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¥ Sida om reer em nil FRESH FROM THEIR VICTORY, THE VICTORIOUS GREEN GAELS DISPLAY THE MINTO CUP, AT MALTON. TIMES LOOKS AT MINTO CHAMPS To The Whooping, Victorious Green Gaels Cinderella Story Of Green Gaels The word success means two things in Oshawa -- the Green Gaels -- and lacrosse. From the club's beginnings three years ago they have been winning and winning and -- if expert predictions are correct -- they will go on winning for years to come For those who don't know who the Green Gaels are, the team represents Oshawa in the Ontario Lacrosse Asso- ciation, In the first two years of play they have won the Minto Cup, emblematic of Ganadian Junior Lacrosse supremacy. The largest sports attraction in the district began with a casual conversation between Jim Bishop, the Green Gaels coach, and Terry Kelly, an Oshawa lawyer, now a member of the executive. As Terry puts it; "When Jim mentioned his idea to me as we sat in my car that night in 1962 I thought he was kidding -- but when I saw my first lacrosse game later | knew he really had something." That was the start. . Through the winter of 1962-63 an executive was formed from members of the community, most of whom had never even seen a lacrosse game, -and the Oshawa Green Gaels Lacrosse Club Limited came into being Jim Bishop, for 20 years a lacrosse team coach, and Fred Whalley, team manager, were given the tough job of finding players for the fledgling Gaels. Not an easy task in a town and province where lacrosse was hardly: played But -- as the record books show -- they collected the players who in their first year of operation collected the coveted Minto Cup Coach Jim Bishop, who says he runs one of the tough- est training camps in the league, played junior lacrosse for St. Vincent's as a goaltender, and after that for five years for Scarborough Maitlands as a forward, before his coaching debut in 1946 "'Lacrosse,"' he says, 'is in my opinion one of the tough- est sports there is It combines the skill of basketball, hockey, football and track and field and turns out the best type of athlete you can find." Lacrosse. is a crowd pleasing sport, much the same as hockey, with the fast breaks in the game the most pleas- ing. The ball used in lacrosse is made of rubber, and will travel at over 100 mph on passes and shots, Great skill is needed in handling it. "A basketball style of play is used in lacrosse," says coach Bishop, 'Fast breaks, give and go, screens and in- dividual play-making, this results in being a crowd pleaser." Three years ago, Whitby had 125 boys in minor lacrosse and that was about the total number. playing minor la- crosse in Ontario County. Now there are over 2,000 boys in minor leagues throughout the county = "COACH JIM BISHO } ¥ # ee he P, TALKS OVER STRATEGY WITH MEMBERS OF THE GREEN GAELS 'The Green Gaels executive are really the ones who should take credit for lacrosse going over so big in this area," says Bishop "They have really sold it to the fans and younger 'boys and around Oshawa, We are now involved with six junior teams, one junior B team and four city junior teams." The Green Gaels executive is unique in a way. Out of the 20 men who make it up, two are presidents of other provincial sports organizations; Matt Leyden, president of the Ontario Hockey Association, and Terry Kelly, presi- dent of the Ontario Soccer Association, Kelly also echoes Coach Bishop's sentiments about the fans in Oshawa. "This team could never have gone over in Oshawa if it hadn't been for the fan reaction in the city and the sup- port we have received. Did you know we are the only lacrosse club in Eastern Canada which sells seasons tickets?"' "The biggest thrill I have ever had in my life took place in 1963," he recalls. "I was working on the Civic Auditorium building fund and on August 21, we had reached the $1,000,000 goal; on August 23 I left Canada for Eu- rope At that time the Gaels had already been counted out of the play-offs by the experts. When I came home in September my wife handed me two tickets to the Minto Cup. Think of it, in London at noon, and sitting watching the Gaels playing in the Minto Cupyythat night. That has to be the biggest thrill J ever had." "This year's team is rated by Jim Bishop as having the greatest potential in his 20 years of coaching "The age of this club, despite winning two Canadian Championships is young. We still have eight players who have four years of junior play left." Merv Marshall, the Gaels' outstanding goalie, is only 17- years-old, and has another three years of junior play left. This is his ninth season under Bishop's coaching Jim Higgs, rated as one of the top junior players ever to enter lacrosse in Ontario, celebrated his 16th birthday the day the Gaels won the Minto Cup in 1964, Gaylord Powless is another who rates as a_ potential great in lacrosse. A full blooded Mohawk Indian from the Six Nations Reserve at Brantford, Powless was chosen the most valuable player in the Minfo Cup play-offs in the west last year -- despite the fact he had only played 10 games with the