From Bob "Rabbit" Noonan:
The thing I remember about that game (I think it was
at Denison) was later that night afer a few libations... Bob Morin, myself,
and I think Dan Brouder, were accosted by a Denison campus cop for being a
little loud and Morin pulled the officer's clip on tie off of his collar.
Not sure how we didn't get arrested, but it was the only positive thing of
the weekend. As you may remember, Denison killed us every time we played
them. Oh yeah, I also remember Bob Trost watching George of the Jungle
cartoons in the Denison dorm the morning before the game. I'm sure the
current Irish squad is better behaved. :> Bob Noonan
From Bob Morin:
I remember many of the road trips-
During the 1968 season I was fully occupied with trying to learn the game of lacrosse.
Fortunately there were players on the team with pre Notre Dame lacrosse experience who
had a good grasp of fundamentals and position skills and were willing to teach and drill
those who needed the work. Our team captain Bob Morin and our club president Duncan
MacIntosh did a great job of keeping the team in shape (on and off the field). Most
players had significant experience playing football or another contact sport in high
school and in the case of our team captain with the Notre Dame Football team. As a result
of our conditioning and past contact sport experience, the 68 laxers certainly out hit and
out hustled most opponents. However, when it came to applying the lacrosse skills many of
us were trying to pick, we sometimes fell short. In games the ball often seemed to spend
more time on the ground then it did in the air and in players sticks. It was often said
that this was because our opponents were afraid to pick the ball up and we couldn't pick
the ball up. One phase of the game where this style of play was particularly troubling was
the face off. Marty Stoehr was one of our better face off middies. Marty, who hailed from
Florida, had good athletic ability and strength and a lot of heart. Near the end of the
season we were traveling to Cleveland to play the Cleveland Lacrosse Club. Marty was
excited on the trip because he had picked up a book on how to win face offs. As he read
through the book Marty would share tricks and techniques he was going to use in the game
with his fellow passengers. One of the other players was looking over the Cleveland rooster
and happened to ask Marty who wrote the book he was reading. Marty said Joe Horn.
That's funny, came the reply, Cleveland has a midfielder named Joe Horn. Marty looked at
the author's bio, found out that Joe Horn lived in Ohio, and promptly chucked the book out
the window. We lost to Cleveland and Joe Horn demonstrated that he could execute all the
moves in his book.
Recollections of the 1968 Season
the 9 hour ride to Ohio U, arriving (not sober with Pete Metzger) about 3-4
in the morning before a huge win.
In 68 we played Chicago LC on a Saturday followed by Michigan State on the
following Sunday. The Chicago Club had a party someware on Michigan Ave
next to the Playboy Mansion. Needless to say most of our team spent the
night in Chicago partying and then drove to MSU the next morning. A few
guys (can't remember names-maybe a goalie and Ken Lund) arrived at MSU with
after pulling an all nighter. needless to say we ran out of gas in the
second half. Who was the asshole who scheduled that game?
1968, after the Denison game I sent Saterino out to buy some beers. 10
cases of beer in a dry town, on a dry campus, on the second floor of the PE
building with 5 showers on hot and 1 on refrigerate. Guess what happened.
I remember getting dates for about 15 of the team and going to a Denison
sponsored lax party and winning big time. Didn't see most of the team until
the next morning.
From Fred Morrison: