Westmount School - Review Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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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

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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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Girls Basketball ■yyKSTMOUNT’S girls’ basketball team got away to a good start in the fall, enough girls turning out to make a house league of three teams. This league proved well balanced and provided a great deal of material with which to start the inter-school schedule. Westmount defeated each of the five teams taking part in at least one of the two games, with the exception of the Grad Cubs, ending up in a tie with Vic for third place. Other than league games the girls engaged in several contests with the Y.W.C.A. and Saint Mary’s Separate High School. The snappy new red, grey and black sweaters, plus the new basketball, replenished the old equipment and made the team look well on the floor. Kxpert coaching by Commercial Grad Kay MacKitchie was a real factor in attaining the many wins, and the team as a whole wants to thank her sincerely for her services. Miss Chalmers was a capital manager and spent a great deal of her time after four helping the girls. Also a vote of thanks must go to Lovette McLean, who capably filled the job of score-keeper at every game. Let’s hope we have as good a team next year. Page fifty-tw