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Nrm Maa Air 14 the examiner Frlday June 10 1917 our national sport Indians inha itin game lacrosse was baggataway intended to be that sort of smackable spot without opposition numbered as many as 2000 Fort Michili Mackinac and killed without leaving its protection hli Baggataway haschanged Chay Hundreds of young people are playin lacrosse in the Barrie area this year and tho interested in knowing some of the history of the game that is Lacrosse is the oldest game played on the North American continent The Canadian Indians who originated it centuries ago called the ame baggataway what is now the north eastern section of the United States opted the game but never played it with the enthusiasm of their Canadian Indian brethren and its popularity in the USA was shortlived The French when they first inhabited Canada gave the game its present name by describing it ot their fellow coun trymen as La Crosse because of the netted stick usedin the game which resembles Bishops crosier As the Indians passed into comparative obscurity the Canadian settlers both French and En sport and soon lacrosse became Canadas national outdoor Modern lacrosse differs in some ways from ancient bag gataway Teams are limited in size so are the dimensions of the playing field The players of today can play game without ending up in an embalming shop It wasnt so when Those combats were not decided so much by the skill of the performers as by their ability to carry on despite terrific belabouring with lacrosse sticks In the original Indian name the stragegy of it called for crippling as many of the enemy as possible before settling down to the mundane task of scoring points There was nothing chummy about baggataway It wasnt game Tribal supremacy often was decided upon baggataway fields Indians who had grown to hate each other yet not to point of declaring open warfare and risking the lives of their women and children but not always themselves The players were always very inaccurate at the beginning of game in their swipes at the ball but were super makrsmen when it came to smacking their rival on any It was always open season for beating any part of an enemys anatomy The banging around the head torso and legs continued until such time as one side was so depleted by crippling that the other could do some goal scoring almost Deaths were frequent serious injuries were many few players escaped wholly unscathed in bitter baggataway battle But that was lways part of the sport You took you baggataway as you found it and taking it you took your chance of getting your brains scrambled if you didnt beat the enemy to the scrambling process Baggataway did not limit the size of the team nor the field As many could get into the game as had the desire But the rival Chieftains were always careful that the teams were comparatively even in numbers Sometimes there were only 75 or 100 on side other times the opposing squads Often the line would shift from to 10 miles during the course of play This shifting of the boundaries gave an In dian chief the opportunity to engineer one of the most savage massacres in Canadian history In 1763 when Canada became British possession the In dians loyal to the French resented it On June of that year Pontiac the great and wily Ottawa Chieftain nursing secret bitterness for the English invited the residents of now McKinack to witness lacrosse game between the Ojibways and Sacs Indians in honor of the birthday of King George He carefully refrained from using his own warriors and called upon the jibways and Sacs feeling that the garrison did not know that they too hated the conquering British The invitation was refused they left the protection of the fort they would be surrounded Pontiac expressed his regrets over the refusal of the in vitation but said that the game would be played near enough to the fort so that those within could view the action Each team had 10m on side under Pontiacs orders the play shifted nearer and nearer to the fort The English knowing it was roving game so no danger in the approach is of the players until it was too late So you see that our national sport wasnt always as you play it today at one time it was type of warfare ught that they would be glish took up the the English fearing that if Newmarket errors aid Red Sox win Barrie Red Sox didnt need many hits to defeat Newmarket Thursday All the Barrie hitters had to do it seemed was get piece of the ball and leave it up to the Newmarket infield to put them on base Newmarket committed nine errors to grease 102 win by the Red Sox at the Barrie Fair Grounds The win was the third Hot night for Byers PETERBOROUGH nt CP Steve Byers scored six goals to lead Peterborugh GrayMunros to an 1314 Win over Mississauga Builders in their Ontario Lacrosse Associa tion Junior game Thursday Larry Floyd with three goals and John Martin with two also scored for Peter borough which trailed 1110 at the end of the second Other scorers were Jeff Hooper Pete Cavanaugh Dave Kayser Dan Floyd Blair Larock Paul McDougall and Gerard Cowm Stu Aird and George Chandler each scored three goals for the losers Mike McMillan and Randy Dupre ad ded two apiece Greg Mc Donald Ron Smith Jeff Skin ner and Tony Smith got the others 745 pm Barrie Raceway Dunlop midget Harper Tire tyke Sports calendar HARNESS RACING BASEBALL Newmarket Red Sox 10 7pm Ivy Orillia vs Leafs South Simcoe 615 pm Eastview John Ellis Construction vs at Steele Street Kirks Kids Vs Emies Crests tyke