Stickmen Massacre Holy Cross, 23-2; Tie Record for High Score Set in '61

The sun shined, the fans cheered, and the Crimson lacrosse team coldly massacred Holy Cross yesterday.

The final score, 23-2, tied the high scoring record set in 1961 against C.C.N.Y. and set a new record for the winning margin, 21 goals.

Midfielder Marty Cain paced the team with four tallies, while Paul Bloom, Jim Kilkowski, and Jim Anderson tossed in three each. John Ince, an attackman, was a key set-up man with four assists.

No one expected Harvard to have any trouble with the Crusaders after they were drubbed by M.I.T., 15-3. Earlier in the season, Harvard drubbed M.I.T 18-1. But against Tech the stickmen played a sloppy first half, while yesterday the Crimson effortlessly controlled play from the beginning.

"What we were trying to do was to work on the coordination between the midfielders and the attackmen," Cain said after the game. "Most of our goals were assisted, and this is what we'd like to do against Cornell Saturday."

Bruce Regan got Harvard on the score-board five minutes after play began. By the end of the first quarter the score was 7-0, and by the half it had climbed to 16-0.

Frustrated by Harvard's easy ball control, Holy Cross switched from man-on-man to a zone defense at the beginning of the second half. The new tactics seemed to work, holding the stickmen to 3 and 4 goals in the last two periods.

Holy Cross's first tally came halfway through the third period when a midfielder made a fast break and passed to John Vrionis, who made the score. With a midfielder out on a penalty, the Harvard defense let another goal through at the beginning of the fourth period.