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...lacrosse team taking a five-game trip with only one goalie is like a baseball squad starting the season with a solitary pitcher. But that's only part of Munro's problem. No complainer, Munro still shakes his head a bit dazedly when considering the other obstacles between now and a repeat championship: although the first game is Monday, the team was unable to start full-scale scrimmages until two days...
Some of the cases have been extreme, Munro is counting on Ron Huebsch, for example, as a starting midfielder. But varsity swimming has kept last year's Rookie of The League off the field entirely. He will not make his 1952 lacrosse debut until the Crimson faces off at Stevens Tech Monday...
...final puzzle facing Munro is the reconstruction of his attack and midfields. Starting creaseman Ned Yost is back, and Bob (Moe) Baldwin, 1951's top reserve, will move up. Munro, though, will have difficulty finding someone to take over Rick Hudner's vacated feeder spot. Monk Aiello, freshman captain last year, is doing a good job, but his lack of size may hamper him against some of the rougher southern teams...
Captain Jay (Sailor) Byrne and Bill Spence are holdovers from last year's defense. Munro plans to fit Paul Jones, top sophomore prospect, with the two veterans, keeping Ned Maroni and Turk Broder in reserve...
...trip involves games with Stevens Tech, Hofstra, Maryland, Washington, and Navy. Munro doesn't look an any of them as breathers, particularly with the team in its present practice-less shape