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Osh- ro RL A NTA PAGEFOUR a A a ma a THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1930 MANY TRIBUTES PAID TO OSHAWA"S NEW ARENA BY NOTED HOCKEY OFFICIALS | Banquet Held in Hotel Genosha Was Climax to Night of Celebration of the Opening of the Oshawa Arena -- Trophies Presented for Competition Between Oshawa and District Teams--Need of Stadium for Oshawa is Suggested Bringing to a climax 2 night of 4 celebration of Oshawa's new Arena a + banquet was held in the Hotel Gen- 2 osha on Thursday night at the close i of the hockey match, at which the gy management of the 'Oshawa Areng | A | acted as hosts to a distin ngg ed ass , company of men intimately { ted with the sports life of" Oshawa | and of the province of Ontapio as a | whole, It was a splendid wnetion, . with speeches from men Ww | names are household words in 'the { yore of hockey and athletics gen- 'eral and "with Bill Gilbert, the | popu ar and genial manager 0 "the i Arena, filling the fole of chairman in 3 his usual happy and gracious manner. It was a fitting climax to the even- * ing's program at the Arena, since it i provided an opportunity for paying . tribute to the men who had seen the vision 6f what could be accomplished, : and had brought that vision into the realms of reality. Seated at the head table were some of the outstanding sportsmen ift Canada, for the list of guests so hon- ored included G. W. McFarlane, Toronto, manager of the National Yacht Club hockey team; Red Fos- ter, coach of the Nationals, and a noted athlete; Lou Marsh, interna- tionally known hockey referee and rts writer; C. E. McTavish, of Gh, president of the Oshawa City Hockey Club; George B. McKay, Kitchener, past president of the OHA.; W, A. Fry, Dunnville, presi- dent of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association; Mayor T. B. Mitchell, Oshawa; Ross McKinnon, one of Oshawa's' greatest sport en- Shpsiasts; W. W. Davidson, 'Poronto, member of the O.HA'; Frank Hyde, * Woodstock, first viceSpresident of the O.HA.; P. J. Mulqueen, life member of the O.H.A, and chairman RR the { Canadian Olympic Committee; W. A. Hewitt, secretary of the O.H.A, yr sporting editor 'of the Toronto { Star. Richard Butler, of Lindsay, resident of the O.H.A.; Professor si, of Toronto, famous figure skating instructor; Sheriff J. F. Pax- ton, Cave, honorary treasurer of O.H.A.; and Harry Lecky, mem- ber of the executive of the O.H.A. ~ : In addition to these men at the head table, there vere others who ' had a large part in making the Arena Basile who 1 re introduced to the ering ,or who were paid a specia tribute. These were the Haw Brothers, Albert, E rnest, William and Harold, and Paul Clark, the own- ers of the Arena; George Hezzle- wood and Gordon D. Conant, two of its directors; A. W. Connor, archi- tect; Fred Mothersill and Bruce Me- Connell, general contractors, I. Bul- ike 3 and Albert Churchill. Others of special commendation was wg were Lorne Ardiel, honorary president of the National Yacht Club, and Tommy McClure; of the Na- tional Yacht Club, who officiated at the microphone at the opening of the Arena, Welcome by Mayor The speakers who were called up- oa included the most distinguished of the guesis of the evening. First of all, Mayor T. B. Mitchell was "galled upon, and in a neat speech, he awa, he said, was known as & sport: ing city. It had won the highest honors in lacrosse, and with a new Arena, there was no saying how far it would go in hockey. He paid a tribute to the Hambly Brothers for theip SIE enterprise in undertaking the and sald Oshawa was sad to have such men as its citiz- Richard Butler Richard Butler, preaident of the O.H.A., expressed his appreciation of the honor conferred on him of being invited to the opening of the new Arena. "This is one of the finest rinks in the province of Ontario, and I am delighted that Oshawa now has such a rink. The gentlemen respon- sible for it should be accorded the heartiest thanks of all the citizens. I wish to congratulate your team on the showing it made tonight, and I can safely predict, that with the new Arena, Oshawa will in the near 'future make a name for Itself in senior hockey." In closing, Mr. Butler paid a high tribute to the ef- ficient work of Harry C. Lecky of Oshawa as a member of the O.H.A. executive. Frank Hyde Frank Hyde, of Woodstock, vice- president of the O.H,A., was the next speaker. He also expressed apprecia- tion of being invited to the opening of the new Arena, and said he must call attentiofi to the fact that Wood- stock had given the Hambly Broth- ers to Oshawa, and has thus made a substantial conrtibution to the new Arena. 'The Hambly Brothers have meant much to Oshawa," he said, "and I want to congratulate Oshawa onthe acquisition of the worthy buil- ding you have opened tonight." Pointing out the opportunities afforded in Canada for.all kinds of sport, Mr, Hyde referred to the achievements of Canadian athletes in the last few years, stressing the vie- tories at the Olympic games, expressed the hope that the United States would in future develop its own amateur hockey players, and that Canadian boys would not go to the United States to build up Olym- pic teams for that country to play against Canada. "Canada, in years to come," said Mr. Hyde, "will continue to furnish the world with: its greatest hockey players, and in doing so, Oshawa | should have a large part, and should produce some championship teams." Sheriff Presents Cup Sheriff Paxton, of Oshawa, honor ary treasurer and life member of the O.H.A.,, had a pleasing function to perform in presenting a trophy for annugl competition between the junior teams of Ontario and Durham Counties. Oshawa now has the big- gest ice surface of any Arena in Canada, he said, and he took off his hat to R, 8. McLaughlin