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Time That Such Exhibitions on Lacrosse Fie:d Came to an End.Yet another sample of ajQsports-I manlike conduct on tne lacrosse held I has been turnished by a member of i I the Vancouver team, a team which i I has furnished so many examples of j the kind during this and preceding ■ .seasons, ’.No follower of the game in this 1 city would think of dening Laionde his mead of praise a* one u£ the best i player^ cm the Vancouver team, but lt;| lacrosse (juthusiastg here and Van* , jcouver alike must regret the tactics i ; in which he ail too frequently in- i dulges when on the Held, i heir opiu- ; ion of the Vancouver player will not• oe improved by the exhibition of la savate' given u.v him on Saturday, wiuli he fought with feet and teeth, ] taking Rennies face in liis mouth on -one occasion and bitiug Galbraitn 011 1 another.Neither will the public be im- lt;I pressed favorably by the biased and exaggerated rejort ot the incident j given by the Vancouver press, which j lias sought to make It appear that lt;Lalonde was ill dealt witn both by ; tae players and the public, and that lt;there wag a riot on the held, well lt;, knowing that the officia.s did their | Lest to restore order and that the public took no part in the fracas. i1 mi ust have been a piesaing spec-' tacle to the fair-minded visitor.- from Vancouver 10 see congratulations 1 snowered on the author ot the troii- 1 i ble on his retiremtiat from the held.It was an elevating sig.it to witness 1 a member of the medical profession, . 'a maker of laws for tne preservation of peace and order—Dr. McGuire. M. ^ P. P.—hastening on to the field to j 1 shake hands wint the man who had • been guilty of such an ungentlemanly style of play. But then, it must ibe remembered that ttie same gentleman• thought it 110 shame to poke a spec- ] tator with an umbrella at a match in 1j Vancouver. ^ 11lt; it not time that the Terminal ( , City Lacrosse Club recognized that ]• the public gentraiL are true sports- ( men and pay tneir money to support j athletics, nor rowdyism?
Newspaper Details
New Westminster Daily News
New Westminster, British Columbia, CA
Mon, Sep 20, 1909
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Savate M.
NA, 10 Aug 2023
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