Word: stickfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tuesday, the University lacrosse team faces the Boston Lacrosse Club for the second time, today at 4 o'clock on Soldiers Field. C. A. Tierney '22, who was a regular last year, and S. E. Taber '24 are strong additions to the squad. Some good work for the Crimson stick-handlers may be expected from Captain T. C. Pratt '22, Francis Rouillard '23 and Tierney...
...unexcelled stick-work and superior team-play of the English team accomplished the downfall of the University twelve which was unable either to stop the accurate passes made by the opposing twelve or to use the same tactics in spite of keeping the ball in the English territoroy during most of the second half. By a massed formation on the defence, the opponents crushed the Crimson attack time and time again. The fleet-footed British forwards, who showed unquestionable superiority in handling both the stick and the ball while on the run, pentrated Coach Caton's defence with little difficulty...
...Tuesday Princeton's inexperienced team, which is the first official aggregation the Orange and Black has had in 30 years, proved to have the better offence and during the second half outplayed the Crimson stick men and gained a 9 to 3 victory. The University took the offensive in the first half, which ended in a 2-2 tie, but failed to threaten the Tiger goal except once in the latter half...
...squads have completed four weeks of practice in the cage where Coach Catton, assisted by Mr. Paul Gustafson '12, have stressed stick work...
Taking these facts into consideration and remembering that the informal teams represent two of the outstanding intercollegiate hockey sextets, the game promises to be a close contest. Hughes on the Eagle's forward lipe is a fast skater and a clever stick handler so he is expected to be a serious threat to the Crimson defence, while Fitzgerald who guards the Boston goal should furnish a stiff barrier to the fast Rambler forward line. Curry, too, is an expert center who should speed up the Eagle attack...