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OSHAWA YOUNGSTERS TAKE TO LACROSSE EARLY amy i SEN MINT SELEY OENETERPOU POO EATEPMORACB ECAC REA SPECIAL LACROSSE WEEK MOCUnE aH YOUNGSTERS IN SPOTLIGHT Minor Enthusiasm Leads To Minto Cup , adults in 1964," he said, "but; Lovelock, who also doubles as Sports Editor By ERIC WESSLBY of The Oshawa Times Dreams of future glory in the sporting world are not uncom- mon to most boys, whether thei¢ sport be hockey, baseball, football or lacrosse. One of the most elusive honors in sport % playing for a Minto Cup winning team. The Minto Cup is presented annually to the top junior la- ecrosse team in the country, and, for the past three years Oshawa has been the home town of the champion. A look at the minor lacrosse program in the city would con- vince you that Oshawa doesn't mean to give up its position as the number one junior lacrosse city in Canada. Oshawa won the novice "C'"' and pee wee 'D" champion- ships in 1964. While the nucleus of the jun- ter '"'A"' champion Green Gaels hails from other Ontario cen- tres, coach Jim Bishop and manager Fred Whalley would, | like nothing better than to have |a solid hometown tinge to the. | roster. Gaels, |}OMLA, have junior |juvenile farm clubs and rosters of the two clubs |heavy with Oshawa ,talent. Of who work with the "Rr ithe players on the three clubs, | | Gaels, Whitby Lasco Steelers and the juvenile Gaels, 20 are | graduates of the Oshawa minor lacrosse program. saan AT START From a rather haphazard | of adults, minor lacrosse in the | city has grown into a success- | ful organization. In 1964, there were 18 teams |in the various leagues. year there were 21 teams. Now, in five leagues, more than 400 players are competing }on 31 teams. | A boy moving into lacrosse mane 80:11: EE 41) ESAS 1 "Young Classified Days" and i the | are | Last | at six, and staying with the game all the way, will pass from tyke through novice, pee wee, bantam, midget, juvenile to junior. The Oshawa tyke division has four teams, while there are six teams each in novice, pee wee and, bantam. Four teams com- pete in the midget division. City league teams operate Mondays through Thursdays each week in the Children's Arena, with three games each | night. | While 24 of the teams com- | i|pete in the city leagues, five | more are in competition | start involving only a handfulj against other Ontario clubs in | regular league play. These teams are the various all-star squads from the city divisions. With such an increase in boys playing the game, Oshawa Minor Lacrosse Association president Ed Kolodzie is proud of the way adult help has come forth. "We started with about 10 |last year we had 20. This year,| pee wee convener, Al Austin, 50 adults are working in our|secretary - treasurer and nove 'various leagues, as coaches, | ice all-star coach, Bud Christie, equipment managers, referees | Bill Lowe, Al Crawley and Doa ; and league officials. But we can | Degazio. | Still use more help." Other conveners are Ralph } "Pop' Taylor, tyke, Mike | FUTURE PROSPECTS Kavas, midget, Joe Kolodzie, | While games are played at} bantam, and Dan Davis, nov Children's Arena, the teams/ ice. have the use of the outdoor; Ed Kolodzie has been presk bowl at Valleyview Park for | dent of the organization for the practices. past three years. | What's in the future? Kolodzie and hfs associates "We hope to get some regu- | are appreciative of the finan- lation, hard-top outdoor bowls | cial support accorded the local shortly,"' Kolodzie says. |organization by more than 30 Although minor lacrosse was businesses, service clubs and played here in 1961, the present | private donors. | organization didn't become a| Next week. is. Minor Lacrosse | reality until 1964. Some of the | Week in Canada, which should | key personnel of the associa- give parents a wonderful oppor- |tion have been with the game tunity to say "Thank You" te | since 1961, however. |the volunteer workers in minor Dan Kocho, association con- | lacrosse. | vener, is typical of those ac-| They'd appreciate your pres | tive for five years. Others quite ence at the Children's Arena 'active are vice-president Bill| any night. SOONER SEHONHHAAEE EH U4I Appeals To The Small Fry EDMONTON (CP) -- An 11- year-old offered to sell a '"'mod- ern. white bathtub, excellent condition' for money to buy a second-hand bicycle. A "fearless 10-year-old girl" sought a job on a farm "where there are horses to ride." Their advertisements, sub- mitted in their own handwriting, | were carried free in a two-page spread by the Edmonton Jour- nal in "Young Classified Days," @ project designed to encourage both children and adults to read and make use of the newspa- per's advertising columns. "We only planned to use one page," said Gordon Lloyd, pro- motion manager of The Journal. | But response during the four- day period allowed for submis- sions was so enthusiastic that a second page was needed to take care of the overflow. PEN PUNCHY LINES Some of the job - seekers | showed a flair a; ad-writers. "Go out in confidence,'"' was the come-on of one would-be baby- sitter. 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