BASKETBALL

If victories alone mark the measure of success, the Dartmouth basketball team can hardly be called successful. On the opening trip of the season the Green five dropped six contests in quick succession; then returned to Hanover to break its losing streak with a win over Middlebury, only to lose another league game shortly after to Cornell. Scarcely a proud showing, on the face of it, but not in reality as bad as the facts seem to indicate.

On the vacation trip, taken the week of the opening of college, the team was out of condition, untried, lacking in confidence. Coach Zahn had never seen his charges in action against another college team, and was forced to make costly experiments on the trip in order to determine his regular lineup. Brown, since elected captain, proved the strongest of the guard contenders, with Schulting as his running-mate. Yuill, Kopf, and MacDermott led the forward candidates, and P. Sample and D. Sample appeared to be running even for honors at center.

Dartmouth lost to the Crescent A.C. by an 18-12 score in the first game. of the season played in New York January 5. The Green showed strength on the defense and up to the second half appeared to be in line to break the Crescents' winning streak of twelve straight. The following evening Brooklyn Tech took a hard fought contest, 25-22.

Temple College sprang a surprise by pinning a 34-30 defeat on the varsity in Philadelphia January 7 and the following night Swarthmore took a fall out of the Green, 29-21. In both contests Dartmouth was slow in getting started, gathering strength in the second half and staging rallies that threatened the opponents' lead. The fast Johns Hopkins forwards tore through the Green defense January 9, piling up a total of 31 points to 19 for Dartmouth. In the last game of the trip, January 10, Princeton, represented by one of the strongest teams in the league, showed decided superiority in all branches and won 24-8.

The Middlebury game, played at Hanover January 14, was a 36-18 walkaway for the home quintet, which showed decided improvement over its work on the road. Cornell came to Hanover the following Saturday and won by a margin of two baskets, 26-22.