hockey League Trophy.Senior Hockey Sellers Trophy...Junior Hockey Mermagen Trophy ...Senior Rugby Michael Reece Trophy .Junior Rugby Cecil Askey Trophy ........Senior Soccer Masters’ Trophy ...Senior Basketball The Basketbowl ....Junior Basketball Harland Trophy .....Shooting Dingwall Trophy .Cross-Country Race Weber Trophy ..Senior Softball Inter-House Shield ...Honours and Stripes Headmasters Award .....Physical Training Individual Trophies: Bedson Cup ......Best Gymnast Basil Baker Memorial Shield ..Best Hockey Leader Bawlf Medal .All-round Ability Forty EAGLE

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LITERARY THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS The Toronto Maple Leafs are managed by Connie Smythe and coached by Joe Primeau. They have won the Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4 to 1 in a best of seven series. In the list of players, starting with the goal-tender A1 Rolins, who played for Toronto until he received an injured knee, we have a list of good sportsmen. A1 won the Vezina Cup by one goal. When A1 was injured, the old veteran, Turk Broda, took over the task of goal-tending. On defence, Bill Barilko is a.very good player and does a very good job. Bill Juzda is also a good player but is very rough. Jim Thompson should be an all-star. On the forward lines is Max Bentley, who was traded by Boston for five players. He should also be an all-star; he is third in the scoring list. Cal Gardner is also in the top ten scoring players and does a very good job of body checking. Ted Kennedy will, no doubt, be the all-star centre and has scored the winning goal in many games. He is noted as the most valuable player of the Leafs. Dan Lewicki has a very good chance for rookie of the year- Tod Sloan is also in the top ten scoring players list. He is very fast but not too kind to the opposing team. Sid Smith did very well in the play-offs and scored five out of the Leafs’ nine goals in the Stanley Cup finals. Completing the team we have Fleming Mackell, a very good player and very fast skater, and Bob Hazard, who was bought from the Toronto Marlboroughs. They are a fine team. Peter Longpre, Form I. BASKETBALL Dr. James Narsmith had been a minister but he gave up this calling to become a physical director at the Springfield, Massachusetts, Y.M.C.A. He started basketball in 1897 in answer to the need for a form of recrea¬ tion that would bolster the dwindling membership of the Y.M.C.A. throughout the country. The rules were made up to stop all roughness. The original plan was to have nine men to a side: three forwards, three centres, three guards. Then the number was adjusted to five, seven, or nine according to a pre¬ game agreement of the captains. A joint committee, which included representatives from the colleges, high schools and YM.C.A. groups met in 1915 to standardize the rules. Basketball, mainly an indoor game, is played by two teams of five players each. The object of each team is to throw the ball into the other team’s basket and to prevent the other team from scoring. The game is played on a court 50 feet wide and 94 feet long. In 1920 a survey revealed that forty-nine nations played basketball. In 1939 it received final honour when it was included in the Olympic Games program. Douglas Clark, Form I. Forty-two EAGLE