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MAGIC
WORDS? ATHLETICS
BEAT BRAMPTON
AFTER FACING
7 – 2 DEFICIT The
St. Catharines Standard Saturday
June 12, 1965 It would be interesting to
learn just what magic words or mysterious potion St. Catharines Athletics
Coach Joe Cheevers used in the dressing room between the first and second
periods of the senior lacrosse game here last night. Regardless of what
they were they certainly worked miracles. The Athletics, out-played,
out-hustled, and out-scored by a 7 – 2 margin by the Brampton Armstrongs
in the opening 20 minutes suddenly got serious. By midway in the second
period they had scored six consecutive goals to take a short-lived 8 – 7
lead, gave up the tying goal by Gord Thompson just before the second
intermission, then regained complete control again in the final period. The result…a solid 13 – 9
win for the Athletics, their second in seven starts this season. Harsh
Words After the game Cheevers allowed
that he used some pretty harsh terms on his club after the first period.
“I told them they weren’t playing lacrosse, that if they didn’t want
to get out there and work they might as well pack it up,” he said. The Athletics did “get out
there and work” and turned in by far their best lacrosse of the season
in the last 40 minutes. As far as scoring was
concerned, the St. Catharines players leading the comeback were Brian
Thomson, Gerry Cheevers, Ron Roy and Doug Smith. Thomson scored four
goals, Cheevers and Roy three each, Smith two. Smith sat out the final 21
minutes after pushing referee “Scoop” Hayes and incurred a game
misconduct. Dave Hall added one goal for
the Athletics but it was more team effort than individual performance that
brought them out of their recent slump. For Brampton Jack Madgett
scored four goals, all in the first period, Don Arthurs had two, Bob
Chard, Gord Thompson and Ed O’Keefe singles. Cheevers drafted by the Boston
Bruins for $30,000 from the Toronto Maple Leafs last week, will play with
the Athletics when they meet Huntsville at the Haig Bowl Sunday night.
However, his lacrosse future in uncertain. Boston apparently frowns on its
players performing in anything more dangerous than tiddly-winks during the
off-season. Brampton:
goal, Kitto (0-1); defence, Chard (1-0), G. Thompson (1-0), Caruso (0-2),
J. Richardson; forwards, Arthurs (2-1), W. Thompson, K. Richardson,
Wanless, Madgett (4-0), O’Keefe (1-1), Haw (0-1), Ford. St.
Catharines: goal, McCready (0-1), defence, Hind, Smith (2-0),
Armstrong, Teather, Hugar; forwards, Cheevers (3-1), Hall (1-0),
Doberstein, Coull, Thomson (4-0), Berge, Roy (3-1). |