Once again there was no C.L.A. Senior League. As in 1906 the defending champion Athletics faced no challengers. They simply held on to the Gold Shield for another year.

To the west there were a pair of Minto Cup challenges. First one came from Regina. The Prairie Boys had grabbed a handful of eastern talent and headed for New Westminster. They had Bones Allen and McDougall. They also stole two key players away from the defending N.L.U. champions. Tecumsehs would have to do without goaltender Bun Clarke and home player Harry Murton. At Queens Park, Regina gave a good account of themselves to start. The opening game was only a 6-4 defeat. The rematch was a disaster. Salmonbellies routed the visitors 12-2. New Westminster had too much talent for Regina. Included in their championship roster was: J.Bryson, Feeney, George Rennie, Clifford Spring, Gordon 'Grumpy' Spring, Alex 'Dad' Turnbull, Len Turnbull and Bill Turnbull. Gray tended goal for the Cupholders.

The second challenge came from Toronto Tecumsehs. Roy Kinsmen was now their netminder. Enroute to B.C., the indians paused in Saskatchewan to exact some revenge. They destroyed Regina 16-7. Dolly Durkin and Neil Felker both scored four, while Archie Adamson added three. Next came New Westminster. Everyone in the east expected the fluke loss of 1908 to be avenged in style. Didn't quite work that way. The Fishmen took the opening contest 6-4. Bob Gilbert's pair of markers was not good enough. J.Bryson had the deciding brace. Archie McNaughton refereed the match smoking a cigar in the first half and his pipe in the second. Salmonbellies completed their defence with a 6-5 victory. Len Turnbull had a hattrick and Bill Turnbull supported with a deuce. Adamson's trio was in vain. Further disgrace for the N.L.U.. It had not started to dawn on their fans yet, however the Cup had been lost for good.

There was a four way pennant race in the east but it did not include Ottawa. Capitals never recovered from a spring ownership crisis. In fact, they would never recover. There would be many more money problems and ownership controversies to come. Consequently last place would become a regular position for the once great franchise. The final years would be similar to what the Rough Rider Football Club would experience eighty years later.

Capitals did win two matches and both were huge. On August 28th, they shocked Tecumsehs 5-4. Ernie Butterworth combined with John Powers on a 'give and go' to score the winner. A week later, Ottawa handed Toronto a catastrophic 13-4 beating. Shiner Eastwood's four goals led the last place club. Harry Lavallee followed with three. This was the same Lavallee who had been arrested earlier in the season. He and Fred Gagnon had mixed it up in one contest. Their behavior was so unruly that both players were charged with "breech of the peace".

Nationals and Colts both suffered through a losing summer. For the frenchmen, they still had not had a winning season the entire century! Both clubs were at the bottom of the league, averaging only four goals per game. Dare Devil Gauthier led Nationals with 9 goals, while Georges Dussault and O.Dupras chipped in with 8 each. Cornwall's top guns were Dot Phelan and Ambrose Degray. Both counted 9 scores.

Charles Querrie's champs never recovered from their western trip. They had departed sporting a 6-1 record but returned to lose their final five games. Even after the Ottawa loss, they were still in the hunt. The schedule concluded with them playing the two front runners, an opportunity to bring the leaders back to four losses. It didn't happen. M.A.A.A. eliminated them with a 4-2 Labour Day victory. Fred Scott won it with two goals. Shamrocks put Tecumsehs out of their misery by routing them 7-2. Jack Brennan and Jim Hogan starred on the last Saturday of the season. Both scored hattricks. For Brennan, this was his final year. He would score one more goal, in the Tie Break, That gave him a career total of 198, the league's all time best. His 253 career points was another mark no one would ever touch. Not bad for a guy considered unworthy of the Hall of Fame!

The Ottawa loss was a bigger blow to James Murphy's crew. They had put together a six game winning streak, including a 14-6 win over Capitals and a 12-1 victory over Shamrocks. With a league high 104 goals, Toronto's firepower had carried them into contention. Their high scorers were: Art Warwick(25 goals) Nick Carter(21) Pete Barnett(21) Bill Fitzgerald(18) and George Kalls(16). However the loss Capitals dealt them was their fourth. They were not eliminated but they needed help. The kind of help Tecumsehs did not provide.

