The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
THEY PLAY LACROSSE.
A COLLEGE GIL WRITES or TEN
MS LATEST RIVAL.
A Student Describes the Game That Bids
Fair to lie the Pad of
the summer.
(copyrigh.cd. 1875. for The Timcs)

N1OINilknttNs iNsos LOT / NC bA'0J
our prctticst college game IS lacross'
and Nc play II now TO tone iis up LOT
commencement exercises, already IN tHe
Lacrosse is not an English game. al.
though We have been greatly cilllr'h'u
by some of our sister colleges for playing
g. on the score that we were trying W
be so English. You know VIII me-.
fore state. for tho pleasure OF poop. 80
side the college that Lacrosse 3Iltl'a 49,
with tho American Indians. am 10.
pure that Columbus bchcld tho hduF'S
PLAYING IL when he sighted the snoItS %
America, Int he might nave uoIc -, 80,
And ] viii not %" positive thal lne nm. NM
whom ne found floating dead in the wafer
two DAYS out from our shoI'' wa ~
victim OF lacrlSs.-kiu@d hy a crosse PC
cause nc kicked the ball., lHSltdu ol
smltipc 10 properly That AWAY" hlHh'S
49, ,,',,red.. +aurr. and. come 10 THINK
81 n. am sure Columbus man diei just
For good game Of lacrosse, there must
be "a field 40 yards long and lp NardS
,.i5c n is better 10 have a field go yards
in length. as ID gives better sweep Tor
the crosse a., 49,.
IS q big flag We Ike the Amen ar nag
n is 70 pretty and so seldom displayed
except on holidays
Rigbt near the flag someone avs a
small rubber ball u IS bigger than
ccf hail: We Ike ours fully nine i1ches
In ,ircumf ference. The players line mem
selves M There are twelve "layers In
a fun field Is ON aside. and out beyond
there are goal tenders; bat more about
As - coon as me BAH is laid on the ground
two Of the players begin TO tussle Tor
IL Tbis is called facing one Of The
girls call her Tcssie Williams say tries
10 loft the ball and pitch II upon her
crosse toward our goal; but the other
sac which g. represented by Allie May
rsld tries also 10 lott 10 so as 20 pitch IL
sH.l .gl q e. r.
gIo together with the ball. until finally,
with "A CRY OF 10Y, Tcssic succeeds in rails
ing Il "A little and hurrah. She has given
II a grand whack with her crosse and be
hold. n is flying fast towards Our goal.
u feet back Of our opponents on the otl-
or side Of the field. our goal lies hdck
or them. Now comes the iutcrestn ana
scientific part OF lacrosse ana part
wholly lacking I'm football There it is
an brute force but here it must be sci
euce and accuracy. AS the ball goes SPIN
ming through the air over the heads OF
those facing us, they try 10 stop IT, put
Tossle has loftcd n very high and they
caruOt reach II. They are clever girls, 100
fol they have placed their longest armed
memhers close 10 the nag. 80 as 10 Juinp
into the air and catch the ball with Inc
long handled crosses before u mas Sdlled
we'll skyWard But all. Tesie knows
them well, and, as she lOit"d, she gave
a straight upward blow that sent me
rubber sphere 80 feet into the air. she
knows 81 is not going 10 get through that
stupid goal so far away. but it has start
ed toward IT,
md now. with the true college yell
famed forever with those who have
heard a.. VIC dart away. over on the terri
tory Of tho opposing party, and when the
bail comes down we try 10 he inele 10
drive II stiH farther on it's way. Now
there comes the trouble. The others are
clever also And they hit hard and true
and just as we think We are having things
our own way and can make n point,
there rs whack and a WhiZzing sound;
and the ball goes flying over our heads;
and back Of as on the other SIDE of the
naa We run over 10 stop 10, for n that
end Of tho field lies the enemies goal.
And so lacrosse goes Oh.