for hav- ing made it possible. This rink he remarked, would be a great asset to Oshawa in years to come, Chairman W. M. Gilbert at this point read the deed of gift relating to the Sherif Paxton trophy, and formally handed it over to the trus- tees, Ross W. A. Cead and Harry C. Lecky. Trophies Ross McKinnon also a pleasing duty to perform in presenting small stiver eups to the members of the National Yacht Club hockey team and THE GENERAL MOTORS RINK An open air rink crecied by the | This rink was operated for two General Motors some years ago to ~ supply the men of the different ents with a place to play thelr inter-departmental games. years. It stood in the middle of the property owned by General Motors where now stands the Test. Track. A GOOD § The New Are a st"mulus to Oshawa. WELL DONE will no doubt prove » sporting element in JOB He | sure that, after training these boys to Lou Marsh, voteree, as as a memen- to of the opening of the Arena. George W. McFarlane, manager of the team, accepted these trophies on behalf of the players, W. A. Hewitt W. A. Hewitt, secretary of the O. H.A., was the next speaker. "It is a real pleasure for the officers of the O.H.A.", he sald, "To be present at the opening of one of the new Arenas of Ontario. Nowhere has. hockey made the same progress as in Ontario, and these artificial ice arenas are making it possible to car- ry on the game as it should be play- ed. This artificial ice arena in Osh- awa supplies a long felt want in this district, where it is badly needed, This new Arena will be a valuable asset to hockey, as, owing to vari- able weather, it will be of much as- sistance to the 0.H.A, P. J. Mul n P. J. Mulqueen, chairman of the Canadian Olympic Committee, paid a tribute to those men who were help- ing to build up better and stronger citizens by providing them with means for athletic activity, v "Having regard to that fact," he said, "Canada owes a debt of grati- tude to R. S. McLaughlin for the beautiful rink which he has made possible. It will be the means of developing sporting activity in this community and developing your young people." W. A. Fry W. A. Fry, president of the Cana- dian Amateyr Hockey Association, was the next speaker. "I am pleas ed," he said, "to come here to pay a tribute to the enterprise responsible for this wonderful Arena. I am glad to be here to do honor to one of Osh- awa's citizens, and OshiaWa has every reason to honor H. C. Lecky for the splendid ability he od brought into the conferences of the O.HLA." Mr, Fry made a reference menace of professional hockey, which was taking boys of junior age into its ranks, many of unable to make good, and barred from hockey for al re. He sug- gested it might be necessary for those in charge of amateur hockey to take some steps to prevent these raids on junior teams, so as to en- to the for eight years, the amateur game would have some return for the cffort and money spent on them. At this Mnegre, another intcrest- ling event was staged, the prese nta- [tion of two silver cups by the eve cups | awa City Hockey Club. These cups are to be put up for junior and ad jut | enile city league competition, so to develop the y gm; 231 yers of the city S. McLaughlin The Why spe. aker was Laughlin, president i tors of Canada, Limited, who, in-his | speech, made an interciling sugges- | tion as to the need for Oshawa, In opening his remarks, Mr. Mec- Laughlin said there has be cn a great | need for an Arena in Oshawa, and while disclaiming that he had been solely responsible for the new build- ing which has been opened, he said he had simply wanted to do his duty as a citizen in supporting clean sport, "I like to see clean sport, and to see boys brought up as good snorts, That builds up their manly qualities, whether they win or lose, and there is nothing which brings out man- fiood better than being a good loser. For a "The nest thing we need" tinued Mr. McLaughlin, "is a sta- dium. There is no readson why we should not have one, and the place for it is at Alexandra Fark, Alex- andra Park was purchzad by an Oshawa driving club, and was de- | veloped for horse race Then it was | made into an athletic field, an ¢ | sponsored a professional lac (Continued from Page 1) team, but that was a sore touch for some of us, The park was then donated to the city on certain con- ditions, and the South Ontario Fair Board offered, if they could use the park, to hold' the fair there. They moved over a lot of junk biuldings from Whitby and the fair has been held there since, | "These buildings 'are a disgrace Alexandra Park isdesecrated by thes dirty old buildings and fences. It is! an ideal place for a stadium, We are | through with horse races, but wc | nced a proper ground for athietics, and that is a beatuviful place where | we could have a stadium, I hope we can tie the can on these old build- time, [Moa] | s, sO as to give us room for a stadium where hod can be encour- aged, where proper gate admission | can be charged, and athletic clubs | thus enabled to pay their way. | In closing his address, Mr. NM Laughlin expressed his appreciation 1 stadium in | = i HARRY C. LECKY of the On. and of the coming to Oshawa for the opening of the Arena of so many of hie high officials of hockey, and also paid a tribute to the two teams which had given so splendid an exhibition of the game as the opening feature, At any rate Oshawa is proud of the arena -- and has plenty of rea- son to be -- for it is a well built structure with brick walls and a new-fangled Lammele roof and an ice surface, 104 by 85 feet, which is five feet wider and six feet shorter than the ice surface at the Arena Gardens in Toronto. C. E. McTAVISH President of the Oshawa City Hockey Club, which is sponsoring the Sen- ior B, team in the O.H.A. 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