B2 - Sunday, November 7, 1982 - North Shore News

Pssst....Wanna buy a trophy? An old, big,
unused receptacle which has a unique ‘almost’

history about it.

Many, many years ago
when Lacrosse was held in
far more esteem on an in-
ternational basis than
currently, Norm Delmonico,
who, over the years, has had
a big name in lacrosse, speed

--beat --
provincial civil service, was
wheeling and dealing trying
to set up a California Box
Lacrosse League which
would include 2a good
number of Canadian players.

It was 1950 and Norm had
‘connections.’ He had Busby
Berkley, the old director of
the Gold Digger on
Broadway pictures lined up
as an investor, the manager
of Mae West (just picture for
a moment a young Mae West
bouncing down the floor),
various other ‘names’ of the
time including Jon Hall, an
actor, and others who
wanted to see this strange
yet thoroughly northern
game.

California was to be first,
then when all the good
publicity came out, New
York and Chicago would be
brought into the fold.

And it was more than a
pipe dream. Through Norm's
efforts, about 90 players
from Canada and the United
States had signed forms
intending to play in the
‘dream capital’ league.

Publicity was_ well under
way, uniforms were made
and photos taken of the

Need more fields

FROM PAGE B1

municipalities, is for North
Vancouver City and District
to increase their main-
tenance and recreation
budgets, to bring them in
line with those in other
Lower Mainland = com-
munities.

NOT ENOUGH

But sprucing up = and
maintaining existing fields ts

racing —and-—the--.

players looking eager and
ready.

In fact, even the late
Doctor George Ballard got
into the act loaning his 136’
yacht ‘Marabell’ to the
enterprise for a sail down the

of Vancouver to
California.

It was big, it was brash,
and it almost worked.
However, as in all dreams
surrounding Hollywood,
there was a catch. And it was
Canadian.

Sitting back in the frozen
wastelands, the Canadian
Lacrosse Association took it
into their minds that this

would never do. Good grief, ©

if the players liked the
potential professional
league, they might end up
outside the sphere of the
Lacrosse bureaucracy.

So in their limited wisdom
they issued a_ release
threatening suspension to
any player from Canada who
took part in the operation.

And that was the death
knell.

With 60 per cent of the
players withdrawing from
the proposed league, the
backers immediately started
to pull away. The idea was
dead.

And with the death, Norm
was left holding a_ large
impressive trophy, all made
up just waiting for a winner
to be presented to.

And that’s where we are

the soccer program to
continue during: the rainy
periods and to provide more
opportunities for night
games and practices.” One
possible location for lighted
all-weather fields is the
Premier Streeet landfill.
Other fields, such as
Blueridge Park and William
Griffin, should be converted
from grass to all-weather.
The most ambitious
proposal in the report is for a
“centralized activity centre”

today. Norm has a 30 inch
hardwood base, nickle silver
trophy which has been
replated in November 1981
just waiting for a home.

The former lacrosse
player and well known speed
boat driver (that’s another
interesting side of Norm as is

NORM DELMONICO holds the trophy that was
custom built for the lacrosse league that almost was.

his legendary fight with the
Socreds of Flying Phil

Gaglardi’s time and theNDP),

has decided that just maybe
there’s someone out there
who would like to buy this
Strange gem from out of
our sporting past.

Norm feels a_ lacrosse
league or some other
organization might want to
purchase the piece for their
own presentations.

However, it seems from
this side, that just maybe the
B.C. Sports Hall of Fame
should consider purchasing
this fascinating evidence of
our sports world from three
decades ago.

If you're interested give

Norma calla at 985-8629.

tows Photo Exic Equerteon

Delbrook
Community

HS soccer roundup

AFTER a near perfect

season this year, the Carson

Alpha took berth two with

their results, leaving Carson

Graham senior boys soccer >

team spoiled their un-
defeated record with a 1-0
loss to Sutherland -- and

foHowed it with two’ more
defeats in the all-important
zone playoffs for the
provincial championship.
The —Eagles held on to
their North Shore cham-
pionship, however, and still

have a chance to make it to:

the B.C.'s.

Zone playoffs last week
saw Carson face Burnaby's
number one team, Burnaby
North, to decide not only an
instant berth ‘for the
championship but also the
Vancouver and District
final. Burnaby edged the
North Shore squad 1-0.

The same results held true
as the number two and three

lost to Alpha 3-1, while
Argyle dropped a 2-1!
decision to Burnaby Central.

Round robin play for the
two remaining berths saw
Alpha edge Carson 3-2,
while Windsor’s Remy

Kozak helped the Dukes

shut out Burnaby Central 1-0

’ in overtime.

BRENT MUDRY of West
Vancouver is the winner of
the Vancouver Cyclo-Cross,
a series of five bicycle and

| ‘eross country races held
= throughout —

: mm ADULT & COMMUNITY. EDUCATION SERVICES mam

NIGHT SCHOOL
IN THE DAY

NORTH & WEST VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICTS

the lower

and Windsor to decide the
last berth -between them.
The teams will meet Monday
at 2:45 p.m. at Loutet Park.
The winner must. play
against the Vancouver
number three team, and Win,
to keep the berth.

Regular league play prior
to the playoffs had the
following results:
Sutherland-1, Carson
Graham-0 (Claudio Car-
ballo); Windsor-3, Argyle-!
(Craig Michael, Colin
Bennett and Craig Larson for
the Dukes, Grant Smith for
Argyle); West Van-2, Howe
Sound-O (Graham Croft,
Brent Hamblin); Hillside-2,
Seycove-0 (Mike Anderegg
for two).

Tie breaking matches for
third place: Argyle-5,

cams squared_off:_Windsor——Sutherland-4—-ton—-eorner—-—-

kicks after 0-0 OT); Argyle-
4, Hillside-3 (on corner kicks
after 0-0 OT).

In intermediate soccer
action, Carson Graham tied
Burnaby North 0-0 _ last
week, a result which allowed

the Eagles to finish second in

their section and join in the
playoffs.

Mudry wins

mainland.

Mudry wrapped up the
title with a first place finish
last weekend at Mundy Park
in Coquitlam, winning the 20
kilometre event in 57:22.

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