Generations collide: 87-year-old goalie stands tall in Syracuse lacrosse legends game
Generations collide: 87-year-old goalie stands tall in Syracuse lacrosse legends game
By Lindsay Kramer | lkramer@syracuse.com
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on September 24, 2016 at 8:04 PM, updated September 25, 2016 at 10:40 AM
Times and surroundings have changed since Chuck Marti manned a lacrosse goal for Syracuse University in 1948 and 1949. (Michael Greenlar | MGreenlar@Syracuse.com)
Syracuse, N.Y. Chuck Marti allowed three goals in one half of play in goal as a Syracuse lacrosse legends game rookie goalie in 2015. ... Saturday, he surrendered four scores in that contest in the same amount of playing time.
"I'm getting worse. I'm slipping,'' Marti said.
Indeed, Marti is losing the battle of time, much like all the advancing aged veterans in the exhibition.
Then again, perhaps he should at least be given credit for a temporary standoff in that department. Marti's just a few days away from his 88th birthday.