[NU Sports] Northwestern's Luck, Or Lack Thereof

[Roy S. Lamberton]

I'm about to put up a story about Lacrosse and the annual award, etc, but those
of us who grew up in New York used to have a year of New York history and part
of that was the Iroquois Nation and their substitute for war - Lacrosse.

I'm sure the original 5 tribes that made up the Nation are spinning in their
graves with the thought that women are playing the game, but it a good sport for
younger kids because it's equipment is not that expensive [as football] and
there's not a size limitation. It does, however, put sticks in the hands of
children which can be considered dangerous.

In any case, 3 of the 18 players on the women's watch list are Wildcats - and
Kjellman is probably the odds on favorite to win the Tewaaraton award next month
- Tewaaraton is the Mohawk name for Lacrosse in Iroquois.

More when I get my story done.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of 
> prplehaze at insightbb.com
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 2:01 PM
> To: Tom Maycock
> Cc: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Northwestern's Luck, Or Lack Thereof
> 
> 
> Lacrosse is a wonderful game that until recently had little 
> exposure west of 
> the Atlantic seaboard.  It is now the fastest growing sport 
> in America, 
> especially at the high school and under level.  It is also 
> the fastest growing 
> intercollegiate women's sport, but unfortunately due to Title 
> IX, you won't see 
> much growth on the men's side.  Sports Illustrated had a very 
> good story ont 
> the growth of the game in an issue a couple of weeks back and 
> I recommend it to 
> anyone interested.  CSTV has broadcast several women's games 
> this year 
> including the NU-OSU game- I saw most of the second half of 
> that one- and has 
> plans to broadcast the final game on Sunday afternoon which 
> will hopefully 
> feature the Cats against Duke.
> --
> Mark Ament
> prplehaze at insightbb.com
> 
> 
> > 
> > --- Jeff Beamsley <jeffb at hilgraeve.com> wrote:
> > > You are only one of a long line of folks to be fascinated by the 
> > > game.
> > > 
> > > In 1763 some clever Native Americans captured Fort 
> Michilimackinac 
> > > in Northern Michigan by playing lacrosse.
> > 
> > Thanks for the cool lacrosse stories guys--much appreciated.
> > 
> > I started surfing around for rules and background on lacrosse this 
> > morning, and was really surprised to see the game was in 
> fact native 
> > to the US I'm now surprised again to learn about it's 
> > military/tactical uses!
> > 
> > And the Jim Brown connection is interesting. The last thing 
> I expected 
> > to see going in was players making Heisman-esque 
> broken-field running 
> > plays, but that turns out to be one of the most exciting 
> elements of 
> > the game. Really reminded of some Damian Anderson moments 
> from 2000. I 
> > can certainly see where Jim Brown would have excelled.
> > 
> > BTW, the lakefill complex (uh, let's see, yes the "Thomas Athletic
> > Complex") is a really nice place to spectate. Unfortunately it was 
> > cold, windy, and heavily overcast yesterday, but it's still nice to 
> > sit in stands at a sporting event and be able to see 
> sailboats crusing 
> > the the lake, with the lagoon and the Chicago skyline to the south.
> > 
> > By midway through the first half, the place was pretty much packed. 
> > Bleachers on both sidelines were full, and most of the rest of the 
> > available space was filled with fans standing or sitting on 
> the grass 
> > and the little hills surrounding the field. Granted, it wasn't that 
> > many people in total, but given the weather, I was happy to see a 
> > relatively strong turnout.
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
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