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·rHE GLEANER Basketball
Why yes! we play Basketball, and what's more, we have one of the best gymnasiums in the Province in which we toss the ball around. Our floor space is of standard size and our baskets of regulation calibre. Every night at four o'clock there is a mad rush to the gym gallery where many of the students gathe1, to witness the keenly contested games. The boys are divided into two classes, Junior and Senior. There are three teams in the Junior League, these being captained by Noel Ar- thur, Roy Trott and Bob Inksters, and these Juniors can cer- tainly display a snappy game. In the Senior League there are six teams. The captains are Frank Holden, Duncan McQueen, Frank Butters, Red Fryer, Alex Culham and Jack Shields. As can be expected, the Seniors play a better game than the Juniors, their style of play is more scientific, all of which is due to the coaching abit ~Y of Mr. Felker and Mr. Stapleton. The same thing we said .:tbout inter-collegiate hockey applies to basketball also. Once more we hope to prove our prowess in the gymnasium
as well as on the gridiron.
Girls' Athletics SOFTBALL
Alas! the great majority of our veteran players had desert- ed us and gone forth from our halls of learning to try their skill in larger fields of knowledge and sport. We few who were left were in despair, but Mr. Stapleton, always opitimistic, grin- ned as usual and confided in us that to his mind new material was as good as old. As a result the well-worn diamond up on Hume Street, for a few weeks, was the scene of great activity. All the girls took a keen interest, the first formers being most in evidence; but all willingly took their turn at hitting, running, sliding and throwing. Finally, however, Mr. Stapleton, with the help of some of the boys and also of our captain for several years past, chose a team and the players were whipped into shape for their first game.
Nottawa vs. C. C. I.
On Sept. 30th at the Great Northern Exhibition the C. C. I. softball team played their first game of the season against Not- tawa's Khaki Kids. A large crowd was on hand to cheer its favorite team to victory, but the C. C. I., as well as having the best support, played a snappy game and emerged at the end of the session holding tightly to the larger end of an 18-8 score.
C. C. I. at Barrie
October 17th dawned bleak and cold with a chilling autumn wind doing its best to discourage even the most extreme soft- ball fan. Despite weather conditions, not one member of the
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