United College Collegiate - Tric Tics Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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After the way in which the Football series turned out it was quite easy to decide on putting in one Senior Hockey team. At the beginning of the season it looked as though we had a winning team and this, many believed, would have been the result had not Jack Yerner been forced to quit College Hockey after the first game. As it turned out, how¬ ever, three of our defeats were scarcely deserved, a« the breaks were entirely against us. We must congratulate our old rivals, St. Johns, on their splendid work throughout the season, as they had only one loss registered against them. Our Junior teams were also exceptionally strong this year and we can only attribute their losses to their lack of team work. Each team had the credit of beating the strong School aggregation. BASKETBALL Two teams “A” and “B” were entered in the Inter-collegiate Basketball Association from the United College. The “B” team, which was much stronger than the “A” team, went through the series without a defeat, while “A” team wen only one game. Our boys found worthy opponents in the teams representing the Engineers and Medical College. The latter team proved an especially hard proposition, and at one stage of the final game seemed to have the championship won, but United, by some hard and spectacular work, pulled the game out of the fire in the last two minutes, winning by three points—30-27. R. S. Rice, H. Rice and G. S. Bell, our representatives on the Varsity champions, were the mainstays of the “B” team; in J. E. Cross, also, the committee have dis¬ covered a very promising defence player. The inter-class series, woxr by the ’17 class team, has done much to bring out new men, and there is an abundance of good material from which to pick next year’s teams for the Inter-collegiate series. As a result of the very interesting and keenly contested inter-class series run off by the Athletic Committee of the U. W. A., great enthusi¬ asm in Basketball was aroused among the ladies of the College. This series, which was decided only by the last game, was won by the ’15 class after a hard struggle with the Matric. team. So keen was the interest that, immediately after the Christmas vacation, it was decided to organize a Ladies’ Inter-collegiate Basketball Association. This move was very successful and a league was organized with teams from Kelvin and St. John’s Technical Schools, Havergal, St. John’s and United Col¬ leges. The “Chrabs” from the United College went tnrough the series, winning seven games and losing one, the last to the strong Kelvin team on the Technical floor. The games were all closely contested, and showed some fast and splendid work on the part of many of the players. For the United College, Miss Robb and Miss Rosevear on the forward line, and Miss Charest on the defence, were probably the best; but the entire team played a strong, aggressive game. The players give much of the credit for their success to Gerald Bell, who acted as coach for their team. As all the members of the team will be back next year the prospects for the future are very bright. CURLIMG The Curling Club, which still bears the name Manitoba College Curl¬ ing Club, as under this name it affiliated with the Manitoba Curling Asso¬ ciation, was this year under the care of Clive Haig, ’14, President, and D. Broadfoot, Secretary-Treasurer. There are two events open for competition among members, one a single series contest and the other a straight knockout competition. For the former Messrs. Porte and Markle very kindly donated a beautiful silver trophy accompanied by individual prizes, for annual competition, and in the latter Mr. J. T. Haig presents individual prizes. This year the honors have been divided between rinks skipped by J. C. Treleaven and BOXEMG AND The organization of a Boxing and Wrestling Association this year has been an entirely new departure in College sport. Although it was formed late in the season it has gained so rapidly in favor that it now boasts of over thirty members and next year we expect to see it a recog¬ nized branch of Inter-collegiate sport with annual spring tournaments. A. W. Muldrew, the former winning the Porte and Markle trophy and the latter, the Haig prizes. We have been represented in the Inter-collegiate Curling League, of which T. P. Fleming, ’14, is the president, by three rinks. Though not victorious these made a very creditable showing. The three rinks that entered the Winnipeg Bonspiel did as well and better than they expected, one rink getting down to the sixteen man open event and another to the eights in the Consolation. Altogether we have had a very successful year, owing largely to the untiring efforts of President Haig and Secretary Broadfoot. WRESTLING The club possesses two spacious well-lighted rooms and a first-class equipment in the Wesley College Annex and here regular classes are held under the direction of Instructor Dickinson of the Y.M.C.A. The mem¬ bers are full of enthusiasm and already many have become quite proficient in the “manly art.” The success of this popular sport is largely due to the energetic efforts of the officers. Page 35

