MAY 17, 2016 In 1937 the first box with boards was erected on the North side of Steinhoff Park, opposite the present tennis courts or near the North end of the soccer goal posts. From 1937 to 1941 Wallaceburg played in the Michigan-Ontario Box Lacrosse League as I mentioned before with Sarnia, Windsor, Essex and Detroit . In 1939 Glen Mickle and his crew installed lights at Steinhoff Park allowing night games to be played. The 1941 season did get underway but part way through had to suspend operations due to employment needs and many players joining the services. Tighter still border crossing regulations were more stringent, discouraging crossing the border another factor in leading to the league demise. By this time the box playing location had been shifted to the South side of Steinhoff Park, eat of the field house. With suspension of play in 1941, this would be the end of organized lacrosse at the adult level until after the Second World War. A number of Walaceburg athletes including lacrosse players made the supreme sacrifice during their best potential playing days. In 1946 the Michigan- Ontario League resumed play. By 1948 the league name was changed to Canadian-American League to allow Toledo Seltzers to join. In 1949 the new Memorial Arena was taking shape. In 1949 the Red Devils played indoors locally for the first time but on a dirt floor as the artificial ice - making system had not yet been installed . That process began at the conclusion of the lacrosse season when a permanent floor was installed over the piping system. compliments of Jug McGaffey the all-time leading goal scorer in the history of Senior B lacrosse. 1937 MICHIGAN-ONTARIO AMATEUR LACROSSE ASSOCIATION SCHEDULE FIRST HALF Fri, May 28, 1937 Detroit Silver Seven 2 at Windsor 13 lineups/goals Sat, May 29, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars 3 at Wallaceburg 13 Wed, June 2, 1937 Windsor 4 at Detroit Blue Stars 6 Fri, June 4, 1937 Windsor at Wallaceburg Sat, June 5, 1937 Detroit Silver Seven 1 at Wallaceburg 8 Mon, June 7, 1937 Windsor at Detroit Silver Seven Wed, June 9, 1937 Wallaceburg at Detroit Blue Stars Sat, June 12, 1937 Wallaceburg 9 at Windsor 4 Wed, June 16, 1937 Detroit Silver Seven at Detroit Blue Stars Fri, June 18, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars 3 at Windsor 7 Sat, June 19, 1937 Detroit Silver Seven at Wallaceburg Tues, June 22, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars at Wallaceburg Wed, June 23, 1937 Windsor 13 at Detroit Silver Seven 6 Fri, June 25, 1937 Wallaceburg 5 at Windsor 8 lineups/goals Wed, June 30, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars at Detroit Silver Seven Fri, July 2, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars 5 at Windsor 9 lineups/goals Sat, July 3, 1937 Detroit Silver Seven at Wallaceburg cancelled Mon, July 