Jarvis Magnet - 1905 Volume 1 Number 1

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10 Til E ~r.H ~ :\ ET. ITis th e decid ed o pinio n of the Sta ll' th at the Rug'by Foot ba ll T eam whi ch represented th e Institute this last s eason was the best the School has had for mil11\ ' vears. Though failing 10 win the Gooderham C up, w e tied Parkdale for the Co llegiate C ham p io nsh ip, each team winning five g ames :lIld \,'sing one, J a rvis St. T eam won th e first series handily, d e fe at ing' H arbord Collegiat e In stitute by 6 - 1 in a close co n te st ; .. whitewashing " the T echnical S ch ool ill a s ha meful fashion by 20-0, and winning from Parkdal e in th e hardest-fought g'ame of th e year, by 13- '=; ' This last g ame was played under ,'ery a dverse conditions, a nd was won by th e a bility of nul' team to .. stick to it.·' The field was by 11 0 mean» lev el, but sloped \-er y d ecidedly towards the south end , and In make matters worse , th e rain, which fell nearly all afternoon, made it very wet and s lipp ery Li nder Ioot. At th e e nd of half-time th e score stl1od.=; 0 against us, but th rough Hrowu '. admirable punting o f t're water-soaked ball a nd fast !,)llowing-up of the J arvis \\'ings , the xcorc o f '3 was pil ed up be fo re th e whistle sounded. On acco u n t of th e sl ipper)' nature "l th e ground, th e playe rs of both sides indulged in so me skillful and g ra ce ful (?) t umbling. Kerg'in and Ranki n. especia lly . furnished severnl a musing in s ta nces (If this. till Kergin took it int o his head to fall on Rankin, which Sll nffecte cl o u r genia l fri e nd th at he reti red from the game quite ,. sore" over it. In t he seco nd serie s - t he only games w hi ch cou n te d fo r th e Goode rham T roph y-c--j arvis defeated H a rbord a g ai n, by :;- 0; won fr om T echnical S c!1l101 by default, and was preven te d fro m wi nning th e g ame from Pa rkdale by dark ness. :\ lthoug h the score was 1 2 - 8 again s t us when th e g ame wa« calle d, it was ev ident fro m th e fa st playing of the J a rvi s T eam th at a touchdown (.=;) would haw resulted in the remaining time. O f t he d eciding co n tcst , tilt" least said th e better, suffice it t o say that th e Pa rkda le team s ho wed charn pio nx hip Io rrn and out classed ou r team in th e weight, s peed and ki cking abili ties of th eir ba ck division. T he next best thing to winning' fairly is to take defeat in a true sportsmanlike m anucr. a nd we hope tha t that is th e feeling with which w e re s ig'ne d th e Gooderham CUI' t o Parkdale for I SJ0 -!-- Of th e individual players on th e j arvi« St. T l'am th e m ost co ns pic uo us we re Ca pt a in All au Hr own , .. Gust y " G eal c .u u l .. Mit tv " Rankill. T o Brown is due m uch o f t he s uccess 0 1 the team, fo r his coolness l'll the field a nd kn owledge of th e xcic nc e of th e g ame, t o say Iw thillg of his pl aying ability, m ad e him an id eal Captain. G enl v wa s t he sure s te ady m x n o n th e half-ba ck lin e, .vl way« in the right place a t th e righ t t im e , g'l)l,d in tad:ling" a nd breaking th rl)ug'h , he was iu v.rlua bl« to th e team. Ra n k in was one of th e fast es t playe rs on the field, a nd one l)f the hardes t to stop wh e n he m a d e a run ; b u t for hi s u nl ucky habit of getting" injured, w e feel s ure he would ha " e p roved hi m s elf the fastest half-back in th e lea g ue. Of till' rernain der o f t he team. .. Hl, !J" :\I ilb made an excelle n t quarter-back.
" I Jl a rkl ~ at snap-back was a lways stcadv. while Pearson o n t h e h nlf-line w a s a sure tackle. Robiu-son, Trowe and T u rn e r were the pick of the w ing- lin e, a ll bei ng' fasl at foIlO \I'ing- up and sure ta ckl e rs . K e rg-i.. , as h ea d o f the" huckinjr- huc." wa» a tower of stn>ngt h to t he- t e lin ill getting t o uch - cl owns 011 I l a s s I la ys. Bis h o p was ex trem ely us e fu l ill couvcrting t h e touc h -d o w ns . T he R ug by T ea m d exire x to take t h is o pport u ui tv to th anl~ t he school at large {especially t he faire r po rt io n ] for the inte rest s o kindly taken in t he tea m . T he v also wish t o ~x p re s s t h ei r than k s t o t he Prin ci pal fo r h is ki uclncss , a ile! to their Presiden t, .\11'. .\Ii chell , Ior hi s a ble u.lvise a n d generous ass is tance thr\)uglw ul the seaxun , ~ O T li- ()ll r Sporling lidi l or , J'~ S . 1'111'/.:, 11I 11/.:13.1' 111IIIII'IIl i oll 1!//l iIllSI'(/ill h is skelrh 4 the seuson, bil l , -,ClC 1111/"'0-
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