Beaches 21

The Athletics put in a hard practice last night for their game Saturday with the Beaches. That the Beaches are coming over to win is indicated by the following article from the Toronto Star:

“Beaches are not downhearted over their loss to Riversides, and will step right into St. Catharines on Saturday prepared to make amends at the expense of the senior Athletics. Manager Frank Dixon knows that he has a battle ahead of him on Saturday, and is working his team overtime in order to have them fit as the Beacherites are long on condition. The St. Catharines clan have not been in senior company for three seasons, but they expect to make their debut with a win, but as Parliment’s bunch are already in the loss column, they can’t afford to let this match slip through their fingers. That it will be a battle from gong to gong goes without saying, and a capacity house will be on hand to greet the warriors when they take the field at 4 o’clock.”

Ald. M. J. Murphy, chairman of the Parks, will face the ball. The line up for the Athletics will be chosen from:

Goal, Cunningham or Eberhardt; point, May; cover point, Purdy; defense, Collins, Overholt, Crowe, Longfellow, Herr, Eastman; centre, Goudie; home field, Bennett, Millar, O’Brien, Switzer, Bombay; outside, MacGlashan; inside, Pople.

Longfellow, who is a brother of Eddie, Manager of the Beaches, will be given the task of holding the famous C. Martie Connell of Ottawa, now with Beaches, who is reputed to be the best home fielder now in the game. May and Purdy will look after Rowland and Pim. Rowland will be remembered with Eddie Longfellow as the stars of Maitland’s in the famous games of 1918.

The Lacrosse Grounds were packed to capacity on Saturday when the Senior Athletics went up against the Beaches of Toronto. Even with the addition on the bleachers, there were many people who had to stand to see the game.

The Beaches had everything their own way in the first half. Their home was heavier than the St. Catharines defense, giving them an advantage over the Athletics. Nevertheless, in the second half, the locals came back and ran up several goals, but were unable to overcome the lead and the Beaches won 13 to 8. Cunningham in goal played a nice game, stopping many difficult shots. After the locals have had more time to practice, the fans look forward to seeing them run away with almost any team. The juniors showed up splendidly and much is expected from these boys in the future.

Goudie got the ball at the face-off, throwing it to Millar who missed a score by inches. Pim receiving a snappy pass found the net after two minutes of play. After this the Beaches went through the Athletic defense at will and Pim scored three more inside of eight minutes. Pople then received a quick pass and registered in three minutes. O’ Brien by a neat bit of work scored again for St. Catharines. Connell for the Beaches found the net and the quarter ended 5 to 2 for the visitors.

Rowland for Beaches got a pass from Connell and scored inside of one minute, being followed two minutes later by a nice shot by Pim, which counted another for the Torontos. Hard luck seemed to follow the St. Kitts team and they missed a couple of shots. Connell scored for the visitors and the second quarter ended 8 to 2.

Switzer replaced Collins and Martin for Reeves. The Athletics got the ball at the face-off and missed a shot at the net. Purdy was penalized five minutes for tripping and a moment later Bullen for the Beaches was put off for the same reason. The Athletics then had a good chance to score but threw the ball away. MacGlashan got the bench for five minutes and the Beaches with the odd man had no difficulty in scoring. O’Brien got five minutes for himself, and was followed by Connell. Pim registered two goals in succession and Defoe scored once. Bennett got the ball at the face-off and made a fine run down the field and with a great shot scored for St. Kitts. MacGlashan received a pass from centre and went through the Beaches defense, registering another for the locals. St. Catharines seemed to find themselves at this time and Pople scored again ten seconds later. Bad luck kept the Athletics from getting another with the ball hitting the goal post. Martin of the Beaches got five minutes for pushing and the third quarter ended. Score 12 to 5

Reeves replaced Martin for the visitors. St. Kitts started strong and had things their own way. Pople on a quick pass from MacGlashan scored with a beautiful shot. Goudie picked the ball out of an opponent’s stick, but missed the shot. Connell found the net for Toronto, and Rowland was put off for tripping. Pople went through again and put the ball into the goal after five minutes playing. Purdy came up the field with the ball and a snappy pass to MacGlashan enable Mac to score. One minute later the whistle blew and the game was finished. The final score was 13 to 8 in favour of the Beaches.

Beaches		Athletics
Coutie	Goal	Cunningham
Morris	Point	May
Reeves	Cover Point	Purdy
McLean	Defense	Eastman
Hutchison	Defense	Overholt
Haskings	Defense	Longfellow
Virtue	Centre	Goudie
Stevenson	Home	Millar
Pim	Home	MacGlashan
Defoe	Home	Pople
Connell	Inside	Bennett
Rowland	Outside	O' Brien
Anderson	Spare	Collins
Bullen	Spare	Switzer
Braydon	Spare	Immell
Martin	Spare	-

The management of the Athletics Lacrosse Club in justice to the players and themselves, who took part in Saturday’s game against Beaches, wish to place the defeat where it really belongs. It is not the first time that the Athletics have been beaten on their own grounds early in the season and at the end won a championship. True, the defense was weak, Crowe and Lee were both on the injured list and would have added strength. The boys had not the practice they should have had due to the fact that the dressing rooms were not ready till Friday night.

On the other hand the Beaches have been all winter gathering a team from all sections of the Province and have been getting in condition for some time. The boys are not downhearted and will prove that we still have players here by their next game with Riversides in two weeks. It is the intention of the management to strengthen the weak spots and hope that the lacrosse supporters will prove themselves as good sports by turning out again and encouraging the boys. The cost of running a team today is very high. To equip one player amounts to $24, and the city receives 23 per cent of the gate with referees, advertising, railroad tickets, etc. In order to keep a team in the field they must have support.