HOCKEY

Under the leadership of C. O. Gale '20, who succeeded R. B. Paisley as captain of the hockey team upon the latter's graduation in February, the varsity seven wound up its season with clean cut victories over Springfield Y. M. C. A. College, Princeton, and Pennsylvania; Considering the handicaps under which the team was working, the season may well stand as "one of the most successful in the history of the sport at Hanover. Despite the lack of a coach and the usual unfavorable weather conditions, the loss to Harvard was the only setback received at the hands of a college team.

Springfield Y. M. C. A. College was more than outclassed in the last home game of the season played February 28. Fast hockey prevailed in the first period when the visitors held Dartmouth to a single tally, but a strengthened Green offense in the second half left the final score 6-0. Princeton and Pennsylvania were played on successive days at the new Ice Palace in Philadelphia on the final trip of the year.

In the Penn game March 1 Captain Gale again proved invincible at the net, holding the opposing septet scoreless while the Green forwards were caging the puck five times. The Princeton contest the next night proved an entirely different proposition, for the Orange and Black held a 1-0 lead until within three minutes of the final whistle, when Cody slipped one by the opposing goal tend, evening the count. In four overtime periods McMillan and Threshie each added one to the Dartmouth total, leaving the final score 3-1 for the Green.