Gaels. Fred Greenwood, who started his lacrosse career as stick boy for the Gaels, and also played midget and junior lacrosse, is only 16 years old, looks as if he is a chal- lenger for one of the top lines this year Fred Whalley, described by Bishop as: "one of the best managers | have ever worked with", was recently appointed to the executive of the Ontario Lacrosse Asso- ciation. He is on five of the six standing committees. Prob- ably the most important -- the OLA subcommittee -- which is responsible for discipline in the league. "Last year," he said, "we travelled about 10,000 miles on the way to the cup, and it cost us $15,000 to get it. That's a lot of money for a non-profit organization, "We provide everything a boy needs once he has made the team, and I don't know if other teams do the same thing." During the off-season both Whalley and Bishop have travelled nearly 3,000 miles on speaking engagements and on scouting trips. "It has been a great experience working with the players, they are really gentlemen," said Whalley, Last year on the coast Mery Ferguson, president of the Ama- teur Athletic Union in Canada, said that the Gaels were "the best behaved team he had ever seen away from home." Jim Bishop can take full credit for this, "I think that a boy away from home, representing his home town," he says, "should conduct himself accord- ingly. That is why the Gaels always dress in suits and sports jackets for away games, The days of the wind- breaker and open-necked shirt are gone. "And don't forget that the boys who play on the team don't get paid for it, This is strictly a labor of love -- and that goes for the executive as well.' ' Who are some of the boys who will make up the 1965 Green Gaels? "I don't want you to get the idea that this year's team is picked," coach Bishop says, "It isn't," "But some of the boys who are back, and new boys trying out are; Neil Armstrong, 20, a potential lacrosse all-star; Joe Kiwior, who played with the Canadian Cham- pionship team in his first year; Charlie Marlowe, Brian Brady, Ken Howard, Larry Lloyd, Joe Krasna and Stan Kolesnick, all of Oshawa. Last year's top scoring line of John Davis, Ken Thompson, and Brian Thompson are all back, and four Huntsville boys will be playing defence: Dwight Davies, Jim Higgs, Don Stinson and Phil Clayton." Some of the boys trying out for the Gaels this year are products of the city's minor lacrosse leagues, and also some of the team's farm systems. Frank Wilbur is the man who heads the Gael's farm system, and is also in charge of the Whitby Lasco Steelers. What happens to a lad who joins the Gaels and comes to town, is a job for the executive. Ross Gibson, Bryce Brown and manager Whalley take a major role in finding homes and jobs for the boys, Last year four of the players worked for director Ed Lupton at Millwork and Building Supplies, Honorary president Mel Whyte, who was a member of the 1929 Mann Cup championship team from Oshawa, was contact man in getting John Davis and Dwight Davies jobs at GM and Eastern Electric, He also aided Merv Marshall in getting a job in Ajax. Director Harry Gay hired Don Stinson and Gaylord Powless to work in his construction business, and Terry Kelly, who worked for Fred Mercer of Robson Leather during college vacations, had Fred take on Brian Thomp- son and Larry Ireland as maintenance workers at the tannery. The work of the executive does not stop with getting jobs for the boys. Bill Kurelo, Auditorium manager was involved in all kinds of projects last year including the editing of the program. Director Rori Richards, a graphic designer, worked long hours on the layout of last year's program, and Dr. John Phillips and Dick Donald are in charge of season's tickets and promotional ventures, This year's victory banquet was organized by Director Dyson Brooks, and when signs for the club are needed, Dyson and Richards are always on call. The Gaels' farm teams are run by Frank Wilbur and the Minor Lacrosse Association is run by Ed Kolodzie Ed Burrows, treasurer and Henry Suddard, have their work cut out when they look after finances and take min- utes of meetings presided over by president John Greer Two new directors, Gerald Heffernan, and John Mc- Cormack, were brought in this year as a result of the tie- in with Lasco Steel Possibly the best way to describe the Green Gaels and executive comes from Coach Bishop, On a Bishop-coached team, I expect more from an athlete and get more from him because we attract only the type of players that go all out all of the time. This is the only type of. individual that can play for 'the Green Gaels." wy, CO: 2 Minto Cup Spoils % MINTO CUP AND OFF-BOX HEROES She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1965 PLAYERS ON 1964 VICTORIOUS MINTO CUP TEAM 10, Don Stinson 11. Doug Favell 12. Phil Clayton 14, Stan Kolesnick 1, Merv Marshall 2. Joe Kiwior 8. Ross Jones 4. Jim Hinkson 5. Neil Armstrong 6. Jim Higgs 7. Brian Thompson 8. Larry Ireland 9. Dwight Day ies 15. Gaylord Powless 16. Bill Armour 17. Dave Houston 18. Bill Young 82. Ken Thompson 43, John Davis ... team captain