BASEBALL

The baseball team has returned from its first trip of the season and Coach Woods feels justified in giving the players praise, particularly for their admirable work in fielding and base running. The batting has been of a much poorer order, Captain Daley leading those who have played in the full number of games, with only 267 for an average, while one of the players averages .000 in batting. The coach feels very optimistic as to the prospects of the team and looks for much improvement, particularly in batting, after the players have had an opportunity for outdoor practice. The pitchers constitute excellent cause for optimism. Hallett '14 in his first varsity game pitched splendidly and shut out West Point' without even a single hit, thus insuring for himself a high place among the Green's twirlers. Morey and Lavin also pitched good ball, but Ekstrom seems a bit slow in getting into form. Alden and Spillane are Dartmouth's main stays behind the bat, though Steen has also done good work. The fielding has been of a very high order, especially by the outfielders; who had had no previous outdoor work. Seven men have a perfect average and the rest are not far behind. On the trip Dartmouth won three out of four contests played, defeating Columbia 3 to 2, West Point 6 to 0 and Seton Hall 1 to 0, and losing to the University of Pennsylvania 6 to 3. The West Point game was the most satisfactory from a Dartmouth standpoint, both fielding and batting doing much to aid Hallett in securing a brilliant shutout. The individual batting and fielding averages follow :

BATTING AVERAGES A.B. H. P.C. Ekstrom, P 4 2 .500 Daley, rf 15 4 .267 Alden, c 4 1 .250 Hallett, p 5 1 .200 Fahey, ss 17 3 .176 Bennett,1lb 17 3 .176 Spillane, c 6 1 .167 Hoban, cf 16 2 .125 Gammons, If 16 2 .125 Rollins, 3b 12 1 .083 Donahue, 2b 16 0 .000 Steen, c 3 0 .000 Morey, p 2 0 .000 Lavin, p 2 0 .000 Team average .148

FIELDING AVERAGE P.O. A. E. P.C. Lavin, p 0 0 0 1.000 Fahey, ss 6 8 0 1.000 Hallett, p 0 0 0 1.000 Hoban, cf 11 0 0 1.000 Daley, rf 4 0 0 1.000 Spillane, c 8 10 1.000 Alden, c 23 1 0 1.000 Bennett, lb 38 3 2 .953 Donahue, 2b 5 14 1 .950 Steen, c 6 2 1 .888 Morey, p 15 1 .857 Rollins, 3b 13 1 .800 Gammons, If 2 11 .750 Team average .953