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Presents Jim Riddell’s Sports Talk

with Area Senior Jack St. Thomas

our route.” I played football for 2 years as a
defensive half-back and in 1966,
Jack and his brother, Jim were
the CCVS Raiders won the EOSSA
raised by Darcy and his wife, Roma
championship.”
(St. Thomas) along with their
children David and Rhonda. The Following high school, Jack
By Jim Riddell
Denneny family were exceptional continued playing football with
ack St. Thomas describes growing athletes - Darcy’s father, Allen and the Cornwall Mustangs in the
Jup in Cornwall during the 50’s his three brothers, Cy, Corbett, and Interprovincial Junior Football
and early 60’s by saying, “We spent John are all in the Cornwall Sports League. The Mustangs head coach
a good part of our summers in the HOF for hockey. Cy had played was Ed Lumley, who had developed
water, diving off the old Roosevelt with the original Ottawa Senators an affiliation with the Ottawa Rough
swing bridge, swimming at Lock 18 and the Boston Bruins and has been Riders. Harvey Provost was in charge
and Lock 19. It was a meeting place inducted into the NHL HOF. Corbett of the defense. The league consisted
for us - we would meet at the locks had a nine-year NHL career with of the Mustangs, the Ottawa Sooners,
and swim. During the winter, we four different teams and at one time and teams from Eastview, NDG,
would skate on the canal.” held the world record (a tie) for the Verdun, and Marieville. Jack, who
hundred-yard dash. Photo Submitted had played defense in his first two
Jack had a paper route and for prominent Tories that stopped by. seasons with the team got a chance
several years he delivered close Jack, Rona, and family lived at Jack worked as a dishwasher at the at fullback one game and made the
to one hundred papers daily to the 333 Pitt Street in a building they restaurant and at The Cycle Shop. most of it, scoring two touchdowns.
residents of Dover Heights and owned. The lower portion was He remained at fullback and in
Riverdale. “If I wasn’t delivering home to The Cycle Shop and to While attending CCVS, Jack 1968 he won the IJFL award as top
papers I was canvassing, knocking Reg Woodward’s Club Restaurant. was approached to join the football graduating player. Coach Ed Lumley
on doors trying to get new customers. Reg had owned some local sports team. “This was the first time that I was quoted in a Standard Freeholder
My uncle Darcy Denneny was the teams and was heavily involved with had played an organized sport and I article saying, “St. Thomas is on a
District Supervisor for the Ottawa the Conservative Party. The Club didn’t know the rules of the game. par with Rick Black of the Sooners
Journal and there was always a Restaurant was the place to go to talk Paul Lapointe was the head coach as the top two running backs in the
contest or incentives for us to grow politics and there was a long list of and Les Wert coached the defense.
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