Word: stickfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tight pitching by Captain Woodruff of Amherst and Crawley of Springfield has reduced the batting average of the University squad during the period since the Bowdoin game. At that time, the Crimson stick-men were meeting the ball for an average of .267, but the light hitting that has featured the last two encounters has reduced this figure to .250, or one bingle for each four journeys to the plate...
From the University lacrosse squad. Coach Lydecker has picked 18 to battle against the Tiger stick men. Until now the Princeton team has shown up well, although it was defeated by Mt. Washington, 7 to 3. Against Rutgers, a very strong team, the Princeton men played superbly, winning...
...plate is sure to get the call, but with Springfield offering a right-hander, Chase, in spite of Ullman's brilliant fielding against Amherst, may be sent in to bat from the first base side of the rubber. Neither of these men has shown much prowess with the stick, but Coach Mitchell is stressing hitting in his practice sessions and the whole nine should show improvement along this line before long...
...game has to equal for speed and endurance, and the development of these features has probably done more to attract the public interest than anything else. Always a fast game, the shortening and improvement of the lacrosse stick made it still faster. The original stick was little more than a flat net on a long handle, and to control the ball with it was little short of marvelous. The modern mentors of the game saw that a shorter stick with a deeper webbing would make for quicker, castle and more accurate handling of the ball. It would prevent a slowing...
Thus, in making the stick more feasible for the player, opportunity for a development of a finer technique was given. The beautiful stick handling of the modern game is one of the most attractive features of lacrosse, as well as being one of the most difficult departments of the game. It takes from two to three years for a player to acquire the ability to handle his stick with facility, and to catch and throw the ball with speed and assurance. Teams clever enough to keep the ball in their possession, have a big advantage over players who are inferior...