Photos: Rit Dye and Syracuse M Street’s Acropolis Pizza in Syracuse
Organized white lacrosse head dying sessions, using Rit fabric dye, and downing dozens of hot Buffalo style chicken wings in the process represented an important part of SU lacrosse culture in the 1980s. There was definitely an unspoken competition over both who could eat the most wings and who could come up with the most aesthetic multi-colored design with your name, number, and Syracuse somehow all fit on a small surface. We ordered wings from a number of places but one in particular stays in my mind. In business since 1972 on Westcott Street and 1982 on M Street, Acropolis Pizza had legendary wings, stayed opened late, and delivered. 80% of the team loved the wings and used traditional pockets. The difference was over the size of the holes. Yorktown guys like big holes maybe 5 and West Genee players always used small holes say 8 or more. The island guys at SU, and we didn’t have a lot in those days, were right in the middle. Syracuse players as a whole used Brine superlight II; about four of us however used STX. But we all enjoyed good food be Acropolis pizza or hot wings. Until I became a division I player at cuse I always patterned my lacrosse look on my favorite teams and players. I grew up on Army lacrosse and coach Dick Edell. As an attackman in high school I patterned a lot of my game and gear after All American attackmen Frank Giordano (Port Washington, Army), Greg Tarbell (LaFayette, Cobleskill, Syracuse) and Mike O’Neill (Massapequa, Hopkins) In fact I wore # 7 after seeing both Tarbell and O’Neill, both All Americans, play at West Point. O’Neil, a 4 x All- American and Hall of Famer, scored 3 or 4 goals including one with one hand that made me a huge fan. I soon purchased a STX Barney with a traditional pocket and the same funky gold shaft that O’Neill used in that game. I often wondered how many young players emulated my gear and game as they watched me during my Syracuse years.
Buffalo Wing Recipe: http://elise.com/recipes/archives/001675buffalo_wings.php
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