at Allandale FASTBALL Mr Transmission Optimist Defeaulti Peter Reino 10 Clarkson Clifton Giffen pm MacMorrison Park Canplas VS Firefighters 830 pm Molsons vs Firefighters Recreation DIVLSIOn SOFTBALL 7pm Shear Park lnnisfil vs West Bend 830 pm Ivy vs Barrie Glass and Mirror Ladies League pm lnnisfil Park Radio Shack vs Peter Reino 830 pm Golf Haven vs Middels straight for the Red Sox in the South Simcoe Baseball League schedule Barrie had only three hits and 10 runs in their credit before brief hitting flurry in the sixth brought the clubs output up to respectable level Red Sox had four runs cross the plate in the first inning on one hit and another six score in the second again on one hit steady diet of Newmarket errors and five walks by starter Glover placed Newmarket in hole they were unable to climbout of Glen Laycock went the seven innings to pick up his third win of the season The righthander fanned 10 hitters giving up sevcnhits John Cudmore relieved Glover in the second inning and held Red Sox to four hits Cud more also executed two perfect bunts for hits and scored the two Newmarket runs SOX NOTES Newmarket had five batters in the top It hitters released earlier this week by league statistician Vic Hayward Dennis McDonald the leagues top hitter in 1976 is back on top early in the 1977 schedule The Newmarket shortstop had double Thurs day Red Sox move into oll ingwood Sunday for an after noon tilt Last time the two clubs met the game ended in scoreless draw with Laycock getting nohitter Red Sox 460 000 010 Ncwmarkct ltll 000 Tall Trees Campground vs fill2 Steve Miller goaltender for Steele Street of the squirt divi sion gets his hand in front of shot in warmup to game iFew in numbers high on talent Sandy West 12 of Creemore reached the finals in six of 10 events at the recent Northern Three goals leads way Tim Henderson scored three goals to help Maple Grove to 71 win over Steele Street in atom division play of the Barrie Minor Soccer Association Thursday Gary Wilkins Mark Costello David Crockford and Darryl Turnbull were the other scorers John Smith had the lone goal for Steele Street Paul Hinchliffe with two goals and Eric gris Sarjeant Thind and Rob Petrie with one each led Portage View to 50 win over Hillcrest Robbie Crossan and Richard Gilby scored in the 20 win by Johnson Street over St John Chris Dyer goaltender for St Monicas and Allandale net minder Peter St Laurent just couldnt be scored upon Thurs dav Ontario Swim Meet at Sudbury Sandy one of the two member Huronia Mermaids swim team bettered her all time best times in each of the finals with seventh in the 100 metre freestyle third in the 2Wmetre free fourth in 400 metre free sixth in the 100 metre fly fifth in the 20Imetre individual medley as well as fifth in the senior 800mctre freestyle Sister Terry 10 reached the finals in eight of nine events and bettered her past marks Her results include seventh in the loometre free style third in the 200 metre free silver in the 40rmetre free sixth in the loometre free backstroke fifth in 20Hnetre back seventh in the Wmetre breast stroke third in the 200 metre individual medley and another silver medal in the 100 metre fly The twomember swim team collected 61 points to finish eighth of the 13 teams entered Both Sandy and Terry swam times which qualify them for six events in the upcoming all Ontario championships in July Dykstra has slim lead over Rec soccer league Stephen Gariepy of Dykstra Brothers Electric improved his status as the top scorer of the Barrie and District Recreation Soccer League with three goal performance Wednesday Garicpys hattrick helped Dykstra blank Baxter 40 In other games this week Totv tenham and COOK Caitagc tied 22 Italian Sports Club edged Ajax 21 while Nottawasaga Inn outscored Simcoe Iatsun 33 League Standings Dykstra Nottawasaga Italian Cook Jzirtage Baxter Simcoc Iatsun Tottenham Ajax NWWQUQ earlier this week between Steele Street and the Moldex Tykes at Maple Grove Public School Examiner Photo refused to leave Optimist will Electric at 830pm Easy victory for Optimist Barrie Optimist Club picked up win the easy way Thurs day iii the opening game of what was to have been doubleheader of the Barrie City Fastball Leagues In termediate Division at Queens Park The game was called in the first inning and awarded to the Optimist Club after Mr Transmissions starting pitcher John McNabb was ejected from the game and apparently Optimist had scored one run after McNabb walked Tim Clayden and gave up double to Jim Angus meet Barrie Floor and Wall in re scheduled game tonight at Queen Park beginning at pm The game is remake of the one rained out May 31 The win gives Optimist 2192 record and was the second loss in five starts for Mr Transmission 221 There are two games slated for Queens Park on Sunday Convertible Pools is to meet Barrie Floor and Wall in the opener at pm with Clarkson Hotel going against Starr Central best are recognized For the second time in as many weeks and for the second straight year history repeated itself at Barrie Central Col legiatc Karen Scott became the first girl to win the Tikkala Trophy as top female athlete two straight years running Scott 17 Grade 12 student won the Grandy Trophy as the student collecting the most honor points in school activities Paul Finkbiener 18 was awarded the Laking Trophy the top male athleteof the year Both were honored at an assembly Thursday Scott was in tears as she ac cepted her award from Lisa Tikkala for the second year in row She has been