Three losses was the magic number. The Triple A's and Shamrocks were the pair who posted 9-3 records. Another last to first effort by the irish, however the pennant was not theirs yet. Jim Hogan led the green shirts with a league record 30 goals. George Roberts followed with 28. The trouble was Roberts no longer sported the shamrock. His jersey now had the famous winged wheel on it. Roberts' defection was crucial. In the championship decider on September 18th, he prevented his former team from clinching with a three goal effort. M.A.A.A. won 6-2 to setup the tie. They had also won the initial meeting in June, 6-3. All that was forgotten when the playoff began.

4,000 spectators braved rainy weather to see the irish win the first match 7-5. Jim Hogan counted four goals. Albert Dade and Henry Scott each scored a pair for the Winged Wheels. Down two goals, M.A.A.A. responded admirably in the rematch. 'Alderman John Brennan Jr., a former Shamrock, held the green shirts to one goal. Triple A's scored five, two each from Fred Scott and Roberts. Montreal A.A.A., a team which had posted only one winning season since 1889, had their second . . . and a championship to boot!

This is a puzzle reminiscent of 1866. According to C.L.A. records the Mann Cup champions of 1910 were Young Torontos. Who were Young Torontos? and how did they win the Mann Cup? In my research I have never come across Young Torontos prior to 1910. I assume they were an Intermediate team before that date. As for the Mann Cup being won in 1910, I've discovered no national championship that year, nor have I even found evidence that the Ontario Lacrosse Association(O.L.A.) even existed then. Official records today are no help. They state incorrectly that the O.L.A. was formed in 1887 - they have the C.L.A. in mind. What's the difference between 'C' and 'O'? only eleven letters. Back in 1911 there was a huge difference.

The C.L.A. was a professional league by the end of the first decade. The O.L.A. represented a amateur revival. It and the Mann Cup changed lacrosse for the entire century. Whether this revival began in 1910 or 1911, I can't say. Perhaps there was an O.L.A. Senior League in 1910. It might have been made up of exclusively Toronto clubs. Due to the popularity of the N.L.U. the new circuit could have been completely ignored by Toronto papers(such a scenario came to exist in 1918 due to the war). Let us assume Young Torontos did win the first O.L.A. crown and, for their effort, were presented with the Mann Cup. A cup they defended the following year and lost to a Vancouver amateur side. Thus the Mann Cup headed west. A nice, neat and simple story. But is it correct?

The problem is with the C.L.A. Senior League of 1910. It resumed play and ran a four team league. Three clubs tied for the title: St.Catharines, Tecumsehs and Young Torontos! St.Catharines won the tie breaks, beating Tecumsehs 5-1 and Young Torontos 4-3. How do Young Torontos get the Mann Cup out of all that? The trouble isn't that they failed to win. How could they earn Canada's amateur championship by playing in a pro league? Perhaps they were not paying their own players? Doesn't matter. The idea of amateur in 1910 was a long way from today's wish washy Olympic amateurism. In 1910 an amateur lacrosse player competing against a professional was like a ladies' bridge club meeting in a brothel! It wasn't done. So how did Young Torontos earn the Mann Cup? Tecumsehs fielded two squads in 1910. Their best was in the N.L.U. and the other in the C.L.A.. Did Young Torontos have two teams? But there is no hint of an O.L.A. league in the media, probably because there was no league. Why form a second team if there was no league to play in? The appropriate question appears to be: did Young Torontos win the first Mann Cup?

Minto Cup matters are much clearer. Montreal A.A.A. headed west in July with high hopes. Their chances lay in the hands of three young hot shots. Fred Scott was having his best year and would finish second in N.L.U. scoring with 26 goals. George Roberts was putting together another strong summer and would complete league play with 20 markers. Henry Scott complimented the trio with a 16 goal season. Veteran Albert Dade was another force. He only played in four N.L.U. games but was available the entire Minto trip.

They began well, with an exhibition win in Winnipeg. 11-4 was the result. On the west coast everything went wrong. They were simply outclassed by New Westminster. Salmonbellies won both matches by scores of 10-4 and 13-5.

Back in Montreal an Cornwall kid was making good. Newsy Lalonde was a proven scoring star in hockey. The time had finally arrived for him to show his mettle in lacrosse. He joined Nationals at the home position. With Happy L'Heureux set in goal there was nowhere else to place Lalonde. The switch revolutionised the game. Ten years later, baseball would experience a similar transformation when Babe Ruth moved from pitcher to outfielder. Newsy's initial season won him his first scoring title, with a record 31 goals. It was a modest start compared to what he would do in the year's to come. Lalonde was well on his way to earning the honour of Lacrosse Player of the Half Century. And the frenchmen, overnight, had become a powerhouse.