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The amalgamation of Manitoba and Wesley Colleges presented to the students new problems in the field of athletics as it had in other depart¬ ments of college life. But the problems were tackled in the way ath¬ letes are expected to encounter difficulties and the energetic efforts directed towards meeting the new conditions were crowned with success. Manitoba and Wesley Colleges had been keen rivals in sport and this rivalry had always added zest to inter-collegiate contests. There were those, therefore, who feared that under the new conditions much of the snap would be taken from the athletic competitions. Others, again, who felt that the old rivalries were sometimes carried too far, welcomed a change which made for better feeling. Yet all, whatever their inclina¬ tions, will readily admit that success was attained and a spirit de¬ veloped beyond expectation, and that the students, in this, the difficult year, are deserving of congratulation for the manner in which, forgetting former differences, they adapted themselves to their new surroundings and readily fought side by side for the name and fame of the United College. A brief review of the various sports, contributed by those well en¬ titled to speak, will show that, during the year, not only was activity in all the established branches of athletics maintained but even extended in new directions. TRACK The year 1913-14 has been a memorable one. The students faced a remarkable situation when they returned in the fall and found that, prac¬ tically speaking, Manitoba and Wesley Colleges existed no more. Realiz¬ ing that the old division of college against college was impossible and also that one track team representing the United Institution would be of overwhelming strength, the students decided on an arbitrary division. The two teams thus formed were named the Argonauts and Olympics and were captained respectively by Wyman Wessels and T. P. Fleming. Inter-collegiate Field Day, this year held on a Saturday, was blessed with fine weather and a good crowd. It was very nearly a United College Field Day, as United’s two teams scored 70% points out of the 83 points possible. The Argonauts were the successful team, win¬ ning by the odd % point. Five records went by the board: the discus and shot by MacLean (0), and the high and low hurdles by Fleming (0). The Argonauts closed their brilliant performances throughout the day by breaking the relay record by over one second. The individual champion was Val Schweitzer who won the three sprints handily. It was a tribute to the selection committee that the teams should be so evenly matched and while the division was later found impracticable in other lines of sport still it was certainly the best for track athletics. Among individual performers mention might be made of Kelly (0) who came third for individual honors scoring a brilliant victory in the broad jump and second in both hurdles. Allan and Henry, of the Argo¬ nauts, performed in fine style at the high jump, both coming within half an inch of the old record, while the latter also tied for first in the pole vault along with Mihaychuk (A.) and Yerner (O.). Hanson (O.) won the hammer with a fine throw, nearly equalling his old mark. Miller (O.) took second in both Half and Mile, while Finlayson (O.) took second in the 440. Wessels (A.) only managed second in the broad jump, but was a member of the record-breaking relay team. Lee (A.) and Thorvilson (O.) took seconds in the shot and discus respectively. A team from United College would, we feel sure, stand an excellent chance against the Western Universities, while some of our records are beginning to ap¬ proach those of the older Institutions in the East. FOOTBALL As in Track Athletics, the question which first arose in Football was whether United College should enter one or two senior teams in the Inter¬ collegiate League. After a full discussion the verdict was given in favor of entering one team. To those who thought that a single team would have no trouble win¬ ning, the result must have been somewhat of a surprise. Indeed, it was only after one of the most stubbornly contested series ever played, an extra game being necessary to determine the winners, that Uniteds were finally returned champions. The season was a series of ups and downs for our team. Although our men appeared just as good individually as those of the other teams, yet it was evident to all that they were lacking in system. This was due to the fact that the team was composed of men who were playing together for their first season, and were entirely unused to each other’s style of play. Time was required before effective team work could be developed. After having the championship apparently won, we lost a game to the tail-enders which left United and Law tied for the leadership. It was only in the final game, played after the Christmas holidays, that the boys apparently struck their true stride, when they easily outclassed Law by a score of 3-0. In the Intermediate Series our two teams were not so fortunate. Al¬ though neither was successful in winning the championship, yet the B team had the distinction of being “runners up.” It is of the utmost im¬ portance that the material in these teams be developed as the present senior champions count in their number so many who will graduate this spring. Page 34

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ATHLETIC EXECUTIVE. S. Ritchie, Basketball S. Childerhose, Treas. D. R. MeColl Sec’y. C. Mather, Vice-Pres. H. Rice, Basketball P. J. McKay, Football W. B. Henry, Pres, and Hockey T. P. Fleming, Track W. Wessels, Track Page 36