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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1929 ew Westminster Salmon-Bellies Put U Great Battle in Final First Final Game as Seen By the Sports Editor of New Westminster Paper (From the New Westminster Bri- tish Columbia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1929) Oshawa is one up the Mann Cup ' geries as a result of a 9-to-5 vic- , tory obtained over New Westmin- ' ster yesterday afternoon. ami ES FRIEPRIGEAFIABRB ERs HERL RP vy = te And the Royals will have to play almost superhuman lacrosse on Wednes- day afternoon to send the series into a three-game affair. The bet- ter team won yesterday afternoon. The boys from the headquarters of General Motors displayed greater staying power than the Salmonbel- lies, and it was this that counted in the fateful fourth quarter when the visitors scored three goals in a row, A wonderful crowd, estimated at well over seven thousand, greeted the two teams when Mayor A, W. Gray, M.L.A., faced off the ball. A similar crowd can be expected on Wednesday afternoon, in view of the fine brand of lacrosse that was provided yesterday. The Royals were never once in the lead in scoring. Twice the score was tied up by Jack Wood, who played a brilliant and tireless game on the home. Wood was re- sponsible for three of the New Westminster goals. In less than a minute, Oshawa took the lead and from then on were never headed. The Royals were one goal down at the end of the first and second quarters, and two goals down at the end of the third period. Starring for the visitors were Davidson, DeGray, Golden ana '"Toots'" White. Their goalie, Shan- non, is no mean actor with a gutted stick. Outstanding for the Royals were Haddie Stoddart, Feeney, Jack Wood on the home and Bill Patchell on the defence. Two Goals Disallowed Charlie Querrie and Jack Bryson handled the game and performed their tasks well. On two occasions Querrie disallowed goals scored by the Royals, but he was governed by the rule book, in which reguia- tions apply to the crease in front of the goalie. The penalties hand- ed out were for minor infractions. Several of the players suffered some bad bumps, sustained mostly during scrimmages. The Game Within a minute after Mayor Gray faced olf the ball, the Oshawa team took the lead. Davidson scooped in the ball during a scrim- mage in front of the Royals' net. Jack Wood broke into the picture five minutes later when he convert- ed a pass from Bill Gilmour, Wood continued to show good work and again found the net, but Querrie disallowed the goal on account of an infringement of the crease rule. Gifford and Vernon worked a com- bination play, but Shannon saved the day. Golden sent Oshawa ahead with a pretty goal to end the scor- ing in the first quarter. H. Stod- dart drew the first penalty of the game for using the wood too free- y. Feeney had hard luck with a fast break and shot. Wood Scores Again Jack Wood continued to be In the picture when he converted a pass from Haddie Stoddart inside of 43 seconds of play in the second quarter. Three minutes later De- Gray sent Oshawa ahead on a pass from Davidson. Douglas forced Shannon to pull off a brilliant save and within a few minutes was again in the limelight but could not finish. Smithson was penalized for bumping Red Fraser into the boards. While he was away, Gold- en evaded Haddie Stoddart to score unassisted. Barron missed an open net, a wonderful opening passed. up. George Feeney went through for a pretty goal, which earned well-merited applause. Spencer was forced to retire when he took a crack on the head. While he was away, George! The Royals drew even early in the third quarter when Jack Wood took the pass from Willis Patch- ell, who made a dash up the field. Davidson tried to score from back of the net and almost got through. Stoddart missed a pass from Feen- ey. Doddlemeade was knocked out during a scrimmage and was forced to retire for a time. Grauer was also hurt, but resumed play on recovery. J. Stoddart saved a cer- tain goal when the ball struck his protector. White was hurt ana Querrie penalized Grauer for the offence. Goal Does Not Count Oshawa took the lead when De- Grey was unwatched and breezed through for a goal. Jack Wood scored at the lower end early in the fourth period, but Querrie dis- allowed it on account of the crease rule. Spencer was banished for heavy checking and on resuming, dashed into the goal mouth when not expected. The score counted. J. Stoddart saved a hard shot from "Toots'" White, At this period, Oshawa were plainly in better condition. Barron scored when his check was absent. Ab. Brown cut down the lead when he made good with the third shot taken at Shannon. Vernon tried playing a lone hand and was rudely handled. The game ended with Oshawa having the better of the play. CONQUERED WHERE OTHERS FAILED (From the Toronto Globe) Oshawa, senior champions of the East, have conquered where so many others have failed. On the historic lacrosse field at New Westminister, the graveyard of so many Eastern hopes, Oshawa yesterday defeated the