MID-SEASON BASEBALL

Dartmouth's baseball team for 1916 continued a good record in the first games of the season, losing only to Tufts in the Prom series. Before the publication of this issue of the MAGAZINE, the team will have played the latter and more important part of the schedule, including the majority of the letter games.

The season in Hanover opened with a 22-0 victory over New Hampshire State, on April 19. Doyle and Holmes pitched for the home team, the former allowing no hits in four innings, and the latter a total of three. Dartmouth hit almost at will, and home-runs by Duhamel and Thielscher featured the contest.

In the game with Massachusetts Agricultural College the winning streak continued with a 7-1 win, in seven innings. Doyle and Brumby worked for the Green, allowing a total of six hits, while Dartmouth gathered a total of 11 off Quimby. Fielding errors also contributed to the. Aggies' downfall, while the Green played almost errorless ball. Brown, Georgetown, and Vermont were the followingthree visitors, and were disposed of by scores of 5-4, 3-2, and 6-1 respectively. Brown threw a scare into the ranks of the Green by batting in four runs in the first, but after Brumby had replaced Doyle, Dartmouth was able to collect five runs while it held its opponents scoreless. It took eleven innings to settle the fate of the Georgetown contest. Osborn's double eventually concluding the game. Vermont was easier prey than usual.

The trip also proved successful for the Green, Wesleyan and Yale being disposed of by 6-2 and 3-0 counts. Holmes and Williams were equally effective in the box, and Reese and Paine starred with the stick. Heavy hitting was the chief factor in the Wesleyan game, and Garfield's wildness injured the strength of the Blue nine.

The undefeated Tufts team put a crimp in the Dartmouth winning streak by taking the first Prom game in easy fashion, 7-2. Whittaker of Tufts pitched and batted his team to victory in summary shape, allowing only five hits, while he batted out four safeties himself. Williams, however, proved an easy victim for the Green team, with a 17-8 score. Dartmouth knocked in 13 runs in the third inning, and continued to score almost at will. Both teams hit freely, but Brumby's delivery, coupled with excellent fielding, kept the home team out of danger.

A wet field forced the cancelling of the return game with Columbia in New York. The other games of the month include Princeton, Wesleyan, Harvard, Brown and Holy Cross. In June Dartmouth will meet Boston College, Tufts, Williams, and Amherst.