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

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SENIOR W.0.S.S.A. BASKETBALL Back: N. Mason, W. Berlco, G. Leatherdale, D. Peacock, D. Richards. Front: V. Holmes, D. Eckel, C. Gyulvesii, Mr. Basketball Tillsonburg District played the same league in basketball as in rugby3 however, while the success of the senior crew was rather limited, the junior Black Nlarauders blazed a spectacular trail right up to the semi-iinals. Both teams were well trained by Coach Reid, and played a series of ten double-headers together. On the senior side, of their ten XNf.G.S.S.A. tilts the locals won two and lost eight. Re- sults were as follows: Catholic Central 303 Tillsonburg 28. St. Thomas 403 Tillsonburg 35. South 383 Tillsonburg 28. Tillsonburg 473 Beal Tech 23. Medway 443 'Tillsonburg 32. Central 481 Tillsonburg 35. St. Thomas 493 Tillsonburg 38. Tillsonburg 363 Catholic Central 17. Medway 523 Tillsonburg l9. Beck 523 'Tillsonburg 31. The junior Black llflarauders provided a very definite threat to the other big schools 54 Reid, R. Mannell, C. Baldwin, J. Alexander. in the London Conference, and out of their ten regular games, they won seven and lost three. Sparked by basket-happy Bob Mac- Lennan, they hung onto the hope of a cham- pionship right up to the semi-finals, when they were ousted 29-23 by London Central Collegiate in 'a breath-taking, heart-brealv ing overtime period. The following were the junior scores: Tillsonburg 271 Catholic Central 20. Tillsonburg 343 St. Thomas 33. Tillsonburg 323 South 24. Tillsonburg 51: Beal Tech 32. Tillsonburg 581 Medway 20. Central 373 Tillsonburg 28. Tillsonburg 393 St. Tho'mas 22. Catholic Central 313 Tillsonburg l2. Tillsonburg 373 Medway 24. Beck 483 Tillsonburg 30. Semi-hnal game: Central 291 Tillsonburg 23 fovertimel. Both junior and senior schedules included numerous exhibition games with Aylmer, Ingersoll, Delhi, and Woodstock, as well as THE TATLER

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Rugby Senior rugby this year, even though in its second season of W.O.S.S.A. AH competi- tion, found the going scarcely less difficult than last year, with the result that only one league game found T.D.H.S. the victors. This single London Conference victory for the locals was won by a 2-0 score against St. Thomas-thanks to a rouge in each of the first two quarters. T.D.H,S. played a live-game NV.O.S.S.A. siliedule this year. Other teams in the same league were Medway High School of Arva, St. Thomas Collegiate, and the Lon- don schools QSir Adam Beck Collegiate, South Collegiate, Central Collegiate, Cath- olic Central High School, and H. B. Real Technical Schooll. Tillsonburg supporters can at least take encouragement from the fact that the senior Black and Gold finished the rugby season one rung above the bot- tom. League results were as follows: Medway 28: Tillsonburg 12. Tillsonburg 2: St. Thomas O. Catholic Central 23: Tillsonburg ll. Beck 22: Tillsonburg 0. Tech 22 5 Tillsonburg 6. The senior squad also played two exhibi- tion games with Simcoe, for one of which T.D.H.S. was on top 19-6, and for the other of which they won, but no record is avail- able. The junior rugby team fared considerably better than their big brothers throughout their five-game series. They lost one and won four, one of the latter being declared no game because of excessive roughing. Results: Tillsonburg 75 Simcoe 0. Tillsonburg 255 Simcoe 6 fno gamel. Woodstock 55 Tillsonburg 0. THB TATLER Tillsonburg 23: Simcoe O. Tillsonburg 22: VVoodstock 1. One local sports writer observed that this last game with NVoodstock ended the local rugby season with a bang. VVe join in his hopes that the next season will start with the same kind of noise! ATHLETIC SOCIETY P. Jackson CV.-Px-es.J, N. Mason QTreas.j, D. Richards fPresJ. O- I know a fellow called Mason VVho's a son-of-a-gun at racin'! He's around the track Like a dog from a sack, VVhat a life his Chev. is facin'! QVerne Harvey, XHAJ VVally Hoyle Qleaving the schoolj: VVell, Ilm off! Mr. Harden: Tl1at's no revelation! 53

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JUNIOR W.O.S.S.A. BASKETBALL Back: R. Bratty, A. Gilbert, Mr. Reid, R. Nagy, J. Alexander. Front: P. Seres, W. Newman, P. Jackson, l. Horton, R. lVlacLennan. two games with the Tillsonburg Trojans. Senior Nlarauders secured greater advant- age in exhibition than league games. and both teams won a good percentage of these exhibitions. t'l'rojans went away un- seathed both times, howeverll. High scorer for the season, among the seniors, was Noel Mason, with 136 points in seventeen games. Noel was closely fol- lowed up by Dave Richards, with 132 points in eighteen games. The junior scoring crown goes undisputedly to Hob lN'lacl.en- nan, who piled up 2l6 points in sixteen games. Runner-up was lrv. llorton, with an even 100 counters out of sixteen starts. A final distinction closed the T.TJ.HS. basketball picture for 1950-51, when five Marauders were given honourable mention among the league all stars . These five talented and stalwart basketeers were Dave Richards, Noel Mason, XYalt. Berko, George Gyulveszi and Carl lYilson. THE TATLER Athletic Banquet A feature of the 1950-5l season of sports was the Athletic Banquet which was held during the winter term at Mil-Mar Manor. Under the auspices of the athletic societies of the school, the affair was attended by the girls' and boys' junior and senior basketball teams, the junior and senior rugby players, and the cheerleaders. The main speaker of the evening was Dr. liarl Zeigler, head of the physical education department of the University of Xlfestern Ontario, London. Bill Coulthard and VVoody Campbell, outstanding athletes, also spoke briefly, as did Principal NY. P. Kirkwood. The speakers were introduced by Boys' Athletic Society President, Dave Richards, and they were thanked by Noel Mason, Seeretary-Treasurer of the Society. After the banquet. films of a VVeslern- McGill football game were shown, and the successful evening was concluded with a dance at the school. 55