| E. FINAL (ONT): London Shamrocks d’d Toronto 26-15; 28-15 (Total: 44-30) W. FINAL: Edmonton Commercial Grads d’d Barons 22-2 (defaulted at half-time) CANADIAN TITLE: Edmonton Commercial Grads d’d London Shamrocks 34-22; 17-6 (Total: 51-28) |
In the British Columbia opening round, Vancouver St. Mark’s clubbed Chilliwack 19-6.
In the British Columbia finals, U.B.C. defeated x.
In the Alberta semis, Barons defeated Lethbridge x-x; x-x (Total: x-x)
In the other Alberta semi, the Edmonton Grads defeated the Mercantiles x-x; 50-16 (2g-0). In 1923, the Grads switched from playing women’s (six-man) rules to men’s (five-man) rules.
In the sudden-death Alberta final, the Edmonton Grads defeated Barons 22-2 (the score at halftime) as Dorothy Johnson scored 11, Abbie Scott 8 and Daisy Johnson 3, while Eleanor Mountfield, Mary Dunn, Nellie Perry and Elizabeth Elrick were scoreless. Barons conceded the game at halftime. T Harris led Barons with 2. Barons also included S Follestad, L Lebow, L Welsh, M Moore, E Hodgson, E Shearer, D Grant, V Popham and A Blaino.
In the Ontario finals, the London Shamrocks defeated Toronto 26-15; 28-15 (Total: 44-30). …………………………………………………… In game one, London prevailed 26-15 after leading 16-5 at the half. Rosa Grosse paced Toronto with 13. Mina Bain added 2. …………………………………………………… In game two, London was paced by P. Blackwell 10, Lottie Garrett 8, Marg Lindsay 4, and C. Blackwell 0. I. Duncan 0, Grace Sing 0 and Mary Clark 0. Rosa Grosse led Toronto with 7. Janet Allen added 2, Grace Conacher 2, Connie Hennessy 2, Mina Bain 2, Dot Smith 0 and Margaret Irvin 0.
In the national finals, the Edmonton Commercial Grads defeated the London Shamrocks 17-6; 34-22 (Total: 51-28).
In game one, Edmonton prevailed 17-6 as Dorothy Johnson scored 11, Connie Smith 2, Eleanor Mountifiel-d 2 and Winnie Martin 2, while Mary Dunn and Abbie Scott were scoreless. Lottie Garrett led London with 2. Isabel Duncan added 2 and Pearl Blackwell 2, while Carrie Blackwell was scoreless.
In game two, the Grads took the title with a 34-22 win as Dorothy Johnson scored 14, Connie Smith 10, Winnie Martin 8 and Mary Dunn 2, while Eleanor Mountfield, Nellie Perry, Elizabeth Elrick, Abbie Scott and Daisy Scott were scoreless. Lottie Garrett led the Shamrocks with 11. Pearl Blackwell added 6, Mary Lindsay 3 and Isabel Duncan 2, while Mary Clark was scoreless.
In June, 1923, the Grads won the first Underwood Trophy, a challenge trophy for international competition created by the typewriter company Underwood. In the first challenge, the Grads played the Cleveland Favorite Knits, who billed themselves as “WORLD CHAMPS” on their jerseys. The Grads, by contrast were dressed in long woolen stockings, black bloomers with pleats, blad middies with sailor collars and black-and-gold headbands. They whipped the Favorite Knits in two straight (34-20; 19-13).
In September, the Toronto Maple Leafs challenge the Grads for the Underwood title and are thrashed 41-11 and 26-13. The Grads then withstand a challenge from the Chicago Uptown Business Brownies in October and prevail 20-17 (with J. Percy Page officiating) and 25-20. The Grads then stave off a challenge from the Warren (Ohio) National Lamps 35-8 and 27-13.
Through the years, the Grads withstood 49 challenges from American opponents for the Underwood Trophy and won all of them. They were 120-114 in Underwood play. In one series against the Chicago Taylor-Trunks, they lost the first game 34-24 but in the second match, before nearly 7000 spectators in Edmonton, they stomped the Taylor-Trunks 40-13 to take the series.
The runner-up London Shamrocks: Pearl Blackwell; Lottie Garrett; Mary Lindsay; playing manager Carrie Blackwell; Irene Duncan; Isobel Duncan; Grace Sing; Mary Clark; coach George Smith
The champion Edmonton Grads: Mary Dunn; Elizabeth Elrick; Winnie Martin; Daisy Johnson; Dorothy Johnson; Eleanor Mountifield; Nellie Perry; Abbie Scott; Daisy Scott; Connie Smith; coach J. Percy Page