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To the Editors of the Crimson:
The promoters of lacrosse wish it understood that the game is played here primarily as a healthful and exhilarating sport. There is room for many more men on the field and the management would be glad to have fifteen or twenty men who wish exercise to join the squad.
From the players' stand-point lacrosse is a very attractive game. The knacks of catching, throwing and picking up the ball are difficult of acquirement, but when once learned never lose their charm.
Dash and coolness, endurance and speed, precision and force, individual resourcefulness and power of cooperation, all go to make up the good player. The game is preeminently adopted to the work of building up good physique. It does not demand much brute force. It calls into use more muscles and functions of the human body than any other field game played today. Legs, arms, shoulders and chest are continually in use. It is particularly good as a lung developer. Lacrosse is admirably fitted to afford needful exercise to the average student.
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