Westmount School - Review Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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Seated: Gordon Bailey, Keith Smeltzer, Bob Robb, George Mackintosh (coach), Charlie Hall, Donald Greys and Bill Philips. Bantam Rugby U NDER the very able coaching of one Mr. George Mackintosh, the West- mount Bantams made a determined bid for victory. Due to no fault of their own, there was the odd slip-up on the way, but nevertheless they did put up a very good showing. In the first game of the season the boys tangled with last year’s champions, Scona. Scona, aided and abetted by experience and expert coaching, were odds-on favorites, but the spirit of our boys rose to the occasion and we white¬ washed said favorite to the tune of 27-0. They won their second and third vic¬ tories over Tech and Eastwood respectively with fair margins. Probably the best performers were Harry Allan, Charlie Hall, Stuart Priest and especially Bob Livingstone, who turned out a magnificent perfor¬ mance in every game he played. The Bantams also played an exhibition game against Sep, but although they fought every inch of the way, they were unable to turn the tide of battle faVorably. The Sep lads proved too much for our boys, and we were defeated to the tune of twenty to six. All the lads this year owe a vote of thanks to Mi-. Conquest, who so kindly provided them with transportation to the games. He was also responsible for securing crests for the squads, and so to you, Mr. Conquest, we say: Thanks

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Junior Rugby A BOUQUET to our Juniors! They turned in the best performance West- mount has seen in several years. They came so close to winning the cup that we thought it was ours ; Perhaps that was the trouble! At any rate they did tie with Scona for second place. Many thanks, lads, for your gallant ef¬ forts on the field of battle! The first game was rather a heartbreaker, being defeated by Vic to the tune of five points. The next two games were an entirely different story for they defeated Scona and Eastwood respectively with comfortable margins. The following game vs. Tech was perhaps the toughest of the season, but they did prove too much for the Tech lads, defeating them by eight points. In the last game of the season the Juniors were perhaps a little too con¬ fident, for they fell prey to Sep’s strong offensive. The final score read just one point the wrong way, and so they were defeated. It would be, perhaps, fitting to mention here that W estmount is severely handicapped in that we have no professional coaching. Both Mr. Conquest and Mr. McNaught have done splendid jobs with their respective departments, but that is not enough. We have an abundance of splendid material at Westmount, but it needs expert and skilled handling before we can hope to have our name inscribed on any cups. Need conditions always be thus? Or will the time come when Westmount can field trained and skilled teams due to expert coach¬ ing? We hope it will—-don’t you? Standing, left to right: Jim Clarke, Alvin Nichols, Gordon Retallack, Mr. Conquest (manager), Bisson, David Milner and Herman Boness. Seated: John Chinneck, Sandy Goold, Ted Turton, Willard Hall and Jack Hall. Page thirty-

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Senior Hockey E ARLY in the season Harvey Crawford was elected captain of Westmount’s 38-39 hockey club. After considerable spade-work Harvey and Mr. Mc- Naught selected a hockey team to represent W.H.S. The first game saw Westmount defeated on home ice by Tech, three to one. Ross McKinnon scored Westmount’s one and only goal. For the second game, the Westmount squad journeyed to Vic’s rink for one of the fastest games Westmount ever played. Vic scored in the first period, and Crawford returned the compliment from the blue-line. Harvey scored again in the second period. Vic again evened things up towards the end of the same period, with two more in the third which gave Connel, in goal, no chance to save. Westmount next played Commercial in a rather slow game with few dan¬ gerous rushes. Hence the goal keepers had little to do. Scona was the fourth opponent. Ross McKinnon opened the scoring in the first period, by a cheer-raising goal that had the Scona keeper guessing all the way. In the second period one of the opposition developed a habit of working his way right into the goal and loosening lightning shots that had Connel “hop¬ ping” to clear. Final score: 4-1, Scona. On Westmount ice the home club was defeated in the fifth game by the powerful Eastwood squad, while in the last game our boys squeezed out a nar- Standing, left to right: Ken Bradshaw, Bob Weeks, Willard Hall, Mr. McNaught (manager), Bill Duff, Tommy Pinkston, Jim Clarke. Seated: Hugh McKinnon, Donald Packabusch, Donald Connel, Ross McKinnon, Harvey Crawford (captain). Page forty-one