far Western champions, and became possessors of the Mann Cup, emblem- atic of the Canadian title, It was a hard-fought affair--Oshawa won by only 2 to 1--but it marked their se- cond consecutive win, and undoubt- edly they had to show extraordinary strength to tumble the Salmon Bel- lies from their lofty throne. Two years ago a great Weston machine crumbled at New Westminster, lost its chance to represent Canada at the 1928 Olympiad, and then disbanded. They have been many who declined to regard Oshawa as the equals of the "Suburbanites," but it will be dif- ferent now, They have earned their laurels, and they must be rated with the best teams that ever represented the Ontario Association. Oshawa of- ficials and players are deserving of every credit, and. it might also be the proper time to remark that the Motor City is making wonderful ad- vances in all branches of sport. Last fall the Ontario Football Union team of that city won the Canadian cham- pionship trophy, and now comes the Mann Cup to make it a real display of outstanding ability. A REAL MINGLE HERE (St. Catharines Standard) Oshawa intermediates, who num- ber quite a few of last year's senior lacrossists, journey to Toronto to- morrow to tackle the Maitlands at Varsity Stadium. This one is to de- cide the supremacy of the series and if Oshawa can knock off the Queen City entry, with our esteem- ed compatriot, Farmer Brown, at point, they will be welcome to the victory. When Farmer is right, there is no better playing the game and he played a dominant part in last week's win over the Hamilton twelve, that was reminiscent of him finest work on the St. Kitts team, Should Oshawa win out, they plan to challenge the. Mann Cup victors, for the association championship and won't that be a tidy morsel for the citizens of Oshawa to wit- ness, with champs of both series from the one burg. THE DIXON COAL CO. Extend Congratulations to the Champion Lacrosse Team oe BILL PATCHELL, (Defence) JACK RENNIE, (Defence) New Pacific officials of the Salmon-Bellies, Coast la- DEL SHILES, (Director) SONNY DOUGLAS, (Home) AB. BROWN, (Defence) awa in two straight games. In the {THE NEW WESTMINSTER SALMON-BELLIES . STEW GIFFORD, (Home) _"RED" FRASER, (Defence) HAL STODDART, (Home Field) THE TEAM WHICH OSHAWA CONQUERED IN THE MANN CUP FINALS Above are the players and chief|crosse champions, who lost the Mann Westminster | Cup to the General Motors of Osh- 9 to 5, and in the second by 2 to 1. Several of the members of this team first game the Oshawa team won 3 [eemes in BILL, GIFFORD, (Home) JOHNNY STODDART, (Goal) DAN McKENZIE, (President) the exhibition lacrosse games at the 1928 Olympiad. ~--Cuts Courtesy Vancouver Sun. Winning Oshawa's Lacrosse Team Of 1928 Made History by Ontario Title About the first of April, 1928, the officials of the Ontario Amateur La- crosse Association were informed of Oshawa's desire to try their luck at the senior teams in the game, Later on when the officials had granted the Oshawa club their wish and a few games had been played, the fans were doubtful as to the wisdom of moving up from the intermediate ranks. In spite of the early setbacks however a championship was the re- ward of the perseverance of the club officers. The Officers The officers of the club last year were: President--Mr. F, Leroy; vice-pre- sident, Mr, F. Hobbs. Executive--Mr, R. McKenzie, Mr. i. Constable, Mr. M, Leyden, Mr. J. Marr, Mr, E, Gregg, Mr. 7 Car- son, Mr. F McLaughlin. Manager--Mr, G. Munroe. Trainers--Mr, S. Johnston, Mr, J. Anderson, ! Director of Personnel--Mr. H. W. Nicell, In its first year of senior lacrosse, General Motors fielded a team com- prised of many young players inex- perienced in senior company, toge- ther with a nucleus of seasoned vet- erans. This senior grouping tepre- sented the fastest lacrosse in Can- ada and included the following clubs: Brampton, Weston, Torontos, "St. Catharines, St. Simons, all of whom are steeped in lacrosse traditions and have been sponsors of championship lacrosse for several decades. In a Bad Hole Mid-summer found the team in a bad hole, They had played ten games and had won only four. Through further co-ordinating their playing abilities and submitting to a program of intensive training they started a winning streak with the re- sult that they won eight out of the following ten games. They finished their sci edule in third position and qualified for the Ontario Amateur Lacrosse Association Championship play offs, In the.draw for the play offs Gen- eral Motors met St. Simons, of To- ronto, and in the first of home and home games played them to a tie, one goal to one at Oshawa. The following week in Toronto they defeated St. Simons six goals to two, thereby winning the round by the decisive margin of four goals and qualified to meet Brampton "Ex- celsiors" in the finals. The first game in the finals was played in Oshawa and General Mot- ors after playing clever "inside" la- crosse succeeded in defeating the Excelsiors four goals to nil; much to the delight of several thousand "fans." Enthusiasm in Oshawa was running wild and elaborate