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From THE ST.CATHARINES STANDARD

MAY 26, 1933

ST.CATHARINES -- Manager Dick Blain of the Port Dalhousie Lakesides has arranged two smart games for beach and city fans which should prove interesting. Tomorrow night sees Haldimand Rifles (Oshweken) stage their 1933 opener at the beachers home stand and some idea of the strength of the native team (tc edit) for the coming senior league schedule will be obtained when they trot out in their green and yellow jerseys against the black and white Lounsbury crew.

Next Wednesday will be their official league opening when they play host to the Rochester Senecas, champions of New York State, following the opening of that circuit tonight when St. Catharines Athletics journey to the Flower City to pry off the lid. Both games are twilight affairs, going before the fans at 6:45 sharp. With the Lakeside cushion increased in size this summer and accomodation for 2,000 spectators in the stands, attendance should run well up and break the mark of the holiday when 1,500 saw the contest. The Lakesides will practice every night until the official opening.

TC's Comments:

Hard to believe it, but there was once a 2,000 seat lacrosse bowl at Lakeside Park just yards from the Lake Ontario shoreline.

I know the carousel was moved to it's present location some 20 or 25 years ago after some flooding problems at it's previous location. Also the big parking lot probably wasn't there in the 30's, so there would have been room there somewhere.

Tommy Bye, who was an 18-year-old player on the A's '44 Mann Cup team, told me earlier this year that he remembered as a kid seeing his father playing boxla down at the bowl at Lakeside Park. That was the first I had heard of it.