Show LACROSSE OLDE OLDEST ST AMONG PASTIMES ancient indian game senior sport of this bount country ry not only Is lacrosse the oldest known game in north america but it Is also one of tile the fastest lu lit existence tile the crosse crease or racket like implement used in the game receives its nil name me front from the likeness of the gutted tt lck to a bishops crozier thus cousin the early french colonists in america to call it lu la crosse while alle the indians played pinned it as a war maneuver game it cunie came into significance ince as a test of athletic activity among the tribes long before the while itsou took it up ill as a major sprit sport canada adopted lacrosse la crose years ears ago has lei been tut cut out and it 11 Is a purely amateur sport it has heen played placed in the united stairs since 19 essl when it was ft as organized in ohp colleges in the post alast and Is now a gre arent lit factor in Il arvard yale S sra ailse johns hopkins cornell swarthmore I 1 hobart Il west vest point jary av anglero anu ademy lero naval and other lending leading seats of lea learning feminine lacrosse start at arteil etl lit in fiig land and in the british isles ahles at pros ent cut there are girls teams in ollege college gr 1 and universities alone in tills this country besides the ladles ladies la crosse league of america Americ ti with sh sl teams there are expert dubs clubs of 0 fenil nine athletes playing lacrosse at iri brym mawr sargent college and other lead ing colleges lacrosse has some similar points ta t both football and tee ice hockey it li it played on a field the some same size an a football with gridiron of similar pro portions por tlona the goals being the same distance apart yards while the 11 players on a football team line up across the field facing each other the 12 players on a lacrosse team lint line up and down the field front from goal to goal facing each other the goals are sl similar aillar to hockey goals at fix X feet square with nets neta as in hockey blocke y the of goalkeeper point and cover point are also similar to hockey and there Is a similarity to hasket ball in the mode of lining up the players pla the ganie game Is played with a hard rubber hall faced off from the tenter by the two center players placers at the file referees starting whistle e the ia draw it W Is 19 ninde hy by the two fining off and lie game begins tile lie players pers carrying or passing the bull ball up tip or liin down the held field the Is to put the ball into an opponents goal |