Walkerville Collegiate Institute - Blue and White Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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BLUE AND WHITE Senior Hockey “What happened to the Senior Hoc¬ key team this year?” is the popular question asked in student sport circles. It is evident that no attempt was ma de this year to organize a senior club and it is also a known fact that the Walker- ville C. I. has, this year, same champ¬ ionship hockey material. Let me illustr¬ ate my point. That friendly American School, Cran- brook, engaged a Walkerville senior pick up team in a regulation hockey match at the arena. The result was that our blue and white boys overwhelmed the American team and thoroughly defeat¬ ed them. Bob MacDonald, the best high school hockey player in Windsor, Dewar Laing, one of the speediest wings in the leagues, Emerson Williams, a very fast skater and a marvellous stick handler, Dave Kerrigan, a real hockey player, Jack Glendon, a great performer on the skates, Forbes Thompson, an extremely good puckchaser and many others play- in this game. Walkerville hockey lov¬ ers and players merely twiddled their thumbs this year because nobody could coach them and give them a chance to wi n the Windsor Senior Hockey champ¬ ionship. Incidentally the same Cranbrook team which challenged W. C. I., played the Kennedy team which had had an ex¬ tremely successful season this year; in this game Cranbrook trounced the Ken¬ nedy boys and had no trouble at all beat¬ ing them. Let’s not give up the ship so readily next year. Let’s always have a team ev¬ en though we might not win a game. Junior Hockey Mr. Klinck did it again! He coached the Walkerville Junior hockey team to the Windsor championship. These clas¬ sy teamsters skated undefeated through this year’s hockey schedule, and we feel safe in saying that they would have cap¬ tured the W.O.S.S.A. title if the war would have let them out of Windsor. Assumption, Patterson, Tech and Ken¬ nedy fell under the punch and boundless spirit of the Blue and White Juniors. When Mr. Klinck coaches a team, the only thing that he finds lacking is some worthwhile competition. Congratulat¬ ions, Walkerville Juniors. Keep up the good work, Mr. Klinck. Here are the boys that made up this unbeatable team: Ian Steele. Ian is undoubtedly the best hockey player for his age that you could find anywhere. As captain, Ian played a brilliant game at centre. This boy is the fastest man on the team and has a bull¬ et shot. Don Wilson. Another speedy player with an excellent shot, is Don Wilson. Don played a brilliant brand of hockey this year. Congratulations, Don. Mars Gelinas. Gelinas watched his team¬ mates from the bench this year until the final game of the play-offs. In this game this slight junior unleashed his pent-up fury and played the best game Page Seventy one

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Page Seventy Back Row: Bob Marshall, Jack Ogg, Bob Johnson, Jack Stodgell, Jack Holder, Jim Scorgie. Junior Basketball Mr. Forman’s Junior Basketball club truly deserves honourable mention this year. Brand new recruits turned out for Jr. Basketball practice this winter and learned the art of playing the game from the floor to the hoop. Under the guidance and close supervision of its coach, Mr. Forman, this gang of youths practiced ardently and thrilled basket¬ ball fans all over the city with their fine showing in the scheduled games. These blue and white youngsters played like veterans and cast a new light on Jun¬ ior basketball. Most of this year’s club will be play¬ ing Jr. Basketball for Walkerville next year, and we are confident that they will come out on top in the coming basket¬ ball season. Tom Hornsby. Tom proved to be a very good ball handler and a strong defens¬ ive player. Jack Ogg. The hoop was an easy target for Jack Ogg to hit with a basketball. This boy was always a scoring threat. Jim Scorgie. A good ball handler, a brill¬ iant guard, and a real sport, combine to make that popular lad, Jim Scorgie, Jim can always be depended on to hoop more than his score of points. Keep up the good work, Jim. Joe Martin. Joe’s speed and good eye for the hoop make him a dangerous forward to guard. Keith Rose. The fightng little bundle of school spirit that was always on hand to help the squad is Kieth Rose. Jack Gilliland. Jack was the shiftiest man and the best ball handler on the team. This boy made many of his points by a splendid pivot shot. Bob Johnson. This chubby lad is an ex¬ cellent guard and paced the squad in many games. Jack Holder. In Jack we find real mat¬ erial for a future professional basketball player. The clean ball handling that this boy displayed gained for him a regular position on the team. Jack Stodgell. Jack’s continually good game boosted the quality of the Walker¬ ville junor games this year and kept for (Continued on page 86)

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BLUE AND WHITE Front Row: Eddie Roemmele, Bob Johnson, Bill Kerrigan, Mr. Klinck, Ian Steel, Dave McGee, Murray Blinkley. Centre Row: Mr. Allison, Dewart Lynn, Don Wilson, Bob Daniels, Fred Clarke, Brock Jones, Tom Vandelinder, Mr. Ball. Back Row: Russel Lalonde, Bill Bates, Mars Gelinas, Elmer Aurey, Gordon MacDonald, Jim Adams. of the whole year. Sewing up the series Dewart Lynn. Dewart played steadily at with four goals, Mars was Walkerville’s defense this year. This boy was a safe hero. man to defend blue and white territory. Dave McGee. Speed and stick-handling are the qualities that make Dave a dan¬ gerous forward. This boy know the game thoroughly and plays ardently. Murray Blinkley. Murray played well his wing position and aided greatly in syn¬ chronizing the team-work that Mr. Klinck had taught the teams. Elmer Awrey. This boy is indeed a per¬ fect defenseman. Elmer is a hard man to get past because he blocks fearlessly and stick handles excellently. You play¬ ed an unbeatable brand of hockey this year, Elmer. Gord. MacDonald. Gord’s brilliant back checking and aggressive spirit gained for him the left wing position on the first line. Gord played consistently and well deserves the many compliments of the students. Page Seventy-two Tom Yanderlinder. Another plucky for¬ ward is Tom Vandelinder. Tom worked well with his line and helped to tally for many goals. Bill Bates and Bill Kerrigan. These lads proved that they were the two best goal¬ ies in Windsor. Their work in the nets was an extremely important factor in capturing the championship. Congratu¬ lations, fellows. Eddie Roemmele. Eddie made a perfect co-captain for the team this year. This boy is a valuable defense man and dis¬ played his wares a great deal this year. An injured shoulder kept Eddie off the ice at the end of the season. Bob Johnson. This puck-chaser played a beautiful game at wing this year. Bob fights hard and greatly boosts the mor¬ ale of the team. (Continued on page 86) cha whc Klii t ' m he 1 Wa the wit] touj and lads Klii atic sho cloc Poc it s ous and