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

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JUNIOR RUGBY STANDING: W. Franklin, V. Harvey, N. Mason, R. lngraham, G. Buckrell, K. Ross, E.. Miners, I. Aldworth, G. Miller, P. Gibson, Mr. Hay. KNEELING: A. Cain, G. Taylor, I. Horton, P. Jackson, W. Watts, J. Leach, R. Rokeby, G. Leatherdale, G. Fentie, R. Seres pole-vaulted for fifth place. In the race for the .luvenile championship XY. Newman garnered two firsts, one in the high-jump, the other in the hop-step-jump, while XY. XYatts took two fifths in the 100- yard dash and in the hop-step-jump. ,Xlthough not many of the 'l'illsonhurg athletes sported the attractive rihhons de- noting' first, second, third, etc. place hon- ours, we do commend them for their wins, their sportsmanlike attitude, and the fact that they did their utmost. MQOML FOOTBALL The hlack and gold gridders got off to an early start this year. Practices were held before school had even started in Septemher and- the training' tl might addl was quite rugged in order to put the hoys in tip-top condition. The coaching duties fell ou Mr. llay's shoulders tuaturally, heing' the rughy THE TATLER Mason. eoachl hut this year he was ahly assisted h l-loh Phihhs, a former Mustang star who Har, the rugged ex-Yarsity lineman, nn or less acted as line coach teaching hoth tht former and new memhers o 1 5 z f tht squtd tht proper hlocking, tackling, etc. Holm Phi took over the hack-field and did a magnifi cent Joh showing the gridders many neu plays. Klany thanks go to hoth lloh l'hil1hs and Xlr. llay for an interesting st l son. More hoys played football this year th in ever hefore, with approximately tiftv of tht duced two teams, a Iirst and a second team The Hrst team played in the XX',tl.S.S X grouping. while the second team play with some schools in the surrounding' dis 49 li is Nli achieved much fame on the gridiron. . hlms district stars taking part. 'Villsonhtirg pio trict. lqhi 's year saw our first year in the l,on

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....i,.........L....,,....,,. A c ....- .,,,, .t, . SENIOR RUGBY STANDING: Mr. C. Hay, C. Baldwin, W. Eichenberg, R. Peacock, D. Richards, G. Gyul- veszi, J. Jones, R. Gibson. KNEELING: R. Mannell, K. Webster, D. Palmer, S. Mayorcsak, N. More. in the Intermediates, running up a grand total of fifty-eight points, but due to the system of division of points used at the meet took only second place in the final standing. In the IOO-yard dash G. Miller placed first and in the 220-yard dash it was G. Miller who ran second, followed by IJ. Richards in the third slot. The 440-yard dash was captured by XY. XVatts with ID. Richards fifth. ln the SSO, NY. XN'atts carried off third place money. K. Smith and G. Miller took fourth and second place honours respectively in the broad jmnp. Tillsonburg took both first and second places in the high jump when G. Leatherdale outjumped everyone for first place laurels with IJ. Richards second. 1 XYhen the pole vanlters had come down out of the clouds it was found that G. Leath- erdale was first in that division while IJ. Eckel was second. G. Miller out-hopped, out-stepped and out-jumped his competitors 48 in that event for another first. ID. Richards used his mighty arm to good advantage placing third in the shot put. The inter- mediate relay team consisting of XY. Xkatts, ID. Richards, IJ. lfckel and G. Miller combin- ed on their running ability and baton pass- ing to outdistance Norwich, Ingersoll, Ayl- mcr and Delhi in the relay. As it was pre- viously mentioned, G. Miller tied for the Intermediate championship. Ilere we take time out to commend Gary on a fine per- formance. The juniors made a fair showing too. II. jackson ran third in the 100-yard dash and second in the 220. IQ. Nagy placed third in the broad jump and first in the high jump. I Hutchinson garnered fourth place honours in the broad jump and fifth in the hop-step- jump. I. Ilorton was only out-jumped by A. Nagy in the high jump and put the shot for fourth place. P. Gibson carried off a second in the hop-step-jump while I'. THE TATLER

