DocBarrister wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:12 pm
mocking jay wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:28 am
DMAC. But they did identify it as the biggest difference maker in that game both in print and in discussion, your example is a non sequitur. What the coaches agree was Hopkins had better stock work and skills but were too small to compete on a level playing field. The Cowan injury was sustained in the Syracuse game when Syracuse subbed in a defenseman who proceeded to slash Cowan across the leg and was removed from the game. It was the reason Hopkins did not renew the series when it expired.
I know three members of the 1965 team who became friends later in their lives . They would also agree. BTW Hopkins midfield line was known as the “ midget” midfield. I know two of them. They agree as well.
What is a Doctor Barrister? He is a good example of how myths are perpetuated
Wait a minute ... I’m a myth now?!?
DocBarrister (myth)
I rarely (never) post to refute some posters arrogant know-it-all posts. But I make an exception here.
First, I absolutely defend and support Doc Barrister. He is enthusiastic about Lacrosse in general, about JHU Lacrosse in particular, and about JHU the institution. What is not to admire?
Keep it up Doc !
Second, the name "Mocking Jay" is a give-away. ("mocking terp", "mocking wahoo", etc). No fan of JHU and pretends to be knowledgeable about our lacrosse history, BUT he knows a guy, who knows a guy, who heard from his Uncle, who heard from a guy in a Bar, who said....blah, blah.
Third, we dropped Syracuse in the 1960s because it wasn't a competitive game, it was a long trip by bus, and we substituted Rutgers and then Cornell. Scores against Syracuse: 1965 (21-6), 1966 (14-1), 1967 (17-9) and 1968 (20-7). The 1967 game wasn't that close and Scotty pulled the starters when it was 14-1, and then put us back in when we had cooled down, and when the bench was letting them score. That is when Joe got hurt and it was a long bus ride home and his thigh tightened up.
Fourth, the 1966 Freshmen team never beat or man-handled the 1966 Varsity. I was there. And simple logic: the 1966 Team had Downie McCarty, Phil Kneip, Hank Kaestner, Jerry Schydman, Luckey Mallonee, Geoff Berlin, and others. It was not going to be man-handled by or lose to a Freshmen Team. The 1966 Team had a lot of injuries. It was a young "thin" team that was hardened in the Season's furnace (lost to the Navy NC team 12-7, a competitive game), had the whole team back in 1967. A pay back year when all that playing time in 1966 together paid off. ((The Princeton Coach said to The Baltimore Sun before we played them , "that they (jhu) looks like they have playing together for a long time". We had been, and beat Princeton (the Ivy League Champs 12-2). Plus how many members of the 1966 Freshmen Team were real players on the 1967 Team? Charlie Goodell was 1st Midfield, Jimmy Feeley was 4th Attackman, we got a 3rd MIdfield, and most importantly two starting defenseman: Mike Clark and John Cardillo. That is the truth and the whole truth AND I didn't hear it from "a guy who said to another guy who heard it from his Great Uncle Harry. ...."
Don't buy "Mocking Jay's" assertions. He is a Troll.