| E. RD 1 (Maritimes): St. John YWCA d’d Halifax YWCA 26-24; 51-19 (Total: 77-43) W. RD 1 (Man): Brandon Collegiate d’d x W. RD 1 (BC): Victoria Red Birds 32 Victoria Harmony 14 (sudden death) W. RD 1 (SASK): M.J. Davidson Business d’d Regina Army & Navy 25-20; 26-26 (Total: 51-46) W. RD 1 (SASK): Saskatoon Normal d’d Bedford Road Grads 73-16; 39-30 (Total: 112-46) W. RD 2 (SASK): Saskatoon Normal 21 Moose Jaw Davidson Business 19 (sudden death) W. RD 2 (BC): Victoria Red Birds v Nanaimo E. RD 2 (Maritime): Moncton Colleens d’d Glace Bay x-x; 48-26 (Total: x-x) W. QF (ALTA): Edmonton Grads d’d U of Alberta 50-7; 2-0 (default) W. SEMI (Alta): Edmonton Grads d’d Calgary Central Grads 56-14; 36-15 (Total: 92-29) E. FINAL (ONT): Toronto Lakesides d’d Toronto Parkdales 21-7; 27-24 (Total: 48-31) W. FINAL: Edmonton Grads d’d U.B.C. Varsity Co-Eds 37-20; 26-14 (Total: 63-34) CANADIAN TITLE: Edmonton Grads d’d Toronto Lakesides 47-17; 41-27 (Total: 88-44) |
In the Toronto and Eastern Canadian semis, the Toronto Lakesides defeated Toronto Parkdales 21-7; 27-24 (Total: 48-31). …………………………………………………… In game one, the Lakesides prevailed 37-20 as Innes Bramley scored 5, Dolly Dunlop 9, Dot McNeill 3, Bea Harron 0, Eleanor Slean 0, Athol Wesley 0, Mabel Dunlop 0 and Andy Anderson 0. Star forward Nora Gordon did not play because of illness. Helen Hendry notched 2 for the Parkdales. Jean McKay added 2, Shirley Lister 0, Peggy Pitkethly 0, Kewpie Griffiths 1, Lorna Davies 0, Sarah McGuiggan 0 and Alvern Donaldson 2. …………………………………………………… In game two, the Lakesides, coached by Joe Howard, prevailed 27-24 in overtime. The score was knotted at six after one quarter and Parkdale led 11-8 at the half and 13-11 after three quarters. Dot McNeill gave the Lakesides their first lead at 19-18 but Helen Hendry hit a long field goal and a free throw to give Parkdales the lead. But McNeill hit a bucket at the buzzer to knot the score at 21 and force overtime. Jean MacKay gave Parkdales a lead in overtime but Beatrice Harron knotted it and then Innes Bramley tipped in a rebound to give Lakeside a 25-23 lead. Hendry hit a free throw before Eleanor Slean iced the Lakeside win with a layup. Dolly Dunlop led Lakesides with 13. Dot McNeill added 6, Innes Bramley 4, Bea Harron 2, Eleanor Slean 2, Nora Gordon 0, Athol Wesley 0 and Mabel Dunlop 0. Jean McKay led Parkdales with 9. Shirley Lister added 2, Kewpie Griffiths 0, Helen Hendry 4, Al Donaldson 5, Peggy Pitkethly 3, Lorna Davies 1 and Sarah McGuigan 0.
In the Maritime finals, the Moncton Colleens defeated Glace Bay x-x; 48-26 (Total: x-x). …………………………………………………… In game two, Moncton prevailed 48-26 as Margaret Leblanc scored 18, Marjorie Leblanc 12, E Jeffrey 10, I Forbes 7 and P Bourque 1, while N Leblanc, N Daley and L Dunphy were scoreless. The Colleens led 3-29 at the half. M Ogilvie paced Glace Bay with 17. I Wilton added 8 and M Jackson 1, while A Livingston, K Cudhea and M Keddy were scoreless.
In the Saskatchewan semis and north finals, Saskatoon Normal School defeated the Bedford Road Grads 73-16; 39-30 (Total: 112-46). …………………………………………………… In game one, Normal thrashed the Grads 73-16 as Aileen Sibbald scored 37, C Seay 16, J Kennedy 14 and M Pringle 6, while E Miller, J Brodey, F Godson and E Moran were scoreless. Vi McCarl scored all 16 for Bedford Road, which also included H Johnson, F Loveless, B McCarl, G Gunning, H Highet, W Brennick and J Wright were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, Normal dispatched Bedford Road 39-30 as Aileen Sibbald scored 22, C Seay 11, Pringle 4 and J Kennedy 2, while Edna Moran, Godson, Broley, Miller and Elviss were scoreless. Vi McCarl paced the Grads with 14. Loveless added 10 and B McCarl 6, while Johnson, Gunning, Brennick, Wright and Highet were scoreless.