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don District Athletic Association of VV.O.S.S.A. A competition. The first team, captained by Buzz Palmer, got off to a flying start when they won quite handily over Simcoe, another Senior A club, in exhibition by the score of twelve to zero. However, in the London District grouping the competition proved a little too stiff and the best the pride and joy of Tillsonburg could do was a thrilling tie with De La Salle. Possibly the best game of the year was played in 1.abatt's Park in London one dreary wet night against London Central. Although Tillsonburg lost, it was by only two points and in the last half of the game carried most of the play. It was the bril- liant work of the stalwarts on the line working in co-ordination with the clever back-iielders which threw a scare into the other teams in the league. The other teams constituting this league are London South, London Central, London Beck, Lon- don Tech, Arva and St. Thomas Collegiate. The scores are as follow: Tillsonburg-0 at St. Thomas-17 De La Salle-6 at Tillsonburg-6 Medway tArvaj-11 at Tillsonburg-5 Tillsonburg-6 at Central-8 South-18 at Tillsonburg-6 The second team which played a four- game schedule fared a little better, coming up with two wins and two losses. The future stars of Tillsonburg's senior ball club had the following scores in their games: Norwich-O at Tillsonburg-11 Tillsonburg-7 at Ingersoll-11 Tillsonburg-12 at Delhi-18 Tillsonburg-18 at Norwich-5 We congratulate Dave Richards on his selection as quarter-back for the Second All-Star Team of the district. 1 RUGBY BANQUET After the close of the 1949 rugby season, the T.D.H.S. gridders held a banquet in the Arlington Hotel to pay tribute to their coaches, Bob Phibbs and Mr. Hay. Almost the entire team was in attendance, and after the chicken for was it rabbit?j dinner, the team captain, Douglas Buzz Palmer, pre- sented gifts to Mr. Hay and Mr. Phibbs, on behalf of the team. Mr. S. Wightman, chairman of the Till- sonburg District High School Board and former principal, then introduced the speaker of the evening, jack Fairs. Mr. 50 Fairs, a former student of T.l-l.S. an Assistant Athletic Director at versity of VVestern Ontario, told about inter-collegiate rugby and its phases and coaching problems, and now the Uni- the boys many of illustrat- ing his talk with several interesting and humorous anecdotes. Following his pleas- ingly informal talk, Mr. Fairs showed movies of the Queens-XYestern game and several reels on American football. Principal VY. P. Kirkwood was a welcome guest at the banquet, but Bob Phibbs, owing to a Trojan basketball game, was regretta- bly forced to leave early. After a short period during which the speaker answered various questions, lien- neth XYebster thanked him on behalf of the team. And on behalf of the school, thank you, Messieurs Phibbs and Hay, for a thrilling, if slightly unsuccessful, season. BOYS' INTERI-'ORM BASKETBALL The interform games didn't seem to take so long this year as last, but on the whole, very good sportsmanship was displayed by all. As usual, first form was the first elim- inated. Second went next and fifth follow- ed in the tracks of its predecessors. leaving last year's champs, fourth, to battle it out with the upstarts from third. During the first two quarters of the play-off, fourth was leading 15-7 in a very tight game, but as time marched on, third miraculously tied the score making it 17-17. The game ended in favour of third form, Z7-21. The sea- son's top scorer was Clifford Russ and run- ner-up was Noel Mason. Play-Off Game Fourth: L21j-C. Russ, 3: j. Tanner, 6: G. Miller, 63 D. Palmer, 63 j. jones: R. I-leckadong L. Rodgers. Third: t27j-N. Mason, 8, C. 'Wilkinson 2, G. Fentie, 11: -I. Steele: A. Sharp, 23 R. Ingraham, 23 S. Mayorcsak, 23 G. Horlick: V. Harveyg C. Ronsong B. Truefitt 3 Fish: D. MacLennan, R. Mason. Clifford Russ, Xll. VOLLEY BALL T.D.H.S.'s dormant volley ball stars were given their golden opportunity this year when volley ball was revived. Although .there was no schedule there still is much dispute as to which was the winning team- - was it the junior Farmers or Pete's Prom- ising Pros? ' THE TATLER