Westmount School - Review Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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Back Row (Left to right): Art Hougan, Mr. McKim (manager), Doug. Love, Don Turner, Jack Sherrin (coach), Willard Hall. Front Row (Left to right): Eric Alp, Bob Livingstone, Gordon Bailey, Bud Hall (captain), Dave Milner, Doug. Johnson, John Cliinneck. Junior Rugby Y LSTMOUNT’S juniors have been threatening to capture the inter-school ™ trophy for the last three years, and this year they came so close to cap¬ turing it that, some of the boys went down and bought a can of silver polish. With Bud Hall as captain, the team turned in a record of four wins and two losses. Unfortunately the two losses came with the semi-finals, thus elimi¬ nating the white hope of 1940. So turn the hands of chance! But most of these men will -be playing next year, and they should go all the way to the top then. Bob Livingstone, a package of condensed dynamite, played very well, his specialty being broken field runs, with at least two of his opponents at his heels. Then we had Art Hougan, a fast, clean runner, playing backfield, where he was very efficient as safety man, and Doug. Love, out left end, led many a hefty passing attack, gaining yardage when it was most needed. The team as a whole proved well balanced, and much credit must go to Jack Sherrin and Mr. McKim, who ably handled Westmount’s most dangerous rugby threat. Page fifty

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Back Row (Left to right): Bill Phillips, Alan Spaner, Harrison Young, Alex. Richardson, Mr. Conquest Back Row (Left rl ( a , na ger), BUI Evans, Bob Aitken, Charlie Hall, Ted Dawson. Bruce Radford, Don Hamly, Alf. Peart, Don Turner (coach), Harry Allen (captain), Tony Kuzyk, Mike Osypchuck. Front Row (Left to right): Bantam Rugby rpo ALL rugby fans a bantam game means one of very fast, high calibre. Our team this year consisted mainly of first and second year students who, we feel sure, will find a playing berth next year. Coached by Don Turner, the team shaped up into a fast, efficient machine. The snap position was held by Allen Spaner, who fitted in well wih the smooth passing attacks of Harry Allen and Bill Phillips. Blonde “Chuck” Hall and lf Peart managed the backfield, while Young, Hamly and Radford worked as receivers. Mike Osypchuck and Tony Kuzyk played either the end or quar¬ terback positions. With the experinence the squad has gained this year these boys as a unit should prove to be an even greater threat to the elusive shield next year. May we take this opportunity to suggest an improvement? How about a professional coach? One who plays may work well, but the man watching his team from the line can see plenty of room for improvement. With this added strength, the team will certainly demonstrate the fine results which could be obtained from the quantity of material we have in this year’s outfit. Here also on behalf of the boys we would like to thank Mr. McKim for his time, support and guidance throughout the playing season. Page forty-nii

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Senior Rigby T’HE senior boys’ first taste of action took place on their own grounds against the powerful Scona squad. Despite a loss by two points the home team did turn in a magnificent battle. Later, with more practice and dogged deter¬ mination, they tangled with the Sep. team. The final whistle indicated a score of 21-0 in favor of Westmount. Brilliant broken field running by Bisson, the astonishing recoveries of Connell and sterling receiving by both Ritchie and Retallack made up an extremely colorful game. Our backfield was ably pa¬ trolled by Bill Craig and Crawford. Craig certainly deserves mention as an outstanding player, frequently pulling a “little man who wasn’t there’’ trick, and completely baffling the opposition by turning up on the other side of the line. Our playing coach, Harvey Crawford, was the man who, by his long accur¬ ate passes, was responsible for many of the touchdowns throughout the play¬ ing season. Unlike other high school teams, Westmount had no professional coaching, but Mr. Conquest is to be congratulated on the creditable job of managing that he turned hi. Back Bow (Left to right): Don Connell, Gordon Retallack, Wally Berry, Ross Mackinnon, Bill Duff, Bill Craig. Front Row (Left to right): Jack Bisson, Willett Ritchie, Mr. Conquest (manager), Jock Bell, Stan. Spallin. Page fifty-one