FOOTBALL

With the football season well under way, the Green varsity has met and defeated its first four opponents and is ready for the four final contests, which will probably be instrumental in determining the eastern college championship. Cornell, October 25, Colgate, November 1, University Of Pennsylvania, November 8, and Brown, October 15 are the opponents left on the Dartmouth schedule. Colgate will be played at Hanover, Cornell and Pennsylvania in New York, and Brown in Boston.

On four successive Sautrdays the Green eleven scored decisive victories over Spring field Y. M. C. A. College, Norwich, Massachusetts "Aggies", and Penn State. The first three had been looked upon as second-rate aggregations, useful for preliminary experiments, but, as events proved, Norwich offered the strongest opposition seen on Alumni Oval since the 7-7 tie with West Virginia three years ago. Penn State, touted as one of the leading elevens in the East, was outrushed, outgeneraled, outpunted—beaten far more decisively than the 19-13 score would indicate.

From the start Coach Spears has had a good supply of pre-war material to work with. Starting practice two weeks before the opening of college, he has kept his men at work without a break since that time. Finally, with the assistance of Coaches Llewellyn, Hawley, and Daley, he seems to have hammered into shape a smooth-working combination, fully the equal of most traditional "Big Green" elevens.

Captain Cannell at quarter and Robertson, former 1920 captain, at left half are the mainstays of the Dartmouth offense. Cannell is a keen judge of plays and brilliant broken field runner, while Robertson is unbeatable for consistent ground gaining. Jordan at full back and Holbrook at right half complete the first-string backfield.

In the line, Cogswell and Myers, both men of previous varsity experience, have the call at the end positions. Both sides of the line rely for their big strength on the tackles, Murphy and Sonnenberg, but Cunningham at center is another "D" man from the 1917 team. Youngstrom and Crisp are fast putting an end to Coach Spears' early season worries concerning the guard positions.

Dartmouth 40, Springfield Y. M. C. A. 0

Six touchdowns and four goals gave Dartmouth an easy victory over Springfield Y. M. C. A. College in the season's opener, September 27. The game was a walkaway for the Green and Coach Spears took advantage of his opportunity to try out 30 members of the squad. Robertson was high scorer of the day, with three touchdowns and four goals to his credit. Murphy at tackle furnished the most sensational play by picking up a loose ball, after a Springfield back had fumbled one of Robertson's punts, and running 50 yards for a touchdown. A tendency toward fumbling was the only notable weakness in the Dartmouth play.

Dartmouth 13, Norwich 0

The Norwich University eleven changed from an unknown quantity to a factor of known strength by holding Dartmouth to two touchdowns in the second game of the season, played at Hanover October 4. The Green's strong attack was marred by frequent fumbles, coming at times inside the Norwich 10 yard line and robbing Dartmouth of what appeared to be sure scores. Still another fumble nearly proved disastrous, when Cole, the visitors' end, picked up the ball with a clear field ahead of him and ran to the Dartmouth 4-yard line before he was downed. There the Green line stiffened and prevented a touchdown. Neither team scored in the first half. Twice during the last half Dartmouth's marches down the field, could not be halted, and Eckberg and Robertson went over for touchdowns.

Dartmouth 27, Massachusetts "Aggies" 7

Crippled by the loss of Robertson and Myers, the varsity had more difficulty than was anticipated in taking the measure of the "Aggies" October 11. Except for a few minutes in the third period, the ball was kept consistently in the visitors' territory, but, as in the previous games, opportunities for scores were lost through weakness at critical stages. Holbrook put up a brilliant game, accounting for two of the Green's touchdowns, and Sonnenberg added six more points by dropping on the ball behind the "Aggies" line after blocking a kick. M. A. C. put across their touchdown in the third period, rushing the ball half the length of the field with a series of forward passes that bewildered the Dartmouth ends.

Dartmouth 19, Penn State 13

In one of the most spectacular battles ever witnessed on Alumni Oval, Dartmouth conquered Penn State's mighty eleven in the celebration contest October 18, before a crowd of 4500 undergraduates and alumni. Two touchdowns scored in the first half by the visitors went for naught when the Green machine-like offense found itself, and three scores, all the results of a driving irresistible attack, gave Dartmouth the edge. Both Penn's touchdowns came on brilliant runs by Way, who twice twisted and dodged his way through most of the Dartmouth team. Statistics of the game show that Penn chalked up but two first downs,.to 17 for the Green; that Robertson outpunted Hesse 10 yards to the kick, and that the visiting eleven gained but 26 yards in 25 charges at the line. Despite the closeness of the score, cold facts indicate the wonderful development that the varsity eleven has gone through since the season's start.