Tillsonburg District High School - Tatler Yearbook (Tillsonburg, Ontario Canada)

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. SENIOR RUGBY B basketball championship. Through- out the long winter term these flashy, scrappy, monied basketeers from T.D.H.S., with their new uniforms and brilliant yellow and black jackets, have trampled all opposition and lent a great deal to the lighter side of school life. Those two victories over De La Salle were pleasant salve to memories from the football fields! Student attendance at games ran high, and Messrs. Ravin and Rice have been busy carrying bus-loads of spectators who desired to give moral support to their team. HJ Anyway, those bus-rides after dark were most heartily enjoyed. The team started the season with two exhibition games with the Junior Trojans, which they lost. However, they learned a great deal and have won all their league games, defeating Aylmer, London, and St. Thomas. They have also defeated the Junior Trojans in other games. In the play-offs they downed Waterford, Elmira and Exeter. 56 In the final game with Exeter, which was played in London, the team showed true championship calibre by coming from behind to take a close score of 24-22. At the half, the taller Exeter team led 15-7, but speed and good condition paid off for the Black-and-Gold, and they pulled ahead in the third quarter. The team members were Gene Walsh fcaptainl, Dick Peacock, Joe Salcak, John Nichols, Russ Mannell, Bob Service, Dave Richards, Wray Rut- ledge, Harvey Smith and Charlie Baldwin. A great deal of credit for the team's success goes to Mr. R. J. Sinclair, who did an excellent job as coach. The Junior basketball team was not quite so successful as the Seniors. They failed to show their spark and lost all their games. They played hard, however, and will soon make good senior players. The Junior team was composed of G. Leatherdale, N. Mason, N. More, E. Mac- Millan, D. Eckel, C. Wilson, G. Miller, B. Smith, D. Peacock. THE TATLER

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keen. Many spectators were present and these acquired hoarse voices, but happy expressions. In competition with athletes from Ingersoll, Delhi, Norwich and Ayl- mer, the athletes of T.D.H.S. again showed themselves superior to their rugged com- pany and retained the cup which they won last year. Individual champs were D. Richards, Junior, J. Salsak, Inter- mediate, R. Mason, Senior, all from Till- sonburg, and Balazs, Juvenile, who hailed from Aylmer. Wossa Meet In the Wossa meet at London, the T.D.H.S. team fared reasonably well under very stiff competition. R. Mason won the Senior 440 yard dash. G. Leatherdale Won the Junior high jump and was prevented only by slippery ground from making a new record. J. Salcak was third in the 440, and fourth in the 100. The Senior relay team had a tough break when they lost first place to Elmira by only one- tenth of a second. The team was com- posed of W. Fletcher, D. O. Dean, R. Mason, and S. Choma. Football This year the Black and Gold gridders played in a new league, a Senior Wossa B grouping, containing Sarnia St. Pat- LOCAL TRACK MEET WINNERS R. Fairs, J. Salcak, D. Richards, R. Mason, M. Warren, E. Heckford, M. McLeod, W. Watts. THE TATLER ' rick's, London De La Salle, Tillsonburg, and Preston. Tillsonburg played two games each with Sarnia and London, who offered tougher competition than T.H.S. has played against in previous years. The league was well-balanced and a good brand of football was shown. Before the regular season began, Tillsonburg won an exhibi- tion game from St. Thomas by the score of 1-0. Since St. Thomas is a Wossa A team things looked good for Tillsonburg. However, Lady Luck did not seem to be on our side and, although the team fought hard, it failed to gain any victories. The games were as follows: St. Patrick's 63 Tillsonburg 0 -Oct. 13 De La Salle 165 Tillsonburg 9 -Oct. 20 De La Salle 165 Tillsonburg 11 -Nov. 3 St. Patrick's 22, Tillsonburg 10-Nov. 11 The second team and developing ground for future stars, proved their talents in three exhibition games, two with Delhi and one with Ingersoll. They won all three games. An expert job of coaching was done by Mr. Hay. The line-up: Backs-E. Walsh fcaptainl, R. Fairs,fR, Service, D. Palmer, H. Smith, D. Richards, R. Scott, J. Kennedy. Line-N. Rokeby, K. Webster, D. Dean, G. Gyulveszi, S. Mayorcsak, J. Jones, R Mannell, W. Eichenberg, L. Jackson, C. Swatridge, R. Gibson, G. Horlick, M. Hozer, L. Rodgers, R. Peacock, D. Lee, N. More, B. Smith, G. Neale. . Inteirform Basketball Aches and pains this year proved too much for the old men of grades XII and XIII. The interform battle was waged between the younger blades of Grades X and XI. Even Grade IX floored a scrappy team which provided tough op- position for the more experienced boys. Grade XI won the play-offs and are now in possession of the Interform Plaque. - . Basketball Hail to the champs of 1948-49! That's our Senior basketball team, who have decorated the proud, time-worn walls of T.H.S. with their first token of Wossa 55

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an BOYS' JUNIOR BASKETBALL STANDING: E. MacMillan, N. Mason, Mr. Sinclair, R. Smith, N. More. SEATED: G. Leatherdale, D. Peacock, MY REACTIONS TO AN INDOOR TRACK MEET by Reginald Mason, XIII For some time I had cherished a secret desire to attend an indoor track meet. Distance, a heavy demand for tickets, and the time and energy which I needed to constantly apply to my curricular deficien- cies, tended to thwart me from realizing my dream. However, the meet this March, sponsored by the Olympic Club of Hamilton, was scheduled for a Saturday night and tickets were procured from a friend on the executive. It was surprising to find, long before the advertised hour, a milling crowd of enthusiasts literally crushing forward to the entrance. It was equally surprising to see every inch of available seating accommodation of about tive thousand THE TATLER D. Eckel, G. Miller, C. Wilson. claimed. The spectators seemed to be not only acquainted with the history and names of the competitors, but also to understand the technical workings of the meet in every aspect. In the centre of the armouries, one of the most dazzling spectacles was that of a large trophy table, filled with the finest trophies and silverware which I have ever seen. The outstanding trophy was the Silver Rose Bowl, which, later in the evening, was presented to Miss Viola Myers of Toronto, voted by sports writers as the outstanding woman athlete of Canada for the year 1948. The events were dispatched promptly and the arrangement of straight races, hurdles, and relays proved interesting to the observers as well as beneficial to the contestants. From collegiates and techni- cal schools of the area there were entries 57