University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

Page 122 text:

.a,.,,.,wy WF' 'YP' 'R' -wgpsff um , ff?-M N 1 'J'4?'1f'Z . '- --.5 g A year ago UBC Rowers lost to the Oregon State Beavers. So this year when September rolled around, As- sistant Coach Bruce Garvie and last year's stroke issued a call for new members for the squad. Experience was not needed to make the team but height was, with each man having to be over six feet tall. UBC had some of the best oarsmen as full time coach on the physical education staff during the past year. Despite poor weather conditions and lack of equip- ment there was always at least 30 hopefuls out to prac-- tices held in Coal Harbour. OSC had the advantage over UBC in experience, but lacked the enthusiasm and spirit of the local squad. On Saturday, October 28, UBC and OSC meet for the grudge battle. Despite the rain and murky skies, both teams were confident of victory. Rowing quad won ru qe aide But UBC won by three lengths in the closely contested battle. Team consisted of stroke oar Don Robertson, number seven Iohn Drinnon, number six Denny Creighton, number three Sam Iackson, and bow oar Iohn VVarren, all members of last year's squad. Newcomers Andy Smail, Frank Copithorne and Chris Skene covered the three vacant seats from last year's team. 'kCrews trained in Coal Harbour for meet against Oregon State Beavers. i'Centre training boat 'Shearwater', owned by coach Frank Read, was a familiar sight as squad worked out. i'Spray flies as UBC rowers go over the finish line as they defeat the 'Beavers' in a grudge match. Team had plenty of spirit despite lack of experience. ,. ,rw I W n ,Muff ,,,.f7w ,: .,..-A-f' 'J' ,...,.uaIvf 'ww' ff- , wwf- , A,-0' I '.. ,aw , J . H ..,,.,.-I ,V ..,,, 7 'w .,,,,-are ,,.,,f..- . ..... M,,,.4v'- W.-vw ,. ,. H Mae f 53757...t,',5,Z'f W f , , 1- 4 ., ,- fain 'iM.,,,,f f I! .,.,1- I f alkyl,---1 118 , , ,mf f ,,' 2, 1

Page 121 text:

i cess of the team. Alan Hood, a young B.C. product from Nelson, rounded out the trio. The hustling left-winger was sidelined before the local playoffs due to a fractured leg, but had established himself as a top performer by the close of the Hamber Cup series. Returning lettermen to the squad were Don Adams, Clare Drake, Bob Lindsay, Gunner Bailey and Ken Hodgert. All five turned in their best seasons as Thunderbirds. Clare Drake led the team in scoring. The remainder of the squad was made up of newcomers with various degrees of promise. Of these, Roger Stanton, a Kimberley boy, caught the eye of the coach as possessing outstanding ability. Peter Scott, Mac Carpenter and lim McMann rounded out the roster. The squad was coached this sea- son by two ex-Thunderbird aces, Rob Saunders and Wag Wagner. I-Ierm Frydenlund moved up to the managers position and Brian Pren- tice, the spare goalie, doubled as As- sociate Manager. The Thunderbirds had a twelve game schedule. Of these they won nine, lost two and tied one. The big games of the year were ployed against the University of Al- berta Golden Bears for the Hamber Trophy. It was a two-game total goal series played in the Alberta Capital. The locals were able to use only twelve men due to lack of finances. The games were played in weather hovering around 50 de- grees below zero. The results of the games were a 3-3 tie and a 4-2 victory for the hosts. This gave them the trophy by a 7-5 margin. i'Top left, Doug Adams, goalie. i'Top right, Haas Young, right wing. 'kHamber Cup finals were action packed with University of Alberta 'Bears' carrying home silverware. 'Birds won the cup the year before. 'A'Bottom left, Bob Lindsley, left wing. i'Bottom right, Clare Drake, defence. we-.i 5 ' 131- 1.....e3m.s' N A -x 'nn fill 'ii.

Page 123 text:

gym' eaiurecf lub jizz-fc! lzow One of the few university athletic organizations which suffered little from the severe B.C. winter was the Gym Club, which managed to maintain membership and interest throughout the long winter season. This muscle-making club, devoted to the training of students on vari- ous pieces of apparatus and general proficiency in muscular coordina- tion, naturally enlisted many mem- bers of the Physical Education Un- dergraduate Society, but by the end of the year, members of other fac- ulties outnumbered the Phys Eds. The inter-faculty gymnastic com- petition which the club sponsored early in the spring, saw most of the entries submitted by Gym Club members. Four faculties were represented by the club members in the meet: Arts, Teachers' Training, Engineering. and Physical Education. The UBC Gym Club sponsored the gymnastic competition in an at- tempt to foster gymnastics at the university in particular and throughout the province in general. By putting on half-time displays at university sports events during the course of the season, club mem- bers were reaching the interests of not only UBC students but of spec- tators outside of the university who were sitting in on the games. Where the Gym Club members really came in handy was in the Phys. Ed. sponsored display of gym- nastics, entitled '6Club Fizz-Ed. The cabaret-styled entertainment was presented to the student body at a special matinee performance in the UBC Auditorium in the spring. Y'Artistry in Bronze' was featured by the club in the Fizz Ed show put on in the Auditorium in January. Members of the Gym Club worked hand in hand with the Physical Education Undergraduate Society to make show a success. i' Below, the trampoli was also featured in the show which lasted over an hour. Trampoli was no stranger to the students as they had seen Gym club members performing on it during game inter- mission. 'A' Right, cutting off the head of Physical Ed co-ed proved to be a big ioke. During the show the axeman could hardly keep from laughing. Audience never caught on and thought that the act was one of the highlights.