Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. Zbc Cbcss Club, wos ' oo. g t OR the last tlircc or four years at any rate chess and checkers at T. C. S. have , i not enjoyed their fair share of jiopularity. The Reading Room and the Glee Club have always been well patronized, and somehow there never seemed to be much interest taken in the games of the chequered board. Many years ago chess was evident- ly very popular, as a team from this school is known to have played a correspondence game with Bishop ' s College, Lennoxville. For some reason or other this year the fellows began to take a greater interest in the game, and when an unusually large number of members joined the club it was de- cided to hold a tournament. When this was announced more and more members came in, and soon the resources of the club were taxed to the utmost to meet the demand for sets. About the middle of Mich, term entries were asked for the tournament both in checkers and chess. Nineteen names Vi ' ere received for chess and twenty-four for checkers. The chess entries were divided up into Bigside and Littleside, and it was decided that the continental system should be followed, viz., that each person should play three games with every other, and the winner should be the one who scored most points in these games, and the checkers were to be played off by straight elimination. The following is the score : — U1C;S1I)F. CHESS — 21 POSSIBLE. Reg. Dempster 17J 2 ; Ned Martin lyJiS; Ketchum i5 ; Jack Ross 10; Osier 9; Spragge 8}i; Porterfield 5 ; D ' Arcy Martin 1 LITTLESIDE CHESS — 27 POSSIBLE. Roberts 23 , A. F. Voght 233 , M. B. Boyd 2 2j , J. B. Waller 2ij4, Dempster 19 , Wainwright 14 , Grylls 11, Dennistoun 85 , Billings 71 , Thompson 7, Battersby 6. CHECKERS. f ' rst found — Greer beat Billings ; Downer beat Westgate ; Ketchum beat Moore ; P. V. Lumsden beat H. K. Thompson ; Haultain beat J. Ross ; J. R. Den- nistoun beat Caswell ; Spragge beat Grylls ; D ' Arcy Martin beat Simpson ; Wylde heat F. C. S. Reid ; Campbell beat Hanbury ; Reg. Dempster beat Clapp ; Shortt beat Mitchell. Second Round — Downer beat Greer, Lumsden beat Ketchum, Haultain beat Dennis- toun, Martin beat Spragge, Campbell beat Wylde, Dempster beat Shortt. Third Round — Lumsden beat 1 )owner, Haultain beat Martin, Dempster beat Camp- bell. In the play off in the finals each of the three played every other five games, mak- ing a possible of 10 : — Dempster 7, Haultain 5, Lumsden 3. When the tournaments were finished it was late in the term and the playoffs were

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vinit CoUcoe School IRecotb. VOL XII TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL. PORT HOPE. APRIL. 1909. NO. I ([c riiiilD ollcg? $tliooI |[c(ortl. Gbhural Editor.— Mr. F. J. A. Morris. Assistant Editors.— C. E, Amberv, G. C Camphkll, K, V. Edmiston, J.H.Mavnard, D ' Arcy Martin, E. A. H. Mar TIN, J. M Ri;iD. Sbci:I£TARV-Trbasurer.— Mr. G L. Inglcs. Annual SyiiscuuTioN so cents. EMtorial. IN OUR Inst issue we warned subscribers that in future one numlicr a term instead of two would be published. The present number is the first to be issued under the new auspiws, ami a glance at the Editorial Staff will tend to confirm any sus- picions roused by the sight of the new cover. The T. C. S. Record has in fact been entirely reorganized. And we hope that the change will be for the better in all respects. In fact we are waiting for you, our readers, to congratulate us. The Recorh is now really the School Magazine ; a committee of the Senior Boys have un- dertaken the management and cheerfully assumed responsibility for the various depart- ments. We think they deserve every encouragement from the Old Boys as well as from those now in the School. We do not think the Old Boys ' interests are at all likely to suffer under the new regime. One of the boy editors has undertaken to col- lect Old Boy notes and several of the masters have contributed items to the Old Boy columns out of their correspondence. The General Editor will be glad to receive news of Old Boys for publication in the Recouu, and the Editorial Staff are confident that subscribers will continue their support and encouragement. We wish particularly to thank the Head Master, Dr. Petry and an Old Boy, Or. Farncomb of Newcastle, for articles contributed to this our first issue. Finally, with all good hopes for the success of our venture we commit ourselves to the Printing Press.

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD. 3 left to the following term. In the Bigside chess Ned Martin beat Reg. Dempster, and in the Littleside Andrew V ' oght beat Roberts. It is only fair to say that there were a great many good chess players who did not take part in the tournaments. This term Mr. Morris very kindly offered a chess set for the winner of a tyros ' tournament. September 1908 was set as the time after which the tyro must have learned the game. As it was rather late in the term it was decided to play it out by elimination. The following is the score : — First Round — l.aitig beat S. G. Coldwell, W. W.. Pearce beat Battersby, Clarkson beat Symons.D ' Arcy Martin beat W. N. Conyers, Macaulay beat Boyce, Peter Lums- den beat N. K. Thompson, W. L. Taylor beat A. C. H. Conyers, Parkes beat Hanbury, H. E. M. Ince beat Nation, A. Voght beat Maynard, G. L. Lums- den beat Mallory, Campbell a bye. Second Round — L.iing beat Pearce, D ' Arcy Martin beat Clarkson, P. Lumsden beat Macaulay, Parkes beat Taylor, Voght beat Ince, Campbell beat G. Lumsden. Third Round — Martin beat Laii ig, Lumsden beat Parkes, Voght beat Campbell. In the piay-ofT each of the three played three games with every other making a possible of si.x : — Martin 4, Voght 3, Lumsden 2. This tournament Mr. Morris himself superintended, and the thanks of the club are due to him for his kindness in donating the prize as well as for his time and trouble. To Ur. Peiry the warm thanks of the club are tendered for the care he bes- towed on the tournaments and the general business of the club. Financially the club is in a very [)rosperous condition. After paying for prizes and meeting some incidental expenses tiierc is still a handsome balance. Let us hope next year will be equally successful both in matter of finance, and the class of chess played. be Dcatb of our Iprc9i cnt. m HE death of the Archbishop of Toronto takes away from us not only the President of our Governing Body for nearly two-thirds of the history of the School, but one who throughout that period always took the warmest and most affectionate interest in its affairs. Himself an old schoolmaster for many years, and filled with a great love for boys, he was able to understand and sympathiij with both masters and boys on his frequent visits to the school. These visits were greatly valued and enjoyed by all, he was always so keenly interested in everything that went on. As Patron of the School Athletic Sports he made it a point to attend the annual meetings in person, and at the very last meeting held in the autumn of 1907 he hon- oured us by his presence and distributed the Prizes. There are hundreds of old boys now scattered all over the world, who, when they heard of his death, would recall his solemn tvords of admonition and encouragement at their Confirmation, and also his