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A foul-up in scheduling saw copies of their proposed
the Redmen and Calgary commitments so that action
Mountaineers game which could be taken to see that they
was to have been played on were fulfilled.
Sunday afternoon cancelled.
That sort of thing could
From infonnation gleaned seriously undennine the work
from a telephone con- that John Allen has tried to
versation with Walt put into the promotion of
Christianson I gathered that lacrosse here. However if I
the Mountaineers were not read John right, he won't let
apprised ·of the fact that they this deter him in his goal to
bad a three-game weekend put Rossland back on the
scheduled in which they were lacrosse map.
to play each of the Interior
I don't know how many of
teams once.
It would appear that you caught him on the air
whoever was responsible for awhile back, but I thought his
the schedule for the Interior concept of a minor lacrosse
Lacrosse League must have •program for the entire
been somewhat remiss in his district sounded very worduti~s. It seems almost thwhile and feasible.
I see Babs had explained
laughable when all the entries
in a league are not aware of the ticket situation for the
their commitments; one Australian game quite fully in
would think that that would be her Rec program news, so I'll
the first duty of someone only add a reminder to be
responsible for scheduling, to sure and pick them up in
make sure all teams had advance and save yourself the

extra buck at the door.
Another subject that I
would like to bring up here is
the effort being made by the
young men of our city to
upgrade facilities in our local
parks. According to word
from Kenny Dixon of the
Play-for-Funners, they have a
plan in hand to repair the
backstop at the Cook Avenue
park and put in dugouts and
possibly toilet facilities at
Centennial Park.
Add to this a plan which
John Stanton put forward to
me in a phone conversation
last night. The members of
the Uplander fastball team,
currently playing in the Trail
Commercial League, would
be willing to offer volunteer
help in the erection of a small
covered stand on the natural
slope behind the backstop at
Centennial.

with
Harry
Pepper

John suggested that
possibly a couple of the
service clubs in town, or more
for that matter, could be
approached for assistance in
such a project.
I have said it before and I'll
say it again, Rossland is a
very fortunate town to have a
group of young men .who are
willing to take time off from
the everyday struggle to raise
young families, to recognize
what we need to make our
town a better place to live in
land enjoy. I for one, and I
4n0De I'm not alone, think that
tfies~ energetic young people
should be- given all the encouragement and ~elp we can
afford to give them':\
While on the su,pject of SloPitch, I have sonie..data for
you on what to explct and
when with regard tQ the
annual tournament. It wu1 be
held June 28-29, using all

parks in town and there will
be 16 teams in attendance.
Rules are the same as have
been in force in previous
years and there will no doubt
be many familiar faces from
previous tourneys to look
upon and many stories to
swap between games. Teams
will come from Vernon
(three), Kamloops (six),
Calgary and Enderby (one
each), Trail (one), and
Rossland (four).
Now, let's all hope for a
couple of nice days and the
tourney will be the success we
are accustomed to seeing.
One year, you'll remember, it
was played under almost
intolerable conditions, but it
was still played.
With regard to minor
soccer, I would like to
congratulate the statistician
responsible for the standings
report in The Times last
week. It's very brief, games
played, wins, ties and points.
Who needs anything else? If
you've played eight games,
won five and haven't tied any,
you must have lost three,
right?
Rossland teams are experiencing a so-so season as a
whole. Three teams, one in
each division; are near the
lower end ' of their tables,
while four have respectable
records and are resting in the
middle section of their particular division standings. I
still

think

on of
particuJar division stancHnp. I
still think some thought
should be given to a house
league in the Pee Wee
divisions, with rep teams to
represent Rossland in the
league.
On Saturday, I watched a
game between Shay Kelly's
Raiders and Jimmy Johnston's Eagles. While these
kids still have a lot to learn,
the work of their coaches is
beginning to show through in
their play. The Raiders took
this one ~ to raise their
record to five wins, a tie and
three losses. Scoring for

Kelly's

boys were John

Cormack and Terry Primeau
with two each and CraJg
,Sinclair,
,
Lino Fabbro led Eut Trail
to a Bantam 1)ivision victory

over

Jack

McDonald's

Rossland City team in the
other game on Saturday.
Fabbro scored three times in
a 6-0 East Trail victory. The
win was the Trail team's
second in eJpt games; they
have one tie. other scorers
for Maria Fabbro's boys were
Jerry Orlowllki, Mitch Young
and David Dallas.
The City team is still
looking to put something
together. Uncertainly seems
to be their big fault; they
have forwards capable of

scoring goals, a good
sweeper, one sure-footed
defender and a goalie who
hasn't bad too much support.
But in their eagerness they
are getting in one another's
way too many times in crucial
situations, pouncing in one
situation when they should
hesitate and hesitating when
3 they should be driving.
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Still on soccer, when are the
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Whitecaps going to put on a

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champions?

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