preparations were made for crowds of rooters to ac- company the team to Brampton for the final game. On the morning of Oct. 6th, the "Rooters Club," several hundred strong, accompanied by the Pipe band journeyed to Brampton in gaily decorated G.M.C. trucks and autos to cheer their team to victory. Senior Ontario Champions Notwithstanding many clever and determined attacks in which the players employed all the strategy for which they are noted, the best the Excelsiors could do was to win the game four goals to three. Gen- eral Motors, therefore, won the round by seven goals to four and so brought the Globe shield emblematic of the Senior Ontario Amateur La- cr@se Championship to Oshawa, Press reports from Brampton paid tribute to the remarkable achieve- ment of the General Motors Lacrosse team field and the favorable impres- sion the sportsmanship displayed upon the created by the "Rooters Club" with its Pipers, songs and yells, Buffalo, as Intermediate cham- pions challenged for the Associations Championship and at Brampton were easily. defeated by General Motors by thirteen goals to one. Thus came the Levack Trophy to Oshawa. Box Score for Senior Season P Ww L T GF A 25 14 10. 1 122 84 The Players Barron, Charles--"Chuck." 'Davidson, Charles--"Chuck." DeGray, Jos. L--"Kelly," Fox, Robert--""Smoke." Hubbell, Norval--"Hub." McGrath, Thos. Earl--"Mac." Reeve, Edward--"Teddy" (Capt.) Shannon, Thos. Lorne--"Pat." Shepley, Ernest--"Shep." Smithson, Bert--"Smitty." Spencer, Reginald--"Red." Stephenson, R. E--"Bob." Stokes, Tilford--"Tilt." Walsh, John--*"Jack." Walsh, Thos. P.--"Pete." White, Verriel O.--"Toots." Whyte, Millard--"Mill." OSHAWA SHOULD BE PROUD (By Charlie Querrie in The Toronto Star) ees Vancouver, B.C, Sept. 5.~Oshawa should be proud of the lacrosse boys who yesterday defeated New West- minster and won the Mann Cup in the second and final game by a score of two to one. It was one of thé hardest, close- checking games the writer has ever seen, and the General Motors aggre- gation deserve all the credit in the world for the way they battled the Salmon Bellies on a held that has very seldom been a place of defeat for the home team. A pretty Jiy from DeGray to White scored the first goal for Osh- awa in the first period. In the. first minute of the 'second session Jack "Wood tied it up for New Westmins- ter and then the teams. battled until the final period when Doddermede scored for Oshawa. New Westmins- ter tried hard to even it up but Pad- dy Shannon in goal kept out the shots. It was a hard game, but not rough, and the referee from the east was handed a fine razzing when' New Westminster lost the tying goal for going in the goal crease. |Second and Decisive Game As Viewed by Sports Scribe Of New Westminster Paper (From The New Westminster Brit- ish Columbian, Sept. 5, 1929) The Mann Cup goes to the East. Oshawa General Motors by the scant margin of one goal, triumphed over the New Westminster team yester- day afternoon to take the series and the trophy. The score was two (oO one, Rushing in a goal twenty seconds after the fourth quarter opened, Osh- awa played a stalling game which for some reason the officials permitted, They were successful in retaining possession of the ball most of the remainder of the game, although Shannon, Oshawa goalie, was forced to make several brilliant saves when the Royals made desperate cfforts to equalize and thus send the series in- to a third game, New Westminster put up a much better argument than in the opening clash, but Hughie Gifford's boys were up against a much smarter ag- gregation, Oshawa played sound la- crosse, They have a well balanced squad, are good sports and are de- serving champions. A soft goal by Doddemeade, on a pass from "Chuck" Davidson, decid- ed the issue, This came immediately following the face-off in the fourth quarter, After that the "ragging" tac- tics commenced, Shannon was the star of the game, Some of his stops were remarkable, especially following the third goal of the match, when he flipped the ball high and wide from his crease. Yesterday's game was not as spec- tacular as Monday's affair. The Osh- awa team, once they obtained the advantage; were content to rest on their laurels and while this was gall- ing to a Coast*crowd, it gave them possession of the silverware, and this was the object of their trip to the Pacific Coast. Fifteen minutes were required be- fore the first goal was scored. That shows how tight each team was play- ing. "Toots" White was responsible for the opening counter when he took a pass from "Chuck" Davidson to beat Johnny Stoddart, Previous to this, Jack Wood shot the ball into the Oshawa net but the goal was dis- allowed owing to the crease rule, The second quarter brought out some good lacrosse with both defen- ces solid. Bill 'Patchell was in his element in this period, when the boys commenced to lay on the wood. Pat- chell's interceptions were a feature. Two men were watching Jack Wood, but the Royals failed to take advantage of this fact and make usc of the odd man on the attack. New Westminster broke back into the