5, 1937 Windsor 5 at Wallaceburg 8 Wed, July 7, 1937 Wallaceburg at Detroit Silver Seven Fri, July 9, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars 10 at Windsor 11 lineups/goalsOT Wed, July 14, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars at Detroit Silver Seven Fri, July 16, 1937 Detroit Silver Seven 7 at Windsor 14 goals Sat, July 17, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars 9 at Wallaceburg 15 SECOND HALF Fri, July 23, 1937 Wallaceburg 8 at Windsor 11 lineups/goals Fri, July 30, 1937 Detroit 9 at Windsor 12 lineups/goals OT Fri, Aug 6, 1937 Wallaceburg 10 at Windsor 17 lineups/goals Mon, Aug 9, 1937 Windsor at Wallaceburg Fri, Aug 13, 1937 Detroit 6 at Windsor 12 Fri, Aug 20, 1937 Wallaceburg 11 at Windsor 8 Tues, Aug 24, 1937 Windsor 3 at Wallaceburg 4 Fri, Aug 27, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars 5 at Windsor 11 lineups/goals PLAYOFFS Fri, Sept 3, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars 1 at Windsor 4 Fri, Sept 10, 1937 Detroit Blue Stars 7 at Windsor 12 FINALS Fri, Sept 17, 1937 Wallaceburg 6 at Windsor 3 Fri, Sept 24, 1937 Wallaceburg 6 at Windsor 9 Tues, Sept 28, 1937 Windsor 6 at Wallaceburg 12 Fri, Oct 1, 1937 Wallaceburg at Windsor 1937 WINDSOR BULLDOGS REGULAR SEASON GP GO ASS PTS PIM M. Morrison 7 24 0 24 5 Bill Hall 7 16 0 16 0 J. Kopacz 5 12 0 12 0 Carl Drouillard 8 11 0 11 0 B. Cliniansmith 9 11 0 11 0 Waldo Seppela 9 9 1 10 0 B. Batson 6 9 0 9 5 Art Matte 8 7 0 7 0 Earl Drouillard 8 4 0 4 0 E. Gignac 10 4 0 4 0 M. Harris 4 2 0 2 0 B. Byrne 6 2 0 2 0 G. Dresser 9 1 0 1 0 T. Jones 1 0 0 0 0 A. Reynolds 1 0 0 0 0 McNally 1 0 0 0 0 Crooke 1 0 0 0 0 Spence 1 0 0 0 0 S. Clinansmith 3 0 0 0 0 L. Desaulter 4 0 0 0 0 Vido Seppela 9 0 0 0 0 H. Walker 10 0 0 0 0 1937 WALLACEBURG REGULAR SEASON GP GO ASS PTS PIM Ernie Shepley 5 10 0 10 0 Jack Brown 6 4 0 4 0 Paul "Punk" Simpson 7 4 0 4 0 Jim McIntyre 7 4 0 4 0 Frank Furtah 7 3 0 3 0 Bill Barnier 5 2 0 2 0 T. Turner 5 2 0 2 0 Walter Holmes 2 1 0 1 0 Shaw 3 1 0 1 0 Mahoney 1 0 0 0 0 Desalliers 2 0 0 0 0 Bob McGaffey 3 0 0 0 0 A. Turner 3 0 0 0 0 Joe Turner 3 0 0 0 0 Roland Churcott 3 0 0 0 0 Sherman "Auk" Beattie 4 0 0 0 0 Jack Sheff 6 0 0 0 0 Jim Taylor 6 0 0 0 0 Reg Renaud 6 0 0 0 0 1937 O.A.L.A. CENTRAL ONTARIO INTERMEDIATE SCHEDULE REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE STANDINGS GP W L T PTS PETERBOROUGH AUBURNS 11 11 0 0 22 OSHAWA LOCAL 222 13 9 4 0 18 BELLEVILLE ROVERS 13 7 6 0 14 NORWOOD TERRIORS 13 4 9 0 8 COBOURG COMBINES 16 2 14 0 4 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE May 31, 1937 Peterborough 16 at Cobourg 8 summary June 4, 1937 Norwood at Cobourg June 4, 1937 Trenton Fliers 5 at Peterborough 19 summary June 7, 1937 Oshawa Local 222 4 at Colbourg 7 summary June 8, 1937 Peterborough at Belleville postponed June 11. 