Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...general theory of the game is readily explained, especially if one understands either hockey or basketball. The prime object is to score more goals than your opponent, the means of scoring being the principal difference. Hockey has its puck and stick; lacrosse its rubber ball and crosse. In hockey they dribble, pass, and shoot the puck; in lacrosse they run, pass, and shoot the ball...
Snelling, taking a pass back from Bigelow on the boards, whipped the first tally past Nickles, M. I. T. goal-guard a few moments after the whistle. Buntin, taking his place, waltzed through the Tech seven single-handed to plant the rubber a second time...
...tuck scrimmaging left both sides scoreless, and when G. Burnett, playing at center for the visitors, lifted a long shot from mid-ice towards the Crimson net, a tally seemed little likely. The puck took a sharp rebound from the back-boards, however; Holmes caught the rubber on his stick to pass, it down the ice, and an unfortunate twist lodged it safely in the net. No opponent was within ten yards when the play occurred...
...University presented its strongest threat. Captain Bigelow and Owen in several successive journeys down the rink kept the Canadian defense on edge, while Snelling, playing a brilliant, but erratic game at center, was a constant menace. Twice during the initial frame Holmes was hard put to keep the rubber away from the University goal, the offensive drives of Guillet and G. Burnett for the visitors proving especially powerful...
Harvard followed with a hall of successful drives. Bigelow twisted his way through the Blue team for a goal from under Root's nose. Three minutes later Snelling picked the rubber out of scrimmage for the fourth tally, and within a few seconds Emmons repeated the trick. Half a minute from the close of the period Baker caught a pass from behind the cage for Number Six. With the return of the first line in the third period the University offense was maintained with renewed vigor. Bacon registered a clever score from a mix-up in front of the goal...