Cornwall was left at the opposite end of the scale. Colts had talent, three Cummins, three Degans and John White captaining the squad. Unfortunately it was sort of like being captain of the Titanic. 3-9 was the end result.

Two wins more than Capitals and two less than the struggling Shamrocks. Talk about bad omens, former Ottawa centre Charles 'Chick' Watts died of pneumonia on May 19th. The rest of the season was downhill from there. Capitals still had some talent, such as, Tom and Joe Gorman, Shiner Eastwood and Bob Pringle. Unluckily their other big name players were getting old. Horace Gaul and Ernie Butterworth only appeared in 6 games, John Powers 5. Fred 'Cyclone' Taylor suited up for Ottawa twice. He failed to score. Disgruntled Barney Quinn only played half a game, in goal. When his demand for $25 per game was not met he took the summer off. The irish were rebuilding. Only John Currie remained from the dynasty years and he appeared in just 3 games. The new kids were Harry Hyland(14 goals) Morgan Quinn(8) and Jimmy Munday(7). Their 5-7-1 record actually flattered Shamrocks. They scored 50 goals on the year but gave up 95! Their one tie was against Nationals. That game had to be called early because of a free fight.

Unlike the previous season, Tecumsehs finished strongly by winning their last five games. McDougall and Harry Murton had returned from Regina to boost the offence. Plus teenager Max McGregor stepped forward with a 17 goal season. Despite the strong finale, the indians fell short with an 8-4 record. Three July losses were too great a blow to recover from. Winged Wheels stayed in striking distance until Tecumsehs beat them on August 27th, in overtime. They also fell to 8-4. Toronto were not even that good. They had four top ten scorers, three from St.Catharines: Bill Fitzgerald, Pete Barnett and George Kalls. Fitzgerald suffered a dislocated jaw on June 4th, yet only missed one game! Toronto's inconsistency was their downfall. They never really mounted a serious challenge. Fourth place with 7 wins and 5 losses. That left Montreal Nationals standing tall with a 10-2 record.

The year concluded with the frenchmen heading west in late September. They went without centreman Dulude, injured in their final league game. Thus New Westminster controlled ball possession and won the first contest 7-3. Nationals next lost Lalonde. He missed the second match because of food poisoning. Salmonbellies won 11-1.

And west they did go. Lured by the salesmanship of Con Jones many N.L.U. players did head for Vancouver. Jones wished to wrestle the Minto Cup away from New Westminster and put together essentially an eastern all-star team. The roster spoke for itself: Newsy Lalonde(nationals) Bill Fitzgerald and Nick Carter(toronto) Don Cameron and Dot Phelan(cornwall) Mickey Ions, Archie Adamson, and Harry Griffith(tecumsehs) and Bones Allen(ottawa). Lalonde was paid $208.45 per week.

The B.C. Final was a two team affair, Vancouver versus New Westminster. Jones' money had been well spent. 4-2 Vancouver in the season opener. Fitzgerald, Carter and Adamson all scored, while Ions and Lalonde had two assists each. The next win was 6-3. Newsy scored three and was involved in every goal. Fitzgerald helped with a deuce. Salmonbellies battled back with a 6-4 win. Grumpy Spring's pair of goals made the difference. Three of Vancouver's markers came from eastern sticks. Thus the titanic struggle was underway. It would rage all summer long. By early August it appeared that the Cup would go to the challengers. A convincing 7-4 win gave Vancouver a 5-3 series lead. In that game it was a hattrick from Lalonde and a pair from Fitzgerald. Len Turnbull's two scores were too little. The champions came storming back to even the series with two wins. The August 19th victory was very controversial. With the contest level 5-5, Lalonde appeared to score the winner. Newsy and his teammates began celebrating, however the umpire ruled that the ball had only hit the post. Clifford Spring tallied the decider with three seconds left in the match. The next two games were split, thus the series ended 6-6. A two game tie break was needed to settle the matter. At this point Con Jones' boys stepped it up a notch. They took both contests, by scores of 4-3 and 6-2. New Westminster was dethroned! The N.L.U. had sort of won back the Minto Cup. Of course Burrard Inlet was a long way from Central Canada.

