Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-10 | Page 10 | Gotham to See Indoor Lacrosse; Modified Murder, Opines Scribe

Gotham to See Indoor r Lacrosse Modified Murder Opines Scribe By Dr HENRY 1 United Press Tress Staff Correspondent NEW YORK May 10 There 10 There seems to be a definite trend toward bringing all sports Indoors where the customers may view the proceedings from the comfort of an armchair Football tennis polo golf and track already have been placed under a n roof And now lacrosse has been placed under shelt shelter r. r New York will get its first glimpse at lacrosse box as the inside game is known in Madison Madi Madl Madison son Square Garden tonight With the possible exception of yachting and free ballooning lacrosse I is the hardest sport to picture indoors For this old Indian game of modified murder normally is Js played on a field about the size of the thc state of Rhode Island You need only to see sec lacrosse as she is played to understand perfect perfect- perfectly ly why space and lots of ot it Is essentiaL essen essen- When 24 men start start- swinging hick hick- handled ory-handled butterfly nets around their heads caring not where the chips may fly room is a downright necessity And then too its it's sorta sorro nice to have space so the injured can crawl off a mile or two and lick their wounds Those who know tell me that box box- lacrosse Is just like plain old fashioned lacrosse only more so If that's true Its It's plain to see how that box part crept in the players stand a swell chance chanc of leaving the field in one As in outdoor lacrosse there is a anet anet anet net or cage and a il ball bail to toss into it for fot a score The winner winnel is determined determined deter deter- mined by the number of goals scored But Dut I I. I lam am told that those teams which concentrate on knocking opponents and the ball for goals are arc rated the highest In public esteem The perfect box of ot course is one who can knock the ball and an adversary for a goal at the same time The game I understand is almost as pleasant to listen to a as to watch It seems that the whistling of the racquets rac rae racquets through the air nir the strings the cries of oC the players the wood woodwinds woodwinds woodwinds winds the given off b by noggins when rapped smartly by the sticks the drums create an nn effect similar to that of a symphony orchestra orches arches tra in full blast Incidental noises are arc furnished by the clang clang-clang of ambulance bells the of antiseptic band bandage ge and anti the low moans of oi friends and reI relatives rela rela- lives fives of the contestants like a 1 Greek tragic chorus Local promoters h have ve reserved several several sev seve eral boxes from rom which to view the game lame If it is rou rough h enough there theres is s a good chance that New York will find itself represented in a box box- lacrosse league