Lacrosse stick head frame

In a lacrosse stick head frame comprising a shank end portion, a pair of spaced apart, generally opposed corresponding side walls extending from said shank portion and an end wall bridging the outboard ends of said pair of spaced apart side walls, thereby to define a frame having an open area between said side walls, each said side wall comprising a plurality of side wall lace mounting tabs secured in a planar spaced apart array along the length of the interior of said side wall, said tabs extending into said open area, each said tab having a free end and front and back faces and having a side wall lace-receiving aperture running through said front and back faces, the improvement which comprises:

• the front face of each said side wall lace mounting tab comprising a side wall lace-receiving channel coextensive with said side wall lace-receiving aperture and running transversely from said aperture through the free end of said tab, said channel being of a size adapted to receive the entire cross section of a side wall lace received therein, and the free end of said side wall lace mounting tab comprising an integral narrow bridge disposed over said channel.