Vancouver College - Collegian Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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O ' DEA VS. V. C. AT ATHLETIC PARK INTRODUCING . . . Mr. Greg Kabat: American foot- ball coach and teacher of Social Studies in Grades Ten and Eleven. All - American from University of Wisconsin, he held the world ' s record for the discus and has won cham- pionships in high jump, decathlon, swimming and golf. The Coach Although our football team was not caught in the draft our coach, Joe Budnick, was. The result — no disgustful episodes at half-time and a Sergeant York — perhaps — for the anti-aircraft division some- where on the Pacific Coast. The vacancy was ably filled by that All- American from Wisconsin, Greg Kabat. In Winnipeg at St. Paul ' s College, his teams won so many championships that the other school coaches breathed a sigh of relief when Greg moved to Vancouver. In short, hard practices, he lost no time in rounding into shape whatever material was available in the school. His aim was victory and he lost no time in impressing this on the squad for he worked them like a slave- driver. They were up against tough teams in a tough game and they had to be tough to take it. The result of the training was that there were very few accidents and the boys played their best. The following excerpt from Stu Keate ' s Sport Shots in the Daily Province, tells its own story: You have only to attend one of their workouts to know why their team is a success. They work like tigers. Greg Kabat is constantly aboard them, lashing them with his sharp tongue, exhorting them to greater efforts. . . . We were impressed by the zeal with which they were pre- paring for the Annual O ' Dea classic. This is their battle for the Holy Grail, make no mistake about it. . . . The Team In two short seasons our Canadian football material has been drilled in- 28

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SENIOR FOOTBALL TEAM Front row: D. Bayley, B. Lavery, J. Callaghan, D. Underhill, T. McLorg, H. Sanders, J. Campbell, A. Thoresen, M. Clarke. Second row: H. Strang, E. Ryan, C. Coady, F. Martin, B. Scarabelli, W. Murphy, W. Clayton, S. Klett, H. Capozzi, J. Patterson, B. Robbins. to a smooth working American foot- ball machine, which, this year, steamrolled most of its opponents. O ' Dea is still a hard team to beat but if the boys keep rolling along with the speed they picked up this season they may upset even O ' Dea. The Beat O ' Dea slogan which was started last season as a kind of en- couraging propaganda may not be so fantastic after all. The team of 1941 added a re- markable page to the history of sport at V.C. It lost one game and that to the great traditional rivals, O ' Dea. Moreover, the latter had one of the best teams in history, final- ists with Gonzaga Prep for the Catholic Schools State Champion- ship. The Annual Classic The soccer match at the East End park was entertaining but for sheer drama and excitement, the last quarter at Athletic Park was tops. Those kids in the purple and geld of Vancouver College staged one of the gamest rallies it ' s ever been our pleasure to watch. This was the picture: going into that final twelve minutes they were hopelessly beaten and dejected, down 34-6. Then somebody in the cheer section started a yell, some- thing like ' Don ' t say no, don ' t say Opponent THE SEASON ' S RECORD V C BLAINE 0 6 BELLINGHAM - - 6 20 MT. BAKER 0 19 EVERETT 6 33 FERNDALE 6 6 BLAINE 0 14 O ' DEA i L 34 26 LAKESIDE 0 24 52 148 29