St Michaels College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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4 1bow we 'won he Ganabian 1Rugby3 bampionsbip. UR entry into the Intermediate Intercollegiate last year was indeed an innovation. A new field of battle was open before us, one more suited to our style of play. Its rules permitted our Rev. coach a freer hand in the manoeuvring of his brilliant repertoire of trick plays. The Intercollegiate entry was a wise one. One year's hard, earnest work, together with the best of coaching, produced the inter- mediate title. To pick a champion Hfourteen' out of a pos- sible sixty is certainly worthy of mention. This year's task, however, was destined to be the hardest. Our reputation was made. Can we uphold it? The year started very inauspiciously. The stars of last year's team were late in reporting. spending the earlier part of the season with the Varsity seniors. Circumstances kept the team from practicing till Oct, 13th, when 'fCap. Malone trotted out his new candidates with a few of the seasoned vet- erans for the initial practice. Anyone who has heard of the Rev. coach, need not inquire of the next month's happeningsg how Corkery, Feeney, Beck, Forrestal and Creamer, all raw recruits, were welded in as cogs of the old machine. how the pink of condition, as well as accurate, unified team work, was acquired and how a team was built up, which has not its equal within the historv of inter- mediate football. ' We emerged winners of our series on Oct. 29, a now tried and experienced team ready for the semi-hnals. XVe beat the strong Montreal aggregation on their own grounds and suc- ceeded in doing the same on the return game at the Stadium. our hardest .fought game since we won the Junior Canadian Championship. 98 Our reputation is upheld. but our work is unfinished. Wife must win the Canadian Championship to crown our success. The teams tactics had to be changed. Interference must be discarded which means an entire change of trick plays. The boys entered upon the crucial contest with that confidence and fervor, so characteristic of the wearers of the double blue. The game was never in doubt and as a result we achieved the greatest honour an intermediate team can win in Canada. No individual players can be singled out as stars. A grim. determined will, sacrificing all individual interests for the suc- cess of the team, won the much coveted laurels. The teams are unanimous in acclaiming Davie Mulligan as a great factor in their success and congratulations are due to him in this respect. Father Carr, our Rev. coach, needs no mention. Only the players whom he has coached know and can truly appreciate the value of his work. This includes some of the best Cana- dian exponents of the game. The Globe, perhaps, can give the best appreciation of his work in the fewest words possible: The bewildering repertoire of trick plays uncorked by St. Michaels College yesterday against Hamilton Tigers is a trib- ute to the coaching of Father Carr. The Haniiltonians couldn't keep track of the ball when St. Michael's were in possession. The rapid-fire passing and shifting of the Irish fooled the spectators, too. The lighter, shorter-striding winners shot through great holes in the Tiger line for repeated gains of twenty and thirty yards. There was more strategic football in the national intermediate final than in any three senior games in Toronto this season. -I. E. T.

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who Chev Ere CANFIELD-Rigllll half-back. XVeight, 140, and comes from Utica, N.Y. Although a Yankee,y' joe may well be classed as a made in Canada, since he began to play the game in St. Michaels six years ago. He is well known to the public and was picked as the best half-back in Toronto last fall. He graduates this year. CokKERx'-Left half. XVeight 1503 hails from the Lift Lock Cityfl Cork has played football the past two years, but this was his hrst appearance on the Seniors. He is the white- haired boy in football, speedy runner, sure catch, elusive as an eel, and uses the stiff arm effectively. HICKEY-Right scrim. NVcight 185 and comes from Pet- erboro'g Hick is the veteran of the team, having played rugby since IQO7, and like the famous lift-lock Lyef' lessens the labour of the other players. At stopping bucks he is a veritable stone wall. NEALoN-Left inside: XVeight 148 and claims Qrillia for his home. Matt has been playing rugby since his first appear- ance at College four years ago. Although seldom spectacular, he is the most effective player on the team and never makes a mistake. ' BRODERICK-CC1'1lI1'6 half. Height 165 and comes from Toronto. Classed as one of the best punting halves in Canada. His high spirals give the wings plenty of time to follow up. A good catch, fleet of foot and a fine line-plunger. LELL1s-Flying-wing. Wfeight 155, a Toronto boy. His all-round ability deserves for him a place on the all-star team, were it picked. He is aggressive and game to the core. figur- ing in every play. He graduates this year. MALONE-Centre scrim. Hfeight 160, claims Toronto as his home. Ausy's influence and skill as captain is best seen by 99 the perfect condition in which his team is always found. As a player he is full of 'fpepf' His Heetness of foot enables him to be down the punts like a flash. Graduates this year. BRQWN-Tflgllll middle. Wfeight 169. a Hamilton product. Wlhen Brown fails to gain yards betting drops below parg he 15 also a great cog in the defence. Available two more years. HAIYIQIS-Rlglit inside. Vtfeight ISO, another Hamiltonian. He is a stumbling block to all opposing buckers and uses every ounce of his weight to the best advantage. Has played on senior team for three years. KELLY-Left middle. XVeight 175, comes from Norwood. Has been the main-stay of the team for three years, the great- est line plunger in the business, in fact he is a whole team in himself. FEENEY-Right outside. Xlfeight 148, claims Peterboro' as his home. This is his first year on the seniors but he has behaved like a veteran. His fast following up and deadly tackling is a treat to watch. Available for two more years. RYAN-LCft outside. Height 1353 Johnnie hails from Wfellsville, N.Y. Picked as the star of outside wings: his lightning-like dives are a terror to opposing half-backs. He never misses his man and brings him down hard. He graduates this year. TiILLEN+T,Cf'C scrim. Height 165. comes from Ennis- more, Ont. This is his second year in football and his First on the seniors. Plays his position well and figures in every mix-up. BECK-Quarter-back. Xteight 125. found in different parts of Toronto. St. Rfichael's are the trickiest team playing foot- ball, and Beck is the hub of this machine. This is his first year l