Any account of high school football (senior) that I've ever come across dates back to 1927. No doubt games were played well before then but that appears to be the year that operations became solidly structured and/or a champion was crowned.
Note that this was a city championship, hence the reference to playing Renfrew the following week in the portion of the article below.
The lasting impression of this game was that one Emerson Ogilvy entered the Gallery of the Gods.
Luckily, the game was not marred by vaccinations.
As for Emerson Ogilvy, after entering the Gallery of the Gods, his name appeared in the Canadian Junior Football league record books. He is tied with several others for having kicked seven singles in a game for the Ottawa South Roamers in 1928. I had not heard of this team until today but I might just have to do a little digging now!
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