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

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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

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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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which showed remarkable promise and augured well for the future of Canadian track events. One would scarcely expect to witness renowned athletes from distant corners of the globe participating in a meet in one of our smaller Canadian cities. However, Norwegians, Hollanders, Americans, and Canadians who had made records in Olympic games, gave fine demonstrations of their skill, speed and stamina. Included among these persons were such famous athletes as Viola Myers, who placed first in the sixty-yard final: Donald Stone- house of Westdale Collegiate, Hamilton, who placed first in the sixty-yard and three hundred-yard finals for boys under eighteen years of ageg and Harrison Dil- lard of Cleveland, Ohio, the 1948 one hundred-metre Olympic champion, who thrilled the crowd with his graceful ex- hibition while winning the sixty-yard hurdles and the sixty-yard dash. Such a display of prowess demonstrated to me that to be a good athlete it is neces- sary for all athletes to live cleanly, to receive good coaching and to train diligently. BOOM-A-LACCA Boom-at-laccu, boom-a-laccu, Bmw, u'ou', wow, Chiclf-a-laccrl, chick-a-Iacca, Choir, chow, chow. Boom-a-lacca, chick-a-Iaccn, Sis-Izoom-bah, Tillsowburg District rahf rahf rah! Sf-ws.. BOYS' ATHLETIC SOCIETY STANDING: R. Service, H. Bailey, V. Holmes, D. O. Deon, D. Richards, W. Osborne. SEATED: G. Fentie, R. Scott, R. Mason, R. Mannell, R. Prickett. 58 THE TATLER