This year Young Torontos did win the O.L.A. Senior title. Early on Woodbridge appeared to be their chief threat. They won three out of their first four, defeating Torontos and Brampton. Excelsiors knocked them out of contention with a 5-2 win in late July. The Brampton/Toronto rivalry started the season with an 8-8 tie. Their second meeting, in front of 800 spectators, was one of the fastest amateur games ever seen. The red shirted Excelsiors led 4-3 after three quarters but Torontos scored three straight and dominated the final 20 minutes. The schedule concluded by replaying the tied match, a must win game for Brampton. They responded with an emphatic 10-4 victory. Duchy Davis and Bill Stevens both scored hattricks. The tie break was held at Woodbridge. On a wet field the Toronto club prevailed 7-4.

Please do not ask me about the Mann Cup. It did end up in Vancouver by year end. Whether the western amateurs came to Ontario and beat Young Torontos or not, I do not know. It was only through the coverage of the Brampton Conservator that the O.L.A. season was pieced together. The Toronto media had other things on their mind besides the O.L.A. or C.L.A.

By the way, the C.L.A. league had grown to six teams, four from Toronto. St.Catharines waltzed to another title.

With or without the Mann Cup the N.L.U. was still the big league. The summer began on a sad note. Alex 'Bowery' Robertson passed away in June, suffering from a tubercular condition. The former Capital had served from 1897 to 1905. He left behind a wife and two children.

Ottawa had a sickly bunch this season. They won only once and surrendered an astounding 135 goals! Capitals tried seven different goaltenders through the year. Matters were no more cheery with Corwnwall or Shamrocks. 3 wins each against 9 losses.

For the top four clubs, it was as fiercely contested a championship as ever. The Montreal team's rivalries were the most bitter. M.A.A.A. and Nationals teamed up down the stretch for the roughest match. Nationals won on the scoreboard, 8-6, and physically. Three Winged Wheels left the field unconscious, plus George Roberts had his nose broken. That was his reward for scoring a pair of goals. Henry Scott tallied a trio and was lucky to survive the contest. At one point Secours tried to take his head off. He missed Scott and accidentally hit his teammate Dulude! Dulude left on a stretcher as Secours was penalised ten minutes. The frenchmen's snipers fared better. A hattrick for Oncle Lamoureux and a brace for Bouliane as they left the field on two feet. Lamoureux's 40 goal season set yet another record.

It was a year for record scores. M.A.A.A. started it on Victoria Day by defeating Ottawa 18-3. 7 goals and 3 assists for Roberts, while Frank Hogan counted 6 and 3. Tecumsehs crushed Capitals in June 19-2. Max McGregor counted six and Dolly Durkin added a modest four. Nationals got into the act by hammering Ottawa 16-7. Seven goals for Lamoureux. He had another seven goal game in September, at Shamrocks expense. 18-1 was the score as Dare Devil Gauthier helped out with six markers.

This was Tecumsehs' year. They only faltered twice enroute to the pennant. On July 15th, the Triple A's defeated them 8-2. Both Scotts did the damage with three goals each. A month later Nationals made the title race interesting by beating the indians 6-4. Three for Lamoureux and a pair for Didier Pitre. Tecumsehs response was immediate. They ended the Winged Wheels' hopes with a 5-4 win. McDougall counted two as Neil Felker potted the winner. Next came Toronto on Labour Day. Fred Rowntree led with two goals as the indians won 5-2. That was their tenth victory, they could not be caught. Hard luck for the high scoring Nationals at 9-3, plus 8-4 Toronto and M.A.A.A.

Tecumsehs concluded the season by heading west. A Minto Cup win was not on the cards. Vancouver shut them out and Newsy Lalonde did the damage with three of the five goals. The visitors did not go home empty handed. In the second match they became the first eastern club to win on the coast. They took the game 3-2 but lost the series by four goals.

This was the beginning of the end for the N.L.U.. The league split as both Toronto clubs and Nationals quit the circuit. They formed the Dominion Lacrosse Union(D.L.U.) and were joined by a fourth team, Irish-Canadians - a side made up of the best Shamrock and M.A.A.A. players. Money was the cause of the break. It's effect was truly devasting. The N.L.U. was instantly reduced to minor league status and practically forgotten by most fans and the media. The game itself had changed forever. Lacrosse in Montreal would never be the same again. One positive was the opportunity many young players were given. The teams were all desperately short of talent.

