ATHLETICS—A SUCCESS AND A FAILURE

While the hockey team has been working its way through its opponents until at present it seems practically sure of the inter-collegiate championship, the basketball team has remained consistently at the bottom of the league.

The success of the hockey team, which thus far has met and defeated Harvard, Princeton, and Massachusetts Agricultural College, has been the more remarkable because of the fact that the weather at Hanover has been most unseasonable for hockey, and the team has been prevented from getting more than a couple of days a week for practice.

Dartmouth met Ottawa University on Christmas night, at the Boston Arena, in a match which showed unusual power latent in the Green seven. Due to a lack of practice the play was ragged, and the Canadians finally won by a 3-2 score at the end of a ten-minute over-time period. This is Dartmouth's only hockey defeat. In this game the Green rallied with the score 2-0 in Ottawa's favor at the end of the first half, and by the offensive playing of Wanamaker and Tuck equalled the tallies of the opposing seven.

The Massachusetts Aggies on December 31 held Dartmouth to a 4-2 score, largely through the sensational play of Buttrick. The game was marked by individual play rather than team unity, and in the second period was marred by rough playing. Buttrick at goal for the Aggies saved them from an overwhelmingly defeat.

With the Princeton game on January 14 the team started on its way to sharp, accurate play and intercollegiate honors. Princeton's team played a fast game, but the offensive work of Wanamaker and Murchie, and the strong derence of Tuck and Donahue, gave the Green a 4-1 victory. The latter made some of the most sensational stops ever seen in the Arena.

A 4-2 victory over Harvard on January 20—the first in some years—put the intercollegiate championship almost within reach. The game was said to be the most wonderful exhibition of hockey ever given by a Dartmouth team and the news of the result caused the first bon-fire in two years at Hanover. Wanamaker, with three goals, the result of brilliant dashes down the ice was individually the most brilliant, but the sterling work of Donahue at goal played an equal part in the victory.

While the hockey team was surging upward, the basketball team remained at a very low ebb. With little material and no experience, the team has been gradually improving under the direction of Coach Loudon, but the unusual strength of the rest of the league makes the situation far from comforting. Columbia played the first league match at Hanover on January 10, and completely outclassed the varsity in everv department of the game, winning 33-11. Dartmouth showed the result of skilful training in the passing and guarding game, but was utterly unable to shoot baskets and lacked fight. Cornell was also victorious on January 16, although Dartmouth showed considerable improvement. Poor basket-shooting prevented the Green from coming any nearer to victory than the short end of a 29-19 score. In other respects the play was much more lively and accurate. The third consecutive defeat came at the hands of Colgate on the 19th. Again the Green players were unable to see the basket, and the game ended with the score 25-22 in favor of the visitors.

The attendance at the games has been diminishing steadily, and unless the team picks up in form, it is likely that the Athletic Council will suffer a considerable financial set-back as the result of the season.