LACROSSE

Strength on defense and in the goal is the story of the Indian stickmen this spring. Generation of a respectable attack and support in the midfield are Whitey Burnham's biggest problems as the Green pursues its initial win.

The southern trip for the lacrosse team included five scrimmage games before the regular season opened at the University of Baltimore. Dartmouth bowed in that game, 8-6 and followed the setback by falling to Brown (11-4) and Yale (7-5) in Ivy League action.

The scrimmages were much more rewarding as the Indians held command over Randolph-Macon, Delaware, Virginia Tech, and Franklin & Marshall while bowing only to Washington and Lee.

"We seemed to be finding some consistency on the attack in the scrimmages but by the time we got back to Hanover it wasn't there," said Burnham. Against Brown, the Indians were unable to muster a sustained offense and were guilty of 37 turnovers.

In the Yale game, the Green took a 5-3 lead into the final period (they also led 5-3 after three periods at Baltimore) but couldn't keep the action in the Yale end in the finale.

Pete Harter, the goalie, and Captain Jeff Norton, the football tackle who has learned to apply his 220-pound frame where it does the most good (he can intimidate opposing attackmen quite effectively), have been the chief assets to the defensive effort.