With such confusion in the N.L.U. it was Cornwall who benefitted from being the best organised. They won their first six contests enroute to a 15-3 record. Ambrose Degray won the scoring title and Mark Cummins led the league with 33 goals. Ed Nicholson, Bob Degan, H.Ransom, Lawrence Degray and captain John White were all major contributors. Against Ottawa, they prevailed in the rain 8-4, despite only managing 10 shots on goal. Capital cover point Ernie Butterworth fell awkwardly on the wet field and broke his leg. On Dominion Day, Cornwall won number six against M.A.A.A.. The match was delayed during the third quarter because of a grass fire behind the south grandstand. The Colts did lose twice to Ottawa. The second loss was 3-0 as Capitals scored all their goals in the last eight minutes. Cornwall still went on to clinch its first pennant in over twenty years.

Both Montreal squads were overshadowed by their D.L.U. rivals and suffered for it. The Winged Wheels won 8 contests but Shamrocks could only muster 3 wins. A cash crisis hit the irish in late August and they had to ask their players to play for free. Morgan Quinn and Barry quit in protest, though Barry soon returned. A new league rule called for players to be fined $10 for the most serious penalties. Triple A's Frank Hogan was guilty of such a foul. Rather than pay the fine he quit for the year.

Ottawa began as the least organised team. They lost their first three games, plus fourteen year veteran Butterworth to a career ending injury. For their next contest they started six juniors and a new goalie, Clint Benedict. It was the turning point of their season as they defeated Shamrocks 7-4. From there it was a steady improvement, concluding with a 10-8 record. Yet it wasn't all roses for Capitals. They lost a game to M.A.A.A. when manager Herb Ralph pulled his team off the field in the third quarter to protest bad officiating. On another occasion, the Govenor General was asked to perform the opening draw before a match. Unluckily someone forgot the game ball. That's the kind of year it was.

The Big Four, as the D.L.U. clubs were known as, had a much better run. They played some entertaining lacrosse in front of typical N.L.U. size crowds. The press coverage the junior circuit received dominated the sport's pages that summer. It was as if the N.L.U. had never existed. Of course we all know how fickle the media attention can be. Montreal lacrosse fans would find out the hard way in a few years time.

Toronto took top honours with a 14-4 record. The bulk of their talent was still from St.Catharines. Bill Fitzgerald returned from Vancouver to hook up with mates George Kalls and Pete Barnett. Other stars were veteran Art Warwick and newcomer Eddy Longfellow. Nationals followed with a 10-8 mark. The French Connection of Didier Pitre, Oncle Lamoureux and Dare Devil Gauthier kept violet et blanc supporters smiling. Irish-Canadians placed third with 7 wins. George Roberts, Fred and Henry Scott all made the natural switch from Shamrocks to irish. Tecumsehs had a sad 4 win season. One bright rookie was another Garden City native Willie Hope. The rest of the team was old and experienced, perhaps too old. The names were familiar: Dolly Durkin, Neil Felker, Charles Querrie and Lawson Whitehead. The club record 14 losses were not.

It was the last hurrah for the C.L.A. Senior League. Guess who won the title? Athletics again! Their 5-1-1 record left all challengers behind. The Eatons team handed St.Catharines their only loss and tie. Behind them were Toronto Maitlands and a Brantford squad which retired after three losses. Professional lacrosse was finished in small town Ontario.

Meanwhile amateur lacrosse was hanging in there. That said, it was only a three team league with each club playing four games. Brampton won out over Young Torontos and West Toronto Junction Shamrocks. Excelsiors posted a perfect record. Still their first championship was a close affair. Both meetings against Young Torontos were narrow victories. On June 22nd, C.V Charters scored the deciding goal in a 4-3 triumph. They met again on Dominion Day. Another 4-3 win, with 21 year old George Sproule scoring a pair. Brampton wished to go to Vancouver to compete for the Mann Cup but it did not work out. A Winnipeg club took the only dates available to them. Instead Excelsiors concluded the year by playing an all-star team. Brampton won 11-4.

Yet another loss for the N.L.U. as Capitals took the year off. In their place was Ottawa Shamrocks, an amateur club which participated in the O.L.A. championship. Ottawa joined the East Division with Almonte, Carleton Place and Prescott. In the West was Brampton, Lansdowns, St.Catharines and Young Torontos. Shamrocks and Almonte tied for first place with 4-2 records. The tie break began in Almonte. The home side humbled Ottawa 8-1. The next week they nearly blew their seven goal lead as Shamrocks beat them 7-1. The series still went to Almonte by a 9-8 count.

