Baseball

The one outstanding athletic feature of the undergraduate month has been the baseball team. Interest every afternoon has centered upon its practice, and except for conversation along lines of the war, current talk in the past month has been the discussion of individual men, and of the team s chances in the schedule already under way.

The Green auspiciously opened its season at Springfield on April 19, with a double-header against the Springfield Y.M.C.A. College. Both games were Green victories, the first 4 to 3 and the second 5 to 2. On April 20 the nine met Yale at New Haven and lost to the Blue 1 to 0 in a fast, hard-fought game. Ross, who had pitched the opener in Springfield, was compelled to pitch the Yale game also, but he played steady ball, and good fielding held the New Haven aggregation to the one score which they registered.

Bo.th days demonstrated that Dartmouth has as strong a team as it has had for a number of years. The defense centers around the infield quartet, of which Murphy, captain at shortstop, Martin at third, Gale at second and Grey at first are members. These four men played together on the 1919 freshman team, and their play is fast and snappy. Gale is proving a hard hitter, having annexed five hits in the first Springfield game, and Murphy and Grey are both well up in percentages.

The pitching staff, which was the greatest problem confronting Coach Ranney. seems to have been solved in the steady work of T. Ross, and the. backing afforded by Travis, a freshman. Harris, also a freshman, was doing stellar work up until the opening of the season, but is temporarily out of the game for scholastic reasons. Before the harder games, however, he should be back in the line-up, and in these three men the Green has a formidable combination. F. Ross '21 seems to be the fixture for the backstop position, although Carr is also doing a share of the catcher's work. J. Ross and F. Ross were formerly the battery for Melrose High, Massachusetts, and work especially well together.

The outfield positions, at the present time, seem to be in the hands of Jordan, Bruce and Reilly. Bruce started the season at second base, but his speed made him such a valuable man in the lack of other outfielders that he has been transferred to the position he now holds. Reilly is particularly valuable for his hitting.

The Commencement game this year will, be a contest against Amherst at Hanover. The Athletic Council has announced it as one of the letter games of the year, and it should be a big game, despite Amherst's early season poor showing. After the Amherst game the team leaves for a post-Commencement trip which includes games with Brown and Holy Cross.