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On Monday afternoon, probably the best lacrosse game of the season will be played on the old corner lot between the Orangeville Seniors and the Athletics. Orangeville are champions of Ontario, having won the Intermediate series and in the play off for the senior honors, defeated the St. Simons of Toronto. They are using the same team this year as they had last and will put a bunch of stars on the field on Monday afternoon. The Athletics are in fine shape and are truly showing the old time pep. So a good game can be expected on the old lot. The community parade on Monday will end at the Lacrosse Grounds and to relieve the pressure of the large numbers of people buying their tickets at the grounds, there will be several men in the parade who will sell tickets for the game.

Those who have seen the last few games which the Athletics have played know how good the material is that they have, and the Old Boys will be particularly interested in some of the young blood that are playing now, that when they lived here were youngsters playing on the street corners. Among the newcomers are Percy Oille and Bennett. These two boys are good and fast. MacGlashan, Purdy, May, Gayder, Crowe, all local boys are out. Goudie, Pennie and a few others from outside are also showing a lot of pep. With all those boys, the Athletics should give the Orangeville lads a merry chase.

Before the largest crowd of the season yesterday, the Athletics of St. Catharines defeated Orangeville, the champions of Ontario, in a fast game of lacrosse by a score of 8 to 7. the score was close all the way through, there never being more than a one goal margin between the two teams except in the last quarter when the Athletics put in three goals in a row making the score 8 to 6. The locals showed only occasional flashes of form until the final session when they showed the old boys that they still play lacrosse in old St. Kitts.

The game started with Orangeville getting away to a running start and they almost scored with a pretty shot from away out. Haffey cleared nicely and a see-saw started with the ball first at one end and then at the other. Pople finally got a chance and found the net in five minutes. Soon after, Haffey made a nice try, but a bad bounce put the ball out of danger. Four minutes later Mitchell of Orangeville scored first for the visitors. The Athletics got the rubber and made a quick attack on the Dufferin defense but threw it away. The visitors made a nice rush and Brown registered their second counter; time 16 minutes. There were no further scoring this period and the score stood 2 to 1 for the visitors.

Oille went on for Crowe in this period. Oille got the ball and made a run for the net but DeBooth got in the way and cleared nicely. Pople took the count and had to retire from the game for a quarter. Purdy carried the ball down the field and scored from outside in four minutes. Golden found the net for the visitors and ten minutes later Millar got on the end of a combination and evened the score again. Two minutes later Gordon put the Dufferins in the lead and the quarter ended 4 to 3.

The visitors got the ball and shot. Gayder picking it out nicely, May received the pass and scored in two minutes. The Orangeville defense was too tight for the locals to get near the goal and Golden scored in fifteen minutes. Score at three quarter time, 6 to 5 for the Dufferins.

In the last session the St. Kitts bunch got started and showed some real old time form. They played around the Orangeville net but were unable to find the net. A pretty combination put Flynn in possession of the ball in front of the net and he easily tossed it in evening up the score. Purdy carried the ball down the field but lost it in front of the goal. The Athletics defense was too much for the visitors and the Athletics regained the ball. Pople made an individual rush and score in eleven minutes. Four minutes later Harrington registered putting the locals two points in the lead. A nice stop by DeBooth kept May’s shot out of the net. He cleared and Gordon scored for Orangeville one minute later. There were no further scoring and the game ended 8 to 7 in favour of St. Catharines. May played a wonderful defense game stopping rush after rush.

Orangeville		Athletics
DeBooth	goal	Gayder
Cushing	point	May
Cranston	cover point	Crowe
Black	1st defense	Purdy
Henderson	2nd defense	Haffey
Densmore	3rd defense	Pennie
Robinson	centre	Goudie
Ewing	3rd home	Millar
Mitchell	2nd home	Harrington
Golden	1st home	Switzer
Gordon	inside	Flynn
Brown	outside	Pople