Word: hockey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...squads at most starting positions. Backfield men from John Yovicsin's eleven, Charlie Ravenel, Chet Boulris and Charlie Leamy, will be at left field, third base and center field, while basketball standout George Harrington will start at second base, squash player John Davis will be behind the plate, and hockey defenseman Mo Balboni will probably start in right field...
However, like forwards in hockey, the midfielders move up and down the field constantly, and depth is needed in the position. Lentz does not have depth now, and the team may be in for some rough games till the rookies develop...
Though Bland had never been in a lacrosse goal before last week, he performed well as hockey goalie this winter. He has the necessary reflexes...
...rugby, as in hockey or basketball, each player must have the ability to improvise. They must be able to pass at any time and take immediate advantage of an opponent's mistakes. This awareness grows with practice, and the backs have now become a quite mobile unit. The teams highest scorer, Langy Kaviliku from Tonga, and O'Neil, who grew up in Dublin, are both excellent passers. With center David Holmes they pose a big problem for the opponents...
Last week the two styles bumped head on. The result was a howl about sportsmanship-and the prospect of some changes in European hockey. In Prague for the world amateur championship, Canada's Belleville (Ont.) MacFarlands played so rough that they drew boos, as they had through much of a month-long pre-tournament tour. The MacFarlands needed police protection in Stockholm. In Finland they were pelted with snowballs, accused of being a "hooligan gang." In West Germany, Hamburg's Bild-Zeitung cried that the MacFarlands played "like a bunch of hoodlums . . . ramming down everything that came...