Jack Carmichael's Excelsiors came through in the West. Not even the A's, last C.L.A. champs, could stop them. Brampton lost only once, in the Garden City on July 19th. St.Catharines surprised them with an 11-5 victory. A week later Excelsiors, wearing their home whites, hammered Young Torontos 11-3 to secure the division crown.

The championship final opened in the Rose Town. Almonte arrived on a Friday to find the entire place covered with red and white tissue paper and flags. Even pictures of old Excelsior teams were seen bedecked in store windows. The visitors were entertained at the Griffin Theatre that evening and given a Saturday morning tour of Dale Estate. They also received pictures of the town. 1,400 witnessed the afternoon contest. It was a clean game, with few penalties, and no player required medical attention. Almonte scored 2 minutes into the match, however they were hopelessly outclassed over the following 78 minutes. George Sproule scored 7 goals and 11 points as the home side won 25-3!.

The Excelsiors travelled east for the rematch. They were hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Garbutt and given a tour of the Thousand Islands. With a 22 goal lead the championship was secure. The Red Shirts extended that margin as they cruised to a 13-2 win.

Two new clubs replaced Capitals in the N.L.U., St.Thomas Aquinas and Sherbrooke. Both newcomers won once, against each other. Neither team would be back in 1914 and neither would be missed.

Cornwall and M.A.A.A. dueled for the pennant. Shamrocks struggled to a 4-4 record. Colts had lost Ambrose Degray and Ed Nicholson to the D.L.U.. At least Lawrence Degray stuck with the club and Fid Cummins returned from Vancouver. Another addition was hockey star Cy Denneny. He scored 12 goals in 9 games. The Winged Wheels had to cope with limited production from their veterans. Frank Hogan only played three games. Defensive specialists George Finlayson and Clarrie McKerrow missed most of the season also. It was the Triple A's young guns who turned their fortunes around. S.McDonald led the circuit with 27 goals, followed by 21 from Billy Walsh and 14 from Jimmy Walsh.

M.A.A.A. grabbed the early advantage with a 6-4 victory on June 24th. Cornwall responded by winning 8-4 on August 16th. Both finished at 7-1. The first tie break game was outstanding for three quarters before controversy ruined the day. The score was 6-6 when Colts sent on Henry Donihee. The former Cornwall player had spent 1 1/2 seasons in the D.L.U.. He had not yet played for 1913 Cornwall and Winged Wheels captain Andy Hamilton had warned Colts not to use him. Thus tie and Donihee banned for the final match. The Triple A's won it 8-4 as McDonald scored three. It would be M.A.A.A.'s last N.L.U. pennant.

Big Four honours went to Irish-Canadians. They began the year in Quebec City but the experiment failed and they quickly returned to Montreal. The irish finished 12-6 only one game better than Nationals. Close wins were the key as they only scored 10 goals more than they gave up. They were led by league scoring champ George Roberts. He tallied 30 and teammates Henry Scott(23 goals) Jimmy McIntyre(18) and Fred Scott(16) all did their bit. Jim Hogan played two games and fired home 7 goals.

The frenchmen were without Newsy Lalonde for 2/3 of the season, yet they still had the best offence. Their top scorers were: Bouliane(29) Oncle Lamoureux(23) Didier Pitre(19) Ambrose Degray(12) Dare Devil Gauthier(11) and Georges Dussault(11). Newsy appeared in six games and scored 19 goals - a sign of things to come.

Both Toronto teams had losing records. Tecumsehs were 8-10 and the defending champions fell to 5-13. The indians grabbed Guy Smith from Cornwall, good for a dozen goals, however they lacked the consistency to contend. Toronto was competitive for their record. They just couldn't buy a win the second half of the season. They defeated Tecumsehs on the August Civic Holiday to improve to 5-7. Then came the six game losing streak. Henry Donihee was the first rat to abandon the sinking ship. He had scored 11 goals while the squad was winning.

Nationals kept snapping at Irish-Canadians heels right to the end. A crucial three game August winning streak put the irish at 11-5 with a two game lead. The violet et blanc prevented them from clinching on Labour Day thanks to their resounding 17-2 win over the frontrunners. Give the irish credit, they rebounded like champs. The next Saturday they defeated Toronto 14-11 to clinch the pennant. Lucky for them they did win because Nationals beat Tecumsehs 10-9. Newsy Lalonde scored 7 goals and added 2 assists in that game.

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