Evening star., 1952-03-26
Marine Veteran Driving Force
AS Hoyos Go In for Lacrosse

Igood-eyen in college sports. That
sudden gust Of administrative dis
favor that blew varsity football
out the window at Georgetown
last year has given rise to forma-
ton Of q lacrosse squad. And the
Hoyas have discovered it's great
for blowing on undergraduate
steam.
One Of the prime movers behind
establishment of the old Indian
game at Georgetown Is husky Bob
.WindiSh, a Marine veteran who is
"a senior at the university and
doubles as lacrosse coach. The
| l27-year-old Irishman, who bears a
resemblance to Harry Costello,
Georgetown football immortal.
lplayed the stick game In high
school on Long Island. He Is the
first to say he's no expert. bdt he's
an old hand compared to the
Others.
Windish augmented his own
school experience with hints from
the lacrosse newS-letters Of Nick
Thiel of Penn State. and q book
on fundamentals. Bob Panoff, q
lacrosse veteran who coached
Georgetown's hockey team during
its brief existence several years
ago, also lent q hand when his
duties with the Atomic Energy
Commission permitted.
Ex-Maryland Star Helps.
"We were lucky in getting Bob
NielSon, a former All-America at
Maryland. to help u.s." Bob added.
HE refereed one Of our games last
year and comes over whenever he
can to help out. That's one thing
1--we found, Lacrosse men in this
Iarea want to help beginners"
| While not officially indorsing
THE sport, Georgetown gave the
lstickmen q financial life by de-
Iclaring them "in" on concessions
handled by minor sports teams
students participating in minor
sports sell refreshments at various
laffairs at the school. including
dances, and all profits are used to
finance those sports. CleatS and
Jerseys were provided by the
Iathletic department, the lacrosse
players bought their own sticks,
land other equipment has been
paid for out Of the concessions
fund.
The caIl for candidates last year
brought out % men. All are back
this year. plus five new candi-
dates. Few Of them had any
previous experience. Jack Selkis
played for the Army Plebes, and
Gene Stack and Lee Bradley had
Ia taste Of lacrosse at Loyola
High School in Baltimore. The
Others are like Gino Pagliucia, q
llfullback on Georgetown's last
football squad, and Jake Hekker
from the basketball squad. An
injured ankle threatens to ham,
per Hekker's activities.
Open Season Saturday.
The Hoyas open their season
Saturday at North Carolina, go tt
Baltimore April 2 to play Balti.
more u. and visit William anc
Mary April S. They meet VP1
April Is. and Dickinson College
the following day. Western Mary.
land comes here April 80. anc
Georgetown goes to Washington
College May 5. Windish also j.
langling for matches with Penn
Franklin & Marshall. Loyola ant
Delaware.
Windish, who began his college
career at Fordham in 1941. wan
ldered out to California after hi
) discharge from the Marines IL
: l1945. During the war in the Paci'
| llfic. he saw action at Eniwetok ane
ri Guam and suffered q shouldel
tlwound. He made q fresh start a
Georgetown and hoped to pla.
: football, but torn cartilages in hi
tlleg killed his chances Of winnin'
!, Ian end position. Undaunted
i Windish organized swimming
tlteam at the Hilltop and becom
the coach. During the Summe