FIRST BASEBALL TEAM

As the gift of Mr. Henry L. Smith '69 of New York, there has been placed in the trophy room of the Commons a photograph of the first varsity baseball team Dartmouth ever had. After some discussion in the columns of the DARTMOUTH, it has been decided that, while they played with the old "lively" ball and' the game differed greatly from the present game, this was the first team to represent Dartmouth as a college but not the first in the continuous series. The team was organized in the spring of 1866 by Charles H. Mann '67, and in the fall of that year,after a number of games,succeeded in proving its claim to the title of champion of the state.

The members of the original nine were: G. L. Parker'68, ss.; C. W. Morse '69, Ist base; C. A. Mosher '67, 2nd base; H. L. Smith '69, 3rd base; J. H. Ladd '67, p. ; D. L. Thompson (captain), c. ; J. B. Green '67, If.; B. C. Noyes '67, of. ; W. A. Ketcham '67. rf.