Vaughan Road Academy - Acta Studentium Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Page 70 ACTA STUDENTIUIE INTRA-MURAL Starting after the Christmas Holi- days, Inter-Mural basketball progressed in both gyms every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30. With about forlty Veams taking part, the time limit had to be extended over that of last year. In this way our inter-form basketball programme is the longest of any school around Toronto. The games were played in a variety of ways, from the comical antics of the first formers to the rough and ready style of the upper school. These made a striking contest with the smooth and more intelligent basketball of the House League. The team of IG composed of Maule fcaptj, Kemp, Poole, Embree, Frankel, Henley, Browning and Cruickshank managed to struggle to the first form INTRA-MURAL Interform gymnastics this year reach- ed the highest position which it has ever held at Vaughan. All together there were 27 teams entered. The or- ganization, preparatory coaching and judging was all carried out by Mr. Harston, Mr. Ivens, Mr. Barton and Mr. Yyvyan. Much credit is due these teachers for their work in this line pro- gramme. After several weeks devoted to arduous practise the competitions were held. Three divisions were made, fifth and fourth forms composing the senior group, third and second forms composing the intermediate group and first forms making up the junior group. Besides team awards, individual cham- pions were recognized in each of the three groups. In the senior group the individual champion was Keith, with Pollard, Graham, Pow and Leach following in order mentioned. The team award was carried off by V-I consisting of Keith 1capt.J, T. Christie, S. Christie, Solo- mon and Hudson. Second place was captured by V-II composed of Pow fcaptj, Graham, Brigham, Scobie, and BASKETBALL championship. Goodman fcapt.j, Parish, Secker, Smith, Coghill, Jacobs and Hadlow of CIIB squeezed through to win 'the honours among the second and third forms and the IVB team of Markle Ccaptj, Malton, Penner, Leach, Webb, McCorroll, Orr and Stainton plunged and trampled their way to victory over the fourth and fifth forms. Mr. Harston, Mr. Vyvyan, Mr. Bar- ton, Mr. Ivens and several of the senior boys deserve a great deal of credit for the expert way in which the league was run, even overshadowing the feat of last year. Menzies, Prince, Christie, Pollard, Thompson, Green, Eldridge, McMaster and Wetton acted as referees and Bert Cowan filled the roll of league secretary. GYM NASTICS May. Third place was gained by the IV-B team of Markle Ccapt.l, Pollard, Leach, O'Reilly and Hay. Dawson, Paterson, pion was Orr, while The intermediate individual 'cham- Chambers, Rowney and jackson fol- lowed in that order. Team champion- ship was won by III-D which consisted of Orrlcapt.J, Dawson, Marshall, Clark and Pettit. Second place honours were divided between II-B ill, made up of R o w n e y 4capt.j, Wilmshurst, Herrler, Sneider and Worthylakeg and ll-F 113, consisting of Paterson icapt.J, In the junior division, the individual championship went to Marshall, while Chambers, Hall, Sundstrom and Messer. Curley and Wilson tied for second place, Haigh and Fryers followed in that order. The team championship was taken by I-E, composed of Marshall Ccaptj, Thomson, Christie, Fryers and Norris. Second place honours went to C-I-C ill, made up of Haigh tcapt.J, Wil- liamson, Johnston, Curley and Buck. Third place went to I-B ill, Wilson fcapt.J, Sharpe, Puddy, Smith and Moore.

