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Meetings with the Canadian Lacrosse Association have been xoing on for several weeks and a meeting at Orillia last Saturday wrapped up most of the problems. The proâ€" fessional group have titled themselves as the National Laâ€" crosse Association and each team will affiliate with a junior club. PRO LACROSSE IS HERE Three months ago, the pessimists said it could not be done. ‘They suggested that professional lacrosse would never get off the ground. Time has proved the pessimists incorrect. Pro lacrosse is now a reality both in the east and west. # ‘Toronto, Detroit, Peterboro and Montreal will comprise the eastern division while New Westminster, Vancouver, Victoria and Portland are ready to go in the west. The two groups will play a partial interlocking schedule. > Any player on the affiliated club can play a maximum of 12 games in professional ranks without injuring his amateur status but will not be permitted to play in higher company if his amateur club is playing on the same night. When the amateur season is finished the junior aged player can play out the balance of the season with the proâ€" fessionals without having to turn pro. The pros have agreed that no junior aged player will be placed on a draft list nor signed to a contract. All players will be 21 years of age or older. During a speech at Montreal last summer, this corner predicted that professional lacrosse would be a reality in 1968 or 1969 and th&t it would be the best thing ever to happen to the game. We were widely quoted by the Montâ€" real papers who, editorially, seemed to agree. The‘situation was different when we got back home. The doubting Thomases tried to convince us that pro lacrosse would never see the light of day and criticized the stand we took at Montreal. . We maintained at that time_that professional lacrosse would go and time has proven us correct. We still think that professional lacrosse is the biggest thing to hit the game and the sport should mushroom throughout the country as a result, Naturally, when professionalism enters the picture, some one has to be hurt. In this case it is Brampton and Brooklin who stand to lose many of their senior players in the draft. What the Ontario Lacrosse Association has decided to do with the eleven Sr. A. and Sr. B. teams in the province is allocate them to either an A or B league. The ratio is expected to work out to five clubs in the higher circuit and six in Sr. B. The calibre of senior competition may deteriorate somewhat but at least there will be a series. w SPORTS EDITOR The situation in British Columbia still has to be coped with. The Intercity League, which comprised the five senior clubs in that province is no longer in existence as the clubs have joined the NLA.~ 5 There are nine Sr. B. clubs in that province and likely the B.C. executive will elevate at least four to a higher category in order that a Canadian championship for the Mann Cup can be carried on. Lacrosse is bursting at the seams in Ontario now, especially at a junior and minor level but the real rejuveâ€" nation because of the TV exposure by the pro group will come in such provinces as Nova Scotia, Quebec and the prairies which have been lukewarm to the game. The agreement with the Canadian Lacross Agsociation is only one hurdle passed by the pro group. As of now they face the task of signing the players they have placed on their draft lists. Some of the players who were stars in junior and senior amateur competition have attached fancy price tags to their salaryâ€"demands and some of them are reported to have contacted Al Eagleson, the hockey players lawyer, to act for them. Eagleson does not come cheap nor doés his salary demands on behaif of his clients. This is a make or break year for the new professional group but fancy salaries are out of the question for the initial year until they see how the game will be received by the public. _ ie s Personally, we think they will make it and that National TV exposure will benefit the amateurs immensely. The spokesmen for the professional interests have been Jim Bishop, the popular coach at Oshawa who will handle the Detroit entry and Morley Kells who controls the Toronto entry. The working agreement between the amateur and the pros is a good one for 1968. No doubt a reassessment of the overall situation will have to be made at the end of 1hfyear and if the same harmony exists at future mgetings, it is our feeling that the game of lacrosse can benefit immensely. _ 11. Handle 13. Part of to b :4. §nlarged 6. Story 17. Short seep 19. Spoke 21. Bom 22. Prepare for 24. 