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

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BLUE A N D W H I T F, 1 9 4 9 57 SENIOR BASKETBALL Although the senior basketball team did not win this year, it did very well. To start off on the right foot, the boys upset the highly favoured Sandwich Spartans 43-41. The following two weeks, the seniors bowed to Kennedy and Patterson. Riverside and Vocational fell to the Tar¬ tans before Assumption managed to eke out a close victory. The following week the Tartans defeated St. Joseph’s without any trouble. As the playoffs drew near, there was much confusion and after a reshuffle, Walkervillc was counted out. This season provided good experience for a promising team and with Mr. Allison ' s coaching, it should be in the thick of the fight at the starting gun next season. ANDY INCHOWlCH—left forward. Andy’s experience and coolness steadied the whole team and he should be of con¬ siderable aid next year. GILBERT ROBINSON—centre. Gil was a big help to the smart-looking Tar¬ tans and he also will return next year. CHUCK VERNF.S — right forward. Small as he is, Chuck was always in there fighting and was a big help to the team. He will he a senior next year. JOHN SAGOVAC — guard. Johnny also steadied the team. Unfortunately this was his last year. Rl PER I COOKE—guard. Cookie was another cog m the smooth-rolling wheel and he is also expected hack next vear. Rose, D. Long, J. Smeeton, G. Robinson, Back Row: Mr. I. Allison, E. H. Patterson, R. Brady. Front Row: C. Vernes, J. Sagovac, A. Inchowick. R. Cooke. Able substitutes were: Johnny Smeeton. Don Long, Dave Rose, Ed Woods, Joe Wojcik, Harry Patterson and Ed Klimkowski. JUNIOR BOYS BASKETBALL Back Row: J. Stephens, F. Stuhlmueller, C. Brent, T. Echlin, D. Cooke. Mr. M. Young. Front Row: D. Rideout, R. Smeeton, R. McCullough, C. Pearson, R. Bell. GERRY STEPHENS—right forward. Gerry was another effective offensive player, and was a help to the team. This was his last year as a .1 unior. BOB BELL—guard. Boh was a good defensive player. This was also his last year as a Junior. JUNIOR BASKETBALL With the wonderful coaching and pa¬ tience of Mr. M. Young, this year’s Jun¬ ior basketball team did very well. The team did not lose any of its pre-season games and continued its unbeaten record until the third game of the season. The Patterson Juniors handed W.C.I. its first defeat 37-25. The following two weeks showed easy victories for the Tartans over Riverside and Vocational. The sec¬ ond defeat came at Assumption as the Tartans were edged 37-29. In the final scheduled game, St. Joseph’s was defeated. In the semi-finals at Kennedy, W.C.I. was defeated 29-27 by the Patterson Jun¬ iors, after leading the play most of the evening. CAL PEARSON—left forward. Cal was a great help on the offensive and was always on the job. He is expected to return next year. TOM ECHLIN—centre. Tom was the main player on the team and winning or losing, was always in there fighting. Tom will he a big help to the seniors next year. DAVE COOKE—guard. Cookie was also a defensive player. He has another year on the Junior team. Worthy substitutes for the team were Jon Rideout, Boh McCullough. Ranee Smeeton. Erank Stulilniucller. and Clayton Brent.

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r 56 B L U E A N D W H I T E 19 4 9 GOLF In 1948, W.C.I. ' s golf team placed fourth in the city meet. Considering that they had no practice, this was a very good showing. The members of the team were Hugh Morris, with a score of 87, Boh Haydon—96, Ian Main—98 and John Douglas—115. BOYS ' SWIMMING Walkervillc, for the second con¬ secutive year, won the combined Boys’ Championship by six points. For group championships, the Sen¬ iors were squeezed out by Assump¬ tion, and the Juniors by Kennedy. John Douglas was runner-up for the Individual Senior Championship, and Jim Glinski was tied with two other boys from Kennedy for the Junior. The coaches, Mr. Nighs- wander and Mr. Waddell, and the trainer. Dave Knkin, spent con¬ siderable time moulding this fine team. For the Seniors, Chuck Vcrnes won the diving; John Douglas easi¬ ly won the 40-vard hack stroke and placed second in the 100-yard free¬ style, for the high total of eight points; Dave Enkin broke the record for the 100-yard breast stroke but still lost to an Assumption swim¬ mer; Bernie Douglas placed second in the 200-vard free style; and Hugh Morris was third in the 40-yard free style. Luck was not with the relay team composed of John Douglas, Bob Martin. Hugh Morris and Don For¬ syth when they lost the 160-vard relay by about a foot. In Junior competition, Jim Glinski won the 40-yard hack stroke; Paul Levine was second in the 40-yard free style; Jerry Stephens took sec¬ ond place in diving; Ed Agnew gained a third in the 100-yard free style: and Bill Glinski copped fourth place in the 60-yard breast stroke. The Grade 10 relay team; hid Woods. Gord Archer. Sid Hodkin- son and Tom Walley won the 160- yard relay by a good length. In other relays, the Junior team; P. Levine. F.. Agnew, W. and J. Glin¬ ski lost by a few inches, and the Grade 9 team: K. Fraser. A. Hamil¬ ton. F.. Artico and R. Pintz came in second. This year, an extra attraction was the Mixed Medley Relay, a 120-yard Contest for the Lynne Trophy, don¬ ated by Stan Willimott. Tartan swimmers, Janet Ca .a, Frances Burns. John Douglas and Paul Le¬ vine won this event. Each member of the team winning this race is awarded a separate trophy. BOYS SWIMMING TEAM (1949) Back Row: Mr. D. Waddell, R, Martin, P. Crowe, A. Pargelan. A. Hamilton. R. Pentz. E. Agnew. K. Fraser, Mr. H. Nighswander. Front Row: H. Morris. J. Glinski, W. Glinski, E. Woods. O. Enkin, D. Forsyth, J. Douglas. P. Levin.

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