BASKETBALL

Basketball so far this year has been the least successful of the Green sports, as the Dartmouth five has lost in steady succession its first nine games. Eight of these defeats came on the Christmas trip and the last one was scored at Hanover by Yale, 29-14. Opening its season with Polytechnic Institute on December 29, the team suffered its worst beating 47-11. From that game throughout the remainder of the trip the teamplay of the Dartmouth five visibly improved but every team encountered had already played several games and was sufficiently superior in team-work to give it a slight edge. Moreover, the team was handicapped by the absence of Captain Rau who was unable to play because of his work in Thayer School.

In the absence of Captain Rau, K. F. Hutchinson '18 was elected to lead the team. The latter played center with his freshman quintet, and has been with the varsity squad for three seasons, winning his letter last year in pivot position. With the exception of Hutchinson no man on the team holds a basketball letter, and Coach Walker has a hard job ahead of him to whip the men into an effective machine.

The team is also faced by a hard schedule, From January 12 the games of the team are as tohows:

Jan. 12—Yale at Hanover.

Frem. 2—Massachusetts Aggies at Hanover. Feb. 4—Sprmgneld Y. M. C. A. College at Hanover. Feb. 9—Columbia at Hanover. Feb. 11—U. S. Ambulance at Allentown, Pa. Feb. 12—Columbia at New York. Feb. 13—Yale at New Haven. Feb. 14—Wesleyan at Middletown, Conn. Feb. 16—Cornell at Hanover. Feb. 21—Springfield Y. M. C. A. College at Springfield. Feb. 22—Swarthmore at Swarthmore. Feb. 23—Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. Feb. 26—Princeton at Hanover.

Mar. 2—Pennsylvania at Hanover. Mar. 4—Boston College at Hanover. Mar. 6—New Hampshire State at Hanover. Mar. B—Williams at Williamstown. Mar. 9—Syracuse at Syracuse. Mar. 11—Cornell at Ithaca. Mar. 12—Colgate at Hamilton.