1937 Oshawa Local 222 0 at Peterborough 15 summary June 11, 1937 Cobourg at Norwood June 14, 1937 Peterborough 13 at Oshawa Local 222 2 summary June 14, 1937 Belleville at Cobourg June 18, 1937 Norwood 9 at Belleville 18 lineup/story June 18, 1937 Cobourg 1 at Peterborough 16 summary June 21, 1937 Norwood at Oshawa Local 222 June 21, 1937 Peterborough 17 at Cobourg 4 lineups & story June 25, 1937 Belleville 11 at Norwood 8 summary June 28, 1937 Belleville 10 at Oshawa Local 222 17 lineup/Belleville goals July 2, 1937 Oshawa Local 222 at Belleville postponed July 2, 1937 Norwood 8 at Peterborough 16 summary July 5, 1937 Cobourg 9 at Oshawa Local 222 12 lineups/story July 6, 1937 Belleville Rovers 6 at Peterborough 13 lineups/story July 6, 1937 Peterborough 20 at Belleville Rovers 6 summary July 9, 1937 Cobourg 9 at Belleville Rovers 17 lineups/story July 9, 1937 Peterborough 13 at Norwood 4 lineups/story July 12, 1937 Cobourg at Oshawa Local 222 July 13, 1937 Belleville Rovers 4 at Norwood 8 summary July 16, 1937 Oshawa Local 222 12 at Belleville Rovers 7 lineups/story July 16, 1937 Norwood at Cobourg July 19, 1937 Belleville Rovers 9 at Cobourg 6 summary July 19, 1937 Norwood 6 at Oshawa Local 222 17 lineups/some goals July 23, 1937 Peterborough 21 at Belleville Rovers 4 summary July 23, 1937 Oshawa Local 222 at Norwood July 24, 1937 Brooklin 11 at Oshawa Local 222 8 summary July 26, 1937 Cobourg at Oshawa Local 222 July 27, 1937 Norwood 6 at Belleville 10 lineups/story July 30, 1937 Cobourg 5 at Norwood 12 July 30, 1937 Oshawa Local 222 9 at Peterborough 17 summary Aug 2, 1937 Norwood at Peterborough Aug 4, 1937 Belleville 6 at Oshawa 22 lineups/story Aug 6, 1937 Norwood 8 at Peterborough 13 summary Aug 9, 1937 Peterborough 14 at Oshawa Local 222 16 summary Aug 13, 1937 Belleville Rovers 6 at Peterborough 20 summary Aug 13, 1937 Oshawa Local 222 10 at Norwood 6 summary Aug 17, 1937 Peterborough 19 at Norwood 8 summary 1937 O.A.L.A. CENTRAL ONTARIO INTERMEDIATE B PLAYOFFS PLAYOFFS 1. Aug 24, 1937 Peterborough 32 Belleville 15 summary Peterborough wins COLA semi-final round 32-15 Aug 30, 1937 Norwood 10 Oshawa Local 222 25 Sept 3, 1937 Oshawa Local 222 13 Norwood 14 summary Oshawa defeated Norwood 28-24 in two game total goals 2. Sept 8, 1937 Peterborough 5 Oshawa Local 222 17 summary 3. Sept 10, 1937 Oshawa Local 222 14 Peterborough 20 summary 4. Sept 13, 1937 Oshawa Local 222 10 Peterborough 12 summary Peterborough wins COLA final round 2 games to 1. 5. Sept 17, 1937 Peterborough 9 Cheltenham 13 lineups & story 6. Sept 20, 1937 Cheltenham 13 Peterborough 9 lineups & story Cheltenham wins final round 2 games to 0. 