In the Saskatchewan semis and south finals, Moose Jaw Davidson Business College defeated Regina Army & Navy 25-20; 26-26 (Total: 51-46). …………………………………………………… In game one, Moose Jaw dispatched Regina 25-20 as Gladys Haight scored 10, Evelyn Davis 10 and Dorothy Law 5, while Anne Cree, Elsie Stafford, Fay Robertson, Dora Dewar, Pat McAfee and Phil Hammett were scoreless. Hilda Bard led Army & Navy with 10. Issy Jones added 8 and Edith Engel 2, while Helen Grad, Shorty Hildebrand, Pearl Hutton, Betty Siller, Anne Engel and Norma Wilson were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, the teams played to a 26-26 draw. Haight led Moose Jaw with 10. Davies added 10, Stafford 4 and Law 2. Jones led Regina with 10. Grad added 8, Hildebrand 6 and Bard 2.
In the sudden-death Saskatchewan final, Saskatoon Normal School edged Moose Jaw Davidson Business College 21-19 as Kennedy scored 10, Seay 7 and Sibbald 4, while Pringle, Miller, Moran Broley, Godson and Elvin were scoreless. Gladys Haight and Evelyn Davis each scored 8 to pace Business College. Moose Jaw also incuded Dorothy Law, Anne Cree, P Hennett, Dora Dewar, Pat MacAfee, Fay Robertson and Elsie Stafford.
In the Manitoba finals, Brandon Collegiate v x. …………………………………………………… Brandon Collegiate included Mary Coutts, Ruth Bingham, Somerville, Draper, Strachan, Gainer, Hunter, Rolston, Griggs.
In the sudden-death BC opening round and Island semis, Victoria Red Birds clocked Victoria Harmony 32-14. The Red Birds included Jessie Edwards, Torrie Bennie, Berta Peden, Biddy Boyce. Nanaimo included Mary peden, Dora Perry, Alice Lalonde.
In the Alberta semis and Northern finals, the Edmonton Grads defeated the University of Alberta Pandas 50-7; 2-0 (default). …………………………………………………… Gladys Fry had played the regular season toiling for both the Grads and Pandas. Both teams wanted her on their squad and it was agreed they would play a game without her, with the winner getting Fry’s services for the remainder of the playoffs. …………………………………………………… In that playoff, the Grads dusted the University of Alberta 50-7 as Babe Belanger scored 17, Millie McCormick 16, Margaret MacBurney 14 and Elsie Bennie 3, while Mae Brown, Margaret Kinney and Doris Neale were scoreless. E Barnett led the Pandas with 4. J Kopta added 3, while R Fry, D Dalhoun, H Mahaffy, V McMahon, M Melnyk, B Linke and C Holmgren were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In the final, -=the University of Alberta defaulted.
In the Alberta finals, the Edmonton Grads defeated the Calgary Central Grads 56-14; 36-15 (Total: 92-29). …………………………………………………… In game one, the Edmonton Grads prevailed 56-14 as Gladys Fry scored 16, Babe Belanger 12, Millie McCormack 10, Elsie Bennie 8, Margaret MacBurney 8 and Doris Neale 2, while Mae Brown and Margaret Kinney were scoreless. E Edmondson led the Central Grads with 5. E Newcombe added 2, A Allan 2, P Edmundson 2, L Cooper 2 and B Canning 1, while M Cooper was scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, the Edmonton Grads took the series with a 31-15 win as McCormack scored 11, Bennie 7, Belanger 6, MacBurney 3, Neale 2 and Brown 2, while Fry and Kinney were scoreless. Newcombe, Stevenson and E Edmondson each scored 4 to pace Calgary. P Edmondson added 3, while Alice Allen, M Cooper, Canning, I Cooper and M Allen were scoreless.
