FOOTBALL CAPTAINCY

The resignation of W. F. Engelhorn '14 from the captaincy of the football team was an unexpected blow to the prospects for next year. In a letter to the Athletic Council, Engelhorn stated that as he had played one year at Washington State College before entering Dartmouth, he believed himself ineligible to represent the College on the gridiron next year in view of the three year eligibility rule.

In face of the facts presented in the letter, the Athletic Council voted that Engelhorn was ineligible under the three year rule to represent the College further in football, and accepted his resignation.

A similar case occurred at Princeton several weeks ago, when the Princeton faculty ruled that as DeWitt had played one year at Washington State before entering Princeton, he would be unable to participate in football next fall. Both DeWitt and Engelhorn were members of the same team while in Washington State.

R. N. Hogsett '14 was unanimously elected to fill the vacancy caused by Engelhorn's ineligibility. Hogsett played as quarterback on his freshman team. The next year he played at halfback on the varsity eleven. That year (1911) his drop from the 37-yard line was the feature of the Harvard-Dartmouth game. During the season just passed, he played with almost equal force at end and in the backfield.