FOOTBALL

EARLY SEASON GAMES

The football season has been satisfactory in its results, up to the present date.

It was an unusually discouraging project to think of the good men who had been lost to the team through graduation, and to recall that no new material was to become available, since beginning with this year the Freshman debarment rule was in operation. Of last year's team, both ends, right tackle, right guard, center, and the best half-back were Seniors. But fortunately, — in Lillard, Randall, and Keady — a coaching force was at work which had an eye wholly upon results possible by cultivating the material at hand, and no time was spent lamenting what might have been.

The physical condition of the team has been in the hands of Doctor H. N. Kingsford, Medical Director of the Col- lege, and of Trainer Dole.

The season opened with a not difficult game with Massachusetts State College, which was won 22 to 0.

The University of Vermont game fol- lowed, and as usual in this game the team got a real test, the Vermont team playing hard and in better form than the undeveloped Dartmouth team. The score was 0 to 0.

The following week Bowdoin was defeated by a score of 15 to 0. The Dartmouth team played together as they had not before, and presented an improved offence and defence.

DARTMOUTH 18 — WILLIAMS 0

After Williams' great fight against Harvard the week before, in which she was beaten by only two points, unusual interest centered in the game of October 16. A great crowd gathered for the event, and all desirable standing room as well as all the seating capacity at the Oval was taken long before the game began.

Dartmouth used what some call oldfashioned football, and Williams showed the newer, open game. Dartmouth did not try a forward pass, and but one or two short kicks, contenting herself with guard, tackle, and end plays. Twice the home team carried the ball down the field for a touchdown on straight line plays.

Williams tried a long and a short forward pass, short kicks of all kinds and other open plays, but did not gain much ground by the use of them. Their forward pass was successful except in three attempts. It was on one of these attempts that Ryan snatched up the ball on the 47-yard line after it had bounded away from the Williams man, and ran the distance for a touchdown. The passes netted the Purple team about thirty-five yards in all. The short kicks were not as successful, although resorted to twice by Williams.

Every man on the Dartmouth team played his game, from Captain Tobin down. Every man was on the jump, had the other team on the go, and knew his place at all times. Seldom has a team showed up better in mid-season.

Dartmouth defending the east goal, Wood kicked off to Ingersoll on the 30-yard line, who ran the ball back fifteen yards. After two exchanges of punts, Stevens tried a fake place kick which lost thirty yards, and the ball went to Dartmouth. Dartmouth punted and Williams returned the kick to Dart- mouth's 30-yard line. From here line plays with Marks, Ingersoll and Ryan taking the ball, brought the ball to the 3-yard line, from which Marks took it over, Tobin kicking the goal. That was the only score in the first half, Williams holding the ball on their own 10-yard line, when play was called, after Sherwin had failed at a try for drop kick.

Tobin kicked to Peterson in the second half, who ran it back ten yards to the 15-yard line. Stevens kicked to Pishon, Dudley punted to Stevens, and Stocking back again to Pishon, on the Dartmouth 43-yard line. Here, Dudley, Marks, and Ryan started the line plunges again and Dudley went over, Tobin kicking the goal on the punt out, Ryan to Pishon.

After the next kickoff Williams tried some forward passes, until finally Ryan got in the way of one and made a touchdown on it with the splendid interference of his teammates, Tobin again kicking the goal. No further scoring was done and the half soon ended.

The support given to the Williams team by its supporters in the stands was very fine. However the game went against them, their encouragement was constant and hearty, as it remained after the game.

DARTMOUTH WILLIAMS Daly, Halstead, le re, Pratt, Smith Sherwin, Johnson, It rt, B. Brooks Tobin, lg rg, Graves Needham, Dingle, c c, Wood, Mason Farnum, rg lg, Matocks Lang, rt It, Tillinghast Bankart, Dodge, re le, Austin Pishon, Brady, qb qb, Lewis Ing'rsoll, Dudley, Smith, 1h rh.Stev'ns, Stocking Ryan, Steward, rhb lhb, J. Brooks Marks, Drummond, fb fb, Peterson, Kellogg

Score — Dartmouth 18. Touchdowns — Marks, Dudley, Ryan. Goals from touchdowns—Tobin 3. Umpire — Marshall of Harvard. Referee—Hackett of West Point. Field Judge; — Burleigh of Exeter. Linesman — Cook of M. A. C. Time — 25 and 20 m. halves.

DARTMOUTH 12 — AMHERST 0

On Saturday, October 23, the Dartmouth team met Amherst at Amherst. It was by far the hardest game of the season, and though Dartmouth won by a touchdown in each half, there was never a time when it was possible to let down from the hardest sort of play: Dartmouth used almost wholly old football, keeping newer formations for later games. The offence was not so strong as in the Williams game, and the defence was more easily overcome.

As in previous years, the cheering and singing of the Amherst supporters was of high grade, and won the admiration of all who attended the game.

Dartmouth scored in the first half af- ter sixteen minutes of play. Dartmouth punted after two downs from Amherst's 50-yard line, but recovered the ball on a fumble by Amherst. Then in a series of plays wherein Marks was the princi- pal figure a touchdown was made.

In the second half the play was much as in the first, Dartmouth showing consistently as the stronger team, but being unable to score more than once.

DARTMOUTH AMHERST Daly, le re, Hubbard, Abele, Andrews, Madden Sherwin, Elcock, It rt, Guetter, Carey Tobin, lg rg, Willetts, Brown Needham, Dingle, c c, Pinkett Farnum, Johnson, rg lg, Sibley, Buck Lang, rt It, Hager Bankart, Dodge, re le, Roberts, Andrews Pishon, Brady, qb qb, Fitts Ingersoll, Smith, lhb rhb, Callahan, Campbell Dudley, Lovejoy, Stewart, rhb lhb, Miles, Ambrose Marks, fb fb, Atwood

Score—Dartmouth 12, Amherst o. Touchdowns — Marks 2. Goals from touchdowns— Tobin 2. Referee — Morice of Pennsylvania. Field judge — Risley of Colgate. Umpire — Maxwell of Swarthmore. Head linesman — Hapgood of Brown. Time — 25-minute halves.