Lacrosse, Hopkins report

Lynn Poole gives a brief history of this "fastest game on two feet," which the Indians called Baggataway and the French lacrosse. Former player and member of the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, William Morrill, describes how the game's equipment and rules have changed and explains today's field layout, rules, players, and equipment. Robert Scott, head coach, and Wilson Fewster, assistant coach of the Johns Hopkins University lacrosse team, the Blue Jays, explain skills such as passing and cradling, personal and technical fouls, stick work, dodges, and face off strategies while team members demonstrate. The coaches give a play-by-play commentary of film footage from the 1957 Navy/Hopkins lacrosse game. Coach Scott interviews Hopkins's All-American player Mickey Webster, who explains why he enjoys lacrosse, its appeal to fans, and its difference from football. Lynn Poole lists other schools fielding lacrosse teams, describes the qualities lacrosse instills in players, and mentions that Hopkins is the current holder of the Wingate Trophy, named for Baltimore sports writer W. Wilson Wingate, and emblematic of the intercollegiate lacrosse championship.