Early balls were made of wood or deerskin stuffed with hair. Early playing fields could be more than a mile long, and several hundred Indians often competed at one time. Modern fields are 110 yards long. Lacrosse was declared the national sport of Canada in l868. The modern lacrosse ball is about the size of a tennis ball and made of hard rubber.
Modern sticks are usually plastic.
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