Nick Diegel
For the Mohawk Nation it was called Tewaaraton. For the Algonquin Nation it was called Bagataway.
The sport is called Lacrosse.
I believe lacrosse was named lacrosse because the head of the stick (the pocket/net) is called la Crosse in french. France, England and Eastern Europe is where it originated out of and so the name stuck.
Substituting a name is "evaluating". But there is no special name for substituting an expression.
lacrosse or "lax" for short was played hundreds of years ago by native Americans. lacrosse is thought of to be the first American sport. of course the game is much different now then it was back then. the native amerians played as a form of fighting, to settle disputes, or competition between two tribes. there were hundreds of "players" on the "field" at one time, and the "ball" was a rock of animal hide in some form.
the french. it is belived to be named after the canes carried by bishops called crosses, which the french thought resembled the lacrosse sticks.
the name of the louisianna lacrosse team, is the " Loyola flyers".
Lacrosse was invented by Native Americans. The name came from the French who played a form of field hockey called "jeu de la crosse".
StickBall Apex: Lacrosse
The name of the bowling league where players play individually is called a singles league.
the word lacrosse comes from the french phrase the cross... la is the and the cross in lacrosse is your stick.