picture in the opening of the third period when Jack Wood accept- ed a pass from Haddie Stoddart to tie the score after 20 seconds of play. Throughout this quarter the Royals maintained an offensive which gave Paddy Shannon plenty of action. The visiting goalie saved from Vernon and Stoddart in succession and ap- peared to live a charmed life. George Feeney was leading the plays in the quarter and deserved better success, The fourth quarter opened®in sen- sational fashion. Oshawa got the ball from the face-off and Bill Patch- ell relieved only for the Easterners to recover, Davidson bore into the net and. passed to Doddemeade, who scored a soft goal, Johnny Stoddart failing to glimpse the ball, From then on Oshawa played safe. They worked to stave off the equal- izer and were successful. In the meantime Shannon was given a hard time of it in goal and won distinc- tion. It was in the fourth period that Haddie Stoddart worked his head off to find an opening and four times at least he forced Shannon to flip the ball into the air to save the day. 3 Few penalties were handed out dur- ing the game and all were for three minutes with the exception of Ver- non, who ruffled Charlie Querrie's feelings in the final quarter by talk- ing back. POISONALITY TOO Polse is the quality that enables you not to care who catches you eating a hot dog.--B. and M. Mag- ATTABOY, OSHAWA (8t. Catharines Standard) ~ Although they were given a hard ride early in the summer by the Brampton Excelsiors and later on by the strengthened Toronto blue shirts, the Oshawa squad had only one idea in view, that of winning the senior Ontario series and then hiking westward. They have had their eye on that trip for two years and have been planning and doing nothing else but, ever since spring arrived. In achieving the brilliant success of bringing the Mann Cup, emblématic of the national suprem- acy, back to Ontario, they proved worthy foemen and it goes without saying that they right royally earn- ed every goal they got in New Westminster. They had the benefit of experience on some of the Wes- ton team, who journeyed to the set- ting sun last year in vain. While it may be that the internal friction in the coast league made their task somewhat lighter, this does not detract one whit from their credit and we hope that during its stay in the east, that the Garden City will have the chance to step into the fray and bring back recollections of the Athletics that made Globe Shield history. OSHAWA TEAM EARNED RESPECT (New Westminster British Col- umbian) The sporting events of the Provin- cial Exhibition programme are neith- er Agriculture nor Industry, but they have a proper and important place in the week's activities, The adage about "all work and no play" is always remembered by the {air management; and the athletic con- tests save the week from any sug- gestion of dullness. It has become the custom to bring to New Westminster prominent teams of lacrosse players, from the centres of Eastern Canada, to measure their athletic prowess against the usually triumphant British Columbia product. These contests have been for trophies which British Columbia athletes have won on Eastern playing grounds; so that there has been nothing too on- erous on the part of visiting teams in their being required to compete so far from home and while the fa- tigues. of even parlor-car travel have been upon them. The usual result has been victory for the local teams, 20d local pride has grown according- y. ~ Now we have had the thrill of see- ing on the playing ground at Queen's Park a team of lacrosse players even better for the moment than the lo- cal representatives, who have proud- ly worn the honors of contests in Eastern Canada. and at the Olympic games, Oshawa takes away the Mann Cup, emblematic of the amateur championship of Canada, in conse- quence of two clean victories; but with so little to spare in the: scor- ing and the play in the final con- test that the inevitable next meeting of the teams will be looked forward' to with more than usual interest. The Oshawa team earned the respect and friendship of those whom they met here on their visit, and with the cup they carry away the goodwill of the many thousands who witnessed the playing. May them increase in athletic prowess and bring the Canadian na- tlonal game into yet higher repute. For the New, Westminster banner- bearers, no alibi is required, They have made a very fine showing for a team without the local competition which is always so powerful a stim- ulant to greater perfection, They have now an outside' mark to work up to, and no doubt will set then- selves to the task with the vigor that has been characteristic of the game in this vicinity and which in the past has produced so remarkable success. Doctor: "Well, Mr. Brown, how are you feeling this morning?" Mr. Brown: "Much better, thank you. The only thing that troubfes me is my breathing." Doctor: "Um---yes. We must see if we can do something to stop that." ! The Manage- ment of the Regent Theatre Extend Their Congrat- |ulations to the In Bringing to Oshawa The Mann Cup