In the Western Canadian finals, the Edmonton Grads defeated the University of British Columbia Co-Eds 37-20; 26-14 (Total: 63-34). …………………………………………………… In game one, the Grads prevailed 37-20. The Co-Eds led 12-7 at the half but folded down the stretch. The Grads led 22-18 after three quarters. Margaret McBurney paced the Grads with 15. Millie McCormack added 11, Doris Neale 6, Gladys Fry 3 and Elsie Bennie 2, while B Belanger and M Kinney were scoreless. J Tingley paced the Co-Eds with 6. C Menton added 6, J Whyte 5 and R Harris 3, while T Maho, F Carlisle, N Snelly and M Campbell were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, the Grads clipped U.B.C. 26-14 as M McBurney scored 8, G Frye 8, M Brown 3, E Bennie 3, M McCormick 2 and B Belanger 2, while D Neale and Kinney were scoreless. Thelma Mahon paced U.B.C. with 4. Rettie Tingley added 4, Claire Menton 2, Rene Harris 2 and Mary Campbell, while Marion Shelly, Jean Whyte and Florence Carlisle were scoreless. U.B.C (coached by Jack Barberie) also included Lois Tourtellotte.
In the Canadian finals, the Edmonton Grads defeated the Toronto Lakesides 47-17; 41-27 (Total: 88-44)
In game one, the Grads prevailed 47-17. The Grads led 19-17 at the half but then ran rampant in the second half with 28 unanswered points. Toronto didn’t put a point in the second frame. Gladys Fry led the Grads with 16 and defensively, held Toronto star Innes Bramley scoreless. Margaret MacBurney added 10, Millie McCormick 9, Doris Neale 4, Elsie Bennie 6, Mae Brown 2, Babe Belanger 0 and Margaret Kinney 0. Nora Gordon led Toronto with 9. Dolly Dunlop added 4, Eleanor Slean 4, Innes Bramley 0, Bea Harron 0, Mabel Dunlop 0, Athol Wesley 0 and Dot McNeal 0.
In game two, the Grads completed the sweep with a 41-27 win. The Grads led 17-10 at the half and 26-21 at the three-quarter mark but broke it open in the final frame as conditioning and class prevailed. Gladys Fry paced the Grads with 9. Margaret McBurney added 9, Millie McCormack 7, Doris Neale 0, Elsie Bennie 5, Mae Brown 8, Babe Belanger 2 and Margaret Kinney 0. Nora Gordon led Toronto with 16. Dolly Dunlop added 5, Innes Bramley 4, Bea Harron 0, Eleanor Slean 2, Mabel Dunlop 0, Athol Wesley 0 and Dot McNeil 0.
After U.B.C. lost to the Edmonton Grads in the Western Canadian final, they applied to play at the World Women’s Games. The Grads couldn’t attend because of financial restrictions. Grads coach J. Percy Page said UBC was the “second best” team in the country and would be more representative than the Eastern final Toronto Lakesides. Organizers chose U.B.C. over a Seattle unit because it had “applied first.” Local fundraising campaigns, headed by the Bank of Commerce, managed to raise $5,500. The teams sailed to Europe to compete in what we’re called the Women’s Olympic Games, organized by Frenchwoman Mme. Millait. Three teams competed. Canada was placed directly in the final because organizers “wanted them in the final. France had to play a preliminary game which it easily won.”
In the final, played at six o’clock in the evening before 10,000 fans, on a cinder 92-48 court (as compared to a regulation 80×40 court, the teams played an “event which discouraged skillful ballhandling and in which body contact was featured.” It was played under international rules, meaning no substitutions except for injuries; no rest between quarters and a smaller ball. In a halftime compromise, the larger Canadian ball was used in the second half. At half-time, Canada led 14-8. They won 18-14 “despite French rough-housing”. The team returned to great receptions in Montreal and Vancouver.
U.B.C. subsequently began billing itself as “World Champs.” The Thunderettes: Claire (Menton) Barberie; Lois (Tourtellotte) Fisher; Rettie (Tingley) Mayers; Rene (Harris) Burtch; Mary Campbell; Marion Shelly; Florence Carlisle; Jean (Whyte) Sheldon; Thelam (Mahon) Cornwall; coach Jack Barberie
The runner-up Toronto Lakesides: Innes Bromley; Dolly Dunlop; Dot McNeill; Bea Harron; Eleanor Slean; Athol Wesley; Mabel Dunlop; Andy Anderson; Nora Gordon; coach Joe Howard
The champion Edmonton Grads: Edith Stone; Margaret MacBurney; Babe Belanger; Elsie Bennie; Mae Brown; Gladys Fry;
Margaret Kinney; Mildred McCormick; Doris Neale; coach J. Percy Page