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ACTA STFDENTIUM Page 69 INTER-FORM RUGBY Under the direction of Mr. Yyvyan and the assistance of Mr. Beale this year's Interform Rugby League got under way with teams registered, much credit is due to Mr. Yyvyan for the smoothness with which the league was carried on. Arrayed in comic-opera costumes of home-made pads, pieces of borrowed equipment and vari-hued sweaters, our budding gridiron heroes sweated and toiled for dear old XZ. Though labouring under the handicap of inexperience, the teams played with an earnestness that would do credit to any team. The league was divided into three groups: the juniors composed of first forms: the intermediates composed of second forms, and the seniors made up of third, fourth and fifth forms. When the wreckage was cleared away and the tumult and the shouting died, it was found that the team of C-I-C and C-I-B had won the junior series. that the team of II-E and II-D had con- quored their intermediate rivals. and that Y-A and B team was supreme in the senior series. The Teams C-I-C and B - Rallinson, Merritt. Johnston, Cascone, O'Kelt, Cascone, Watson, Middleton, Atkins, Curley, Buck, Williamson, Gray. Roberts. II-E and D-Bayne, Wilcox, Humble. 1 Forsyth, Rolls, Stiff, Boyd, MacKenzie Michael, Belby, Rud, Smyth, Kent, McLennan, Flook, Goggins, Cook, Brittain, Gegnes. Y-A and BgBainbridge, Box, Broad- ley, Brobst, Christie, Dubinsky, Hadler, Hunter, Pitts, H. Richards. D. Rich- ards, Rowsell, Solomon, Smith, Stevens, Sharpe, Silverberg, Turner, Williams. Wilson. ln addition to the interform league games, the team of Y-A and B initiated an outside series of games with teams of other collegiates. Under the coach- ing of Mr. Yyvyan the Yth team gained a high degree of efficiency. They journeyed tirst to York Memorial where they defeated their school teams seconds by a score of 17-O. Then they went to Earl Haigh where they suffered their one defeat, 6-1. However, this stain was removed in the return game when the score was 8-O for the Vaughan team. As a wind up of the interform league. a game was arranged between the team of Y-A and B and an all-star team com- posed of players from third and fourth forms The game was conducted with great ceremony. Mr. Evans kicked off, and Mr. Ivens and Mr. Barton acted as officials. Fifth form were victors, Z tol, though they were given a good run for their money. HOUSE LEAGUE BASKETBALL Although we are sorry that we couldn't enter basketball teams in the T.D.I.A..-X. league this year it is quite evident that the calibre of basketball played in our house league has not diminished any. Our exhibition games with York Memorial and Runymede pointed out that we could more than hold our own in any High School League. The physical training staff chose four of the more experienced players Dunc. Pollard, Lyn. Thompson. Charlie Prince and Walt. Menzies to captain the teams which they themselves picked from among the better players. The league was hotly contested throughout and was eventually won by Princes team who nosed out Menzies' team after splitting the scheduled games with them. The line-up for the championship game was as follows: C. Prince tcapt.J, K. Scobie, N. Pow, F. Pitts, J. Hadler, T. Dubinsky. F. Wetton. W. Menzies tcapt.J, B. Haigh, S. Christie, H. Smith, J. Frazer, G. Williams, T. Hickey.

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ACTA STYDENTIVM - ' 1 ' ' ii Xt .,., 1 X 1 X10 X X, Y WAY back in the fall of 1929, an overgrown boy of 12 competed in our school field day and placed third in the T70 yard dash. This was the be' ginning of the outstanding carrer in High School Athletics of jim Homer. Two years later he won the Toronto District Intermediate Shot Put Title. ln 1932 after starring at rugby in the fall jim turned again to track and field in the spring and carried off the T.D.I.A.A. Intermediate 100 and 220 yard dash titles, also annexing the Ontario Inter' mediate Shot Put Crown, setting a new record, and being the first boy from Vaughan Road ever to gain such an honour. Page T1 O O O The most successful year in Athletics to date for Vaughan Road was also the greatest for jim. Although only a junior, he was the largest boy on the Senior Rugby team and was a potent factor in the team's bid for the O.R.F.L'. title. Much was expected of jim in the field events last year, but after winning the Ontario junior Shot Put Championship at the Broadview Boys Fall Fair an inf jured shoulder forced him to concentrate on running. At the T.D.I.A.A. meet he was second in the all round champion' ship, with victories in both Sprints and second in the Shot Put. The following week he was Toronto District Champion in the 100 and 220 yard dashes and finished second and first respectively in the Ontario finals. Later in Hamilton, at the Canadian Interscholastic Cham' pionships, he only managed to place third in the 220 but redeemed himself by winning several tropies at Kingston and Cornwall. The climax to his fortunes came last August when jim competing against boys from all over Canada was awarded a place on the Boys Intraflfmpire Team. On his way to Australia jim was elected Captain of the team by the other members and proved his worthiness by leading the Canadian relay to victories at lxielhourne, Vkfellington, Auckland and Rotorura as well as making an im' pressive showing in several other events. This thrilling trip marks the end of a joyous High School career in Sports for Jim Homer, and although it may never be repeated by any boy from Vaughan Road, it will always serve as an inspiration to those who follow,