1937 COBOURG COMBINES SENIOR B SCORING REGULAR SEASON GP GO ASS PTS PIM Hagerman 7 9 3 12 0 Cancilla 7 7 3 10 2 Henderson 7 7 1 8 8 Lucas 5 7 0 7 0 P. Moreford 1 2 1 3 6 Spooner 4 1 1 2 4 Cooper 2 1 0 1 0 Logie 1 1 0 1 0 Stewart 1 1 0 1 0 Boyce 2 1 0 1 2 Johnson 3 1 0 1 0 Snead 6 1 0 1 0 Taylor 5 1 0 1 2 Jamieson 1 0 1 1 0 Weir 1 0 0 0 0 Natiress 1 0 0 0 0 R. Morford 1 0 0 0 0 A. Young 1 0 0 0 0 E. Bewins 1 0 0 0 0 MacNamara 1 0 0 0 0 Moffat 1 0 0 0 0 T. Young 2 0 0 0 2 Hie 2 0 0 0 0 Rollins 2 0 0 0 0 Merfoot 2 0 0 0 0 H. Moreford 4 0 0 0 0 Brown 7 0 0 0 2 1937 PETERBOROUGH AUBURNS SENIOR B SCORING REGULAR SEASON GP GO ASS PTS PIM Ira Dundas 14 29 28 57 8 Buster Whitton 8 22 20 42 4 Don Crowe 10 37 4 41 2 Ned Vitarelli 11 20 20 40 4 Emmette Creighton 14 23 15 38 6 Mick Magee 13 23 14 37 10 Pete King 13 28 7 35 4 Doug Miller 14 11 6 17 2 Rowan Chute 10 6 7 13 4 Dutch Pammett 14 8 3 11 0 Red Dallin 10 6 4 10 10 Ossie Sloan 15 6 4 10 0 Jerry Creighton 11 5 4 9 2 Anderson 14 7 0 7 0 Ford Loucks 7 3 3 6 0 Red Creighton 13 1 5 6 2 Cliff Cadd 3 3 0 3 0 Bruce McNaughton 2 0 0 0 0 Joe Meyette 3 0 0 0 0 1937 PETERBOROUGH PETES SENIOR B SCORING PLAYOFFS GP GO ASS PTS PIM Mick Magee 6 16 6 22 6 Pete King 5 16 3 19 4 Don Crowe 5 13 5 18 0 Ira Dundas 6 6 9 15 8 Buster Whitton 2 9 1 10 2 Cliff Cadd 6 6 4 10 0 Red Dallin 6 3 7 10 0 Emmett Creighton 6 6 2 8 4 Ned Vitarelli 3 3 2 5 4 Doug Miller 6 2 3 5 2 Rowan Chute 6 2 1 3 16 Jerry Creighton 6 1 2 3 2 Ossie Sloan 6 1 2 3 4 Ford Loucks 2 1 0 1 0 Dutch Pammett 3 1 0 1 0 Anderson 3 0 1 1 4 Red Creighton 6 0 1 1 0 1937 OSHAWA Local 222 SENIOR B SCORING REGULAR SEASON GP GO ASS PTS PIM Chuck Barron 6 17 3 20 0 Lloyd Daniels 9 14 4 17 2 Jerry Cooper 8 15 0 15 3 Eugene 'Shine' Bovin 6 13 2 15 4 Stan Cooke 9 7 2 9 0 Kelly Degray 6 3 5 8 6 Mel Whyte 9 4 3 7 2 Jim Fleming 7 8 1 7 2 Ray Leroy 11 6 1 7 12 Ken Saunders 9 6 0 6 10 Frank Eddolls 1 3 1 4 0 Waddy 'Shorty' Oke 2 2 0 2 0 Cy Campbell 11 2 0 2 0 Normoyle 1 1 1 2 0 "Red" Cowley 5 1 1 2 0 Roy "Hawk" Fleming 6 1 0 1 2 Rick Armitage 7 1 0 1 0 Garrison 7 0 1 1 0 Earl Armour 7 0 1 1 2 Fred Fleming 1 0 0 0 0 McQuade 1 0 0 0 0 McIntyre 1 0 0 0 2 Glen Salter 1 0 0 0 0 Alex Fleming 2 0 0 0 4 Edwards 3 0 0 0 2 Fleming 3 0 0 0 0 Pierce 6 0 0 0 6 Walt Hooper 6 0 0 0 0 Clarke 6 0 0 0 0 1937 OSHAWA Local 222 SENIOR B SCORING PLAYOFFS GP GO ASS PTS PIM Chuck Barron 4 11 4 15 2 Eugene 'Shine' Bovin 3 6 4 10 10 Stan Cook 4 6 4 10 6 Ken Sanders 4 6 3 9 4 Kelly Degray 4 5 4 9 6 Ray Leroy 4 7 0 7 8 Lloyd Daniels 3 6 1 7 0 Waddy 'Shorty' Oke 4 2 2 4 2 Mel Whyte 4 2 1 3 0 Jerry Cooper 4 1 2 3 0 Rick Armitage 4 1 1 2 0 Cy Campbell 4 1 0 1 2 Earl Armour 4 0 1 1 0 Fleming 1 0 0 0 0 Walt Hooper 1 0 0 0 0 Clark 4 0 0 0 0 1937 BROOKLIN SENIOR B SCORING REGULAR SEASON GP GO ASS PTS PIM Al Kivell 1 4 1 5 0 Bill Vipond 1 3 1 4 0 Gord Cooke 1 1 1 2 0 Cooper 1 0 2 2 0 Peter Grist 1 1 0 1 0 Luther Vipond 1 1 0 1 2 Ken Greer 1 1 0 1 2 Stevens 1 0 1 1 0 Larmer 1 0 0 0 0 Lade 1 0 0 0 0 Bradley 1 0 0 0 0 Sunderland 1 0 0 0 0 Spenceley 1 0 0 0 0 Clarke 1 0 0 0 0