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The ambidextrous Gunnoe, who lived with Capt. Pete Wood in a "not completely preppy" Eliot House, until recently figured Crimson lacrosse, He notes, however, that the game was not played under the same conditions then as it is today.
Nor were they mass-produced. Coach Bruce Munro purchased the sticks from Bachrach-Raisin on the squad's annual pre-season trip to Baltimore. Bachrach-Raisin's exclusive source was an Indian tribe on an island in Canada, which maintained a corner on the American market in men's lacrosse...
No one could be happier than Gunnoe that Briggs Cage has finally undergone its much-needed renovation. He remembers practice in the dust-storm atmosphere of the old Briggs as "awful, gruesome, grisly." Lacrosse had the 9 p.m. practice slot for one month before heading south on its spring trip...
Gunnoe recalls this practice situation as being a real disadvantage to the team, which found itself facing Southern rivals who had the edge of weeks of outdoor practice already under their belts. "We would spend Saturday in a round robin with M.I.T., Williams, Babson, and U-Mass, discover our passing...
Certain big breaks helped Gunnoe develop his lacrosse talent in high school, most conspicuously an Asian flu outbreak which "decimated" the St. Paul's 1960 varsity. "It knocked out the entire midfield." Gunnoe modestly explains, "and I started looking good." By senior year he had proved his scoring ability and...