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ST.
KITTS WANTS IT By
CLAYTON BROWNE The
St. Catharines Standard Monday
July 30, 1931 Tonight’s
executive meeting of the City Lacrosse Association is going to be more
than just a conclave of the juniors, infinitely so. President Stevens is
going to satisfy the cravings of the boosters and discuss the “box”,
abbreviated or kangaroo pastime, which ever way you wish to call it, for
the Garden City. Moreover the city has been promised a berth in the indoor
senior loop, if they wish to take it and that’s the why and wherefore of
the session. Walter Westwood has been communing with the active spirits at
Toronto and was offered encouragement, even inducement, to try it out
here. He likes it and thinks it would go over big in the stronghold of
lacrosse in this city. The
material? Sure. There are enough senior calibre players here right now to
provide eight-men lacrosse and promising juniors to fill in for
substitutes. That is the reason why prominent lacrosse men will heed the
call and attend the get-together at the Canadian Legion Hall, where the
fire is kindled. The success or failure of the venture depends upon the
enthusiasm. What say? CITY
MAY HAVE BOX LACROSSE JUNIOR
MOGULS
ENDORSES
PROPOSAL;
LIKELY
ADOPT
THE
NOVELTY The
St. Catharines Standard Tuesday
July 31, 1931 The
St. Catharines Lacrosse Association discussed the pros and cons of
“box” lacrosse last night at their executive meeting and came to the
point where they appointed a delegation to interview the city parks board
with a view to getting the necessary permission to install it and also
secure the cost of construction. As
the feeding place for the future senior team, those interested in the
promotion of the abbreviated pastime felt that it was up to the city
association to have first chance to accept the proposal to have St. Kitts
included. It
is proposed to install temporary or portable iron poles, hung with wire
netting on the other two sides of the square at the southwest corner of
the city ball park, with the seating available from two sides of the
square at the southwest corner of the square and thus enable the new
“box” game to be witnessed by upwards of a thousand spectators. The playing field will be the regulation size of one hundred by two hundred feet and if the finances of the association are such that they can handle the situation, the popularity of the game as well as the novelty side should be productive of record crowds for the “kangaroo” game. SPORTS
DOWN BROWNE By
Clayton Browne The
St. Catharines Standard Saturday
April 23, 1932 Need
the Reveille Now
that the C. A. L. A. and O. A. L. A. have definitely sponsored the
seven-man lacrosse instead of the outdoor twelve brand and nothing but the
items of the box game fill the air and daily papers, just why is the
Garden City not waking up? With
the assurance that one, at least, cushion will be provided to take care of
the abbreviated pastime, the second oldest home of the national pastime in
the Dominion should not have to take a back seat for any of the other
cities. There
is assuredly enough senior material here to round out the personnel of a
team, with stylish players like Max Peart, Jimmy Wagstaffe, Norm May,
Chuck Green, Billy Warburton, Eddie Downey, Billy Wilson, Spud Sutherland,
Hubert and Andy Sheehan, Louis Cunningham and others forming the nucleus. Fraser
Klager, who teamed up on a western Ontario defence, is also available for
duty and there are likewise some real capable stick wielders that have out
grown junior company who are dead anxious to get into the modern versioned
game. The placing of the Falls in a group with Toronto, Hamilton,
Brampton, Mimico and other points does not weaken the possibility of the
inclusion of a team from here and with Eddie England as sponsor on the O.
A. L. A. executive, the sailing should be smooth. LACROSSERS
TO DIVIDE SERIES CITY
LOOP
PLAYS
SPLIT
SCHEDULE
OF
FIELD
AND
BOX
GAMES The
St. Catharines Standard May
6, 1932 The
St. Kitts Lacrosse Association held a largely attended and very
enthusiastic meeting last night at the Legion Hall and unanimously decided
to enter both juvenile and junior entrants in those classifications with
the O. A. L. A. Arrangements
were also concluded by the city moguls to divide the schedule in two
parts, which will be welcome news to the lacrosse fans of the city and
district. It is planned to stage the games scheduled for Tuesday as field
lacrosse, while the Friday twilight fixtures will consist of
double-headers at the city sport park cushion, now in the process of
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