26. 27. Pound down Part of to be Enlarged Story Short seep publication Portico ACROSS Crossword SPORTS 49, Cows‘ 51. 52. 54, Certain Edible root. Hypothetical force Girls‘ m Neqate SCENE PICKIN o Th Aotet ‘danl! sds cthingmatn It will be Pickin Chicken and Murrays Variety in the Alderâ€" wood Teen â€" Hockey . League finals, Murrays reached the final round with a convincing 8â€"3 two games goals to count win over Owens Cycle while Picken Chickâ€" en edged the heavily favored Faustina crow 5â€"4 after two games. Game. Faustina ... 3 Goodyear wins 3â€"2 close in on title Pickin‘ Chicken . SERIES. Faustina Pickin‘ Chicken . .Goodyear Factory is within one point ‘of winning the Lakeshore Industrial League hockey chamâ€" pionship. â€" They edged Ehrlich Transport 3â€"2 in the second game of the finals at Lakeshore Arena last Sunday afternoon. The vicâ€" tory, combined with a 6â€"6 tie the previous week gives Factory three points and four is needed to win the championship. Goodyear confined its scoring spree to the second period as Laurie Roberts scored at 3.57, Joe Killoran got the second at 14.29 and Lloyd Lamore scored what proved to be the winner at 18.54. Derrick Brockie picked up Ehrlich‘s first goal at the nine minute and Lou O‘Halloran ended the scoring at 16.50 of the third period. (Standings March 13th, 1968) Pritchard‘s Sunoco Service ... 20 Paul‘s Cleaners . 19 Modern Meat Market wes 39 Eleanor Flower Shoppe ... 18 The Budget Centre revome $7 Whitlock‘s IDA Drugs ... 17 Alf Davis Men‘s Wear mm dÂ¥ Gordon‘s Ladies Apparel 42 Gord Cornish Auto Service 9 Viking Fish and Chips 5 High single, Virginia Whalen, 285. High double, Jeanne Davis, 453; Anne Deneault, 452; Jean Snatinsky, 448; Grace Deacon, 442; Jean Hornell, 439; Lee Cobbett, 427; Pauline Oravec, 427; Evelyn Proctor, 419;% Mary McDowell, 410; Audrey Parkinâ€" son, 405; Alice Seeley, 400. About one out of every 12 persons in Ontario‘s labor force is engaged in some aspect of the forest industry â€"logging, sawmilling, pulp and paper proâ€" duction, etc. Forested land covers 75% of the total area of Ontario. If anyone had any doubts as to QUEENSWAY LADIES® BOWLING LEAGUE mm FOR CARS ... ASK ANYONE Just 1 Mile West of Hwy. 27 ; «UNTIL 10 P.M. CLOSED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT 6 P.H. 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Pickin‘ Chicken went into the game with a two goal spread on the strength of their QS-I win last week.‘ From the opening faceâ€"off Dave Gibbons grabbed the puck, roared in on Ken Hunter in the chicken cage, laid a perfect pass on Rick Ulias‘ stick and at the 0:48 mark they had gained back one of the needed goals. At 10:32 of the same period Dave Michie evened The goalkeepersâ€"and the penâ€" alty time keepers were the busiest persons in the rink. Goodyear outâ€" shot the transport squad 44â€"41 and also took the brunt of the penalties. â€" They were assessed eleven to Ehrlich‘s seven. Goodâ€" year‘s Vic Molto was involved in two separate fighting incidents? as he took on O‘Halloran at the eight minute mark of the third period and both drew fighting penalties. Seven minutes later he took on Rick Lajeunesse and was sent off again. The third game of the session. will be played at Lakeshore next Sunday afternoon. Efforts are being made to have an _ interlocking _ championship series with the winners of the Commercial League, however, no plans have been finalized as yet. 625â€"3420 The social planning council of metro will host a luncheon meetâ€" ing of the Etobicoke area group Thursday, . March 28 at noon, Scheduled for Our Lady of Peace Church, Bloor at Martin Grove Road, the meeting will be addressed by Mayor Ed Horton. Reservations may be made by phoning 363â€"4971 before Tuesâ€" day, March 26. My. Horton will* discuss the proposed _ social _ development study of the central Etobicoke area. Approximately 165,700 square miles of Ontario are classified as productive forest land. The presently accessible 130,600 square miles are estimated to containâ€"biâ€"millionâ€" eubicâ€"feet of softwoods and 83% billion cubic feet of hardwoods. talk to local planners with these Specials! Horton will $895 the series on a break away.afd it looked like the Chicken bubble had burst. 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