[NU Sports] lacrosse

[Herman Wang]

Similar to hockey, body checking is legal in the men's game but not the 
women's.
Herman

>From: Jim Bendat <thehaze at earthlink.net>
>To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] lacrosse
>Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 18:15:32 -0700
>
>Okay, everyone, I have a lacrosse question.  I know nothing about the 
>sport, but now that Jeff has given us a history lesson, I'm in (some of you 
>might recall that I like history).  Here's my question:  on TV, I've 
>noticed that male lacrosse players wear helmets, but female players only 
>wear eyeguards.  Why?
>
>Jeff Beamsley 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.  During the game, they hit the ball
>>inside the stockade's open gates.  When the garrison allowed the players 
>>to
>>run in to retrieve the ball, the players grabbed weapons hidden in the
>>clothing of the women watching the game, overwhelmed the guards and took
>>over the Fort.
>>
>>This was part of a very successful military offensive organized by Pontiac
>>which took over every British outpost in the west except Fort Detroit and
>>Fort Pitt.  The only reason they had to give up the sieges at these last 
>>two
>>outposts is that the French broke their promise to resupply the Indian 
>>army
>>as winter approached.  It took the British three years to finally beat
>>Pontiac who was later murdered by a British-paid assassin named Black Dog.
>>
>>Jef
>>
>
>
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