involved in all sports at the school She was member of this years Georgian Bay Secondary School Associa tion GBSSA girls volleyball team She also competed in crosscountry basketball and track Scott was also selected head girl Glen Warnica Grade 12 student was selected as the head boy Finkbieiier was member of three GBSSA winning teams this year He led the Central Senior Redskins to their third consecutive title in football as their quarterback Finkbiener has also been steady performer on the team for the last basketball five years entral ollcgiate formally honored its top athletes at an award assemny Thursday Kurtll Scott was selected for the second straight year as the schools top female athlete Paul Finkbeincr was this years choice as the male athlete of the year at Central Steve Neer photo ClobbgLClarkson Hotel lOO Peter Reinos streak is kept running hot with convincing win ltoii McKee had Iiiikaon Hotels number lliurulay in In termediate Divmion fastball play at Queens Park McKee struck out If while allowing just two hits as Peter Reino Sports kept their unbeaten streak alive with convincing ltHitriumph The win was the fifth straight for Peter Reino which has yet to taste defeat in the Barrie Ii ty Fastball Leagues 1977 season Peter Reino hitters collected 16 hits off two Clarkson hurlers in the nine inning game There were pair of tworun homers in III gaiiii Willi Iavc lkiiuettc liliiiig llw galiics liiiit III ll second and than WHIWIIII1IIIIIIlllllllOUIlll letei Iteino used fivohit onslaught in thi lourth to plate xix run and break open it gami Iave Ilt got the nod to start for Ilarkson but left the game in the fourth with Peter Itcino holding 30 lead Ian Malloch took over but was tagng with three extrabasi hits before getting out of the inning He held Ieter Iteino scoreless until the eighth inning when Leo Koopnians singled in the final run of the game Iarkstm had four men reach base with AI Britncll the only runner to reach third base Tlarkson appeared to be in position to shatter McKees shutout in eighth when Britnell opened the inning with single and reached third on Gary Leducs double But there they stayed as McKee fanned the next three batters The two hits in the inning ended seven innings of nohit ball by the righthandcr Doucette was the top batsman for Peter Reino with homer and two doubles Fiverun inning wipes out earlier rally by Giffen Far Equipment scored five runs in the sixth inn ing to defeat Clifton Hotel 84 in Recreation Division fastball play Thursday at MacMorrison Park The rally wiped out 43 lead by Clifton the result of four run upraising in the first inn ing Bill McNabb went the full seven innings for the victory He gave up seven hits three in the first inning while fanning eight batters Clifton bunched three hits first trip to the plate to jump in to an early lead Bill Fahey Bob Flemming and Jim Tustin connected for runproducing hits Flemmings blow was tworun triple An error helped Gary McLean reach first to lead off the first inning for Giffen Dan ny Breedon came through with double to score McLean Giffen added another run in the third and chipped away at the Clifton lead with another run in the fourth Bob Thompson led off the winning with double which was rewarded by Brian Giffens twobase hit and another by Neil Craig But it was in the sixth that the game was decided Five runs off four hits ended Clif tons hopes for win Ross Downey started the scoring parade with tworun homer which brought in Thompson who had opened the inning with his second double of the game walk single by Mark Raceway entries SATURDAY FIRST PACE MILE $500 lAPACHE Field 5ROBUST WILL Simon 3LOCUST BYRD Fitzgerald 2Sussex Time Byron 4Badgers Prince Belore GBrown Tim Jones 7Keomo Liness BPete Putney Bryon SECOND PACE MILE 8500 6CANADIAN BYRD Harris 7REAPERS ROCKET Edwards sANTIQUE LADY Rowe lDevna Bee Montroy 2Gypsy Hill Nikki Byron 3Lees Marie 4erliyn Mar Girl BSabanero 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Barrie IoOp major midgets last season knew what he was doing when he picked Doug Shedden and Brad Haskett as winners of the clubs most valuable player and mostimproved player awards Both players were picked up in the recent OHA Major Junior draft of midget hockey players And both are going to Hamilton Fincups training camp this fall Shedden won the teams mostvaluableplaycr award and went in the first round Haskett 16 defencemen went late in the draft He didnt know anything about it until contacted by phone by Hamilton club official Wednesday was really surprised Thursday He said he had no idea Haskett told The Examiner he was scouted The $2 defenceman was scouted at the Richmond Hill international midget tournament last season as was Shedden Haskett has put himself on training program to be in Only one lopsided game peak condition when camp opens in minor soccer league St John blanked Codrington 70 in the only onesided contest of the Barrie Optimist Minor Soecer Associations Mosquito Division this week Other games saw Maple Grove edge Oakley Park 32 Cundles fall to Allandale 32 Hillcrest nip St Monicas 2I In baiitam division play Ron son Electric and Barrie Op timist tied 22 with Doug Holland and Dave Daniels hit ting for Ronson and Mike Bacon and Hunter Suggar scoring for the Optimist Glen Docherty had two goals for the Blue Flame Heating Club in 51 win over Orillia Bill Quinn Dave Barthume and Paul Watson were the other scorers Coaches have been asked to contact their respective con venors with the results of each game