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Dartmouth 2—Amherst 1

Striking out 10 men and holding his opponents to three scattered hits, Captain Frank Ross led his diamond dusters to a 2 to 1 victory at Amherst, April 29. Amherst s lone tally was the result of a prodigious poke which Leete contributed and which went for a home run. Zink, of Amherst allowed but seven hits and was credited with as many strikeouts, but distributed a number of bases on balls, which, aided by errors in the field, were of material assistance to the Green.

Dartmouth counted first in the second frame, when Grundman was safe on an error by Booth, the Amherst shortstop, was advanced when Brown was hit by a pitched ball and Ross succumbed at first, and tallied on a passed ball by Friel. He scored again in the eighth after being walked. Browne was also walked, Grundman stealing third and scoring on Ross' sacrifice fly.

R H E Dartmouth ....... 010000010-2 7 2 Amherst .........010000000—1 3

Yale 6—Dartmouth 5

Coach Tesreau used three pitchers is an effort to withhold victory from Yale, April 30, but a rally in the last inning added to the New Haven score the one run needed to untie the battle Tracy, Harris, and Ross took turns on the mound and though they were touched for but five hits, distributed 10 passes, three of which resulted in New Haven runs. Dartmouth errors at critical stages also contributed to the Yale score.

Merritt started the Green fire in the second inning with a double, scoring when Robertson forced Ross at second. Robertson followed aften an advance by a putout, and an error y Coxe. In the third inning the scoring continued with Kopf going around on his single an error, and a hit by Maynard, and Maynard crossing the plate on Merritt's second safe blow. Maynard scored again in the sixth frame when Merritt delivered his third safety and concluded the Hanoverian assault.

Yale counted in the third inning and added another in the fourth when Hawks' two-sacker brought in Sloan. Passes and errors by the Green infield helped the Elis to another brace of runs in the sixth, and still one more in the eighth which knotted the score. The final blow was delivered by Sloan's and Kernan's singles and a sacrifice fly by Hawks, all in the last chapter.

R H E Yale .............001102011—6 5 3 Dartmouth .......022001000-5 8 3

Dartmouth 13—B. U. 3

A multitude of errors and the inability to connect with the twirling of Captain Ross brought about the defeat of Boston University in a one-sided contest which opened the Green's home season, May 4. Ross struck out five men and allowed but five hits in his seven innings on the mound, and, in addition, contributed a double and a single with his stick. Toland of Boston University was poorly supported m the six innings in which he was at work and allowed the Green batsmen 10 of their 13 hits.

The visitors drew first blood in the opening session, when Wayne was passed, went to second on Timmons' sacrifice, stole third, and scored on a hit by O'Connor. The Green returned the compliment promptly. Bower reached first on an error, stole second, and romped home on Kopf's single. Another run flashed over the rubber when Maynard scored on Robertson's single, two more Hanover tallies were added in the second inning and after the third frame there were at least two green-hosed men on bases in every chapter, while the visitors were disposed of m rapid order. Bower and Kopf crossed the plate in the fourth inning on Maynard's three-bagger and in the fifth inning singles by Browne and Ross and a double by Bower brought the Dartmouth sum to 9. The remainder of the score came as the result of errors with the exception of the final run, which Caswell contributed by running wild on the bases. After a pass to first he stole second, third, and home. The Dartmouth infield gave a splendid exhibition of errorless baseball throughout the afternoon.

R H E Dartmouth ........22023031—13 13 0 Boston University..10000200— 3 5 6

Dartmouth 7—Brown 3

Dartmouth collected a total of 12 hits and 7 runs May 6, and thereby took the measure of the Brown aggregation and of Knight, Brown's pitching mainstay for four years, who had for the two past seasons held the Hanoverians at bay. It was Knight's fifth start against the Green team, and his third defeat at their hands, the other two having been scored three years ago, when Dartmouth won both of the season's contests.

Dartmouth started the assault in the second inning, when four successive hits and an error by Merriweather, the Brunonia second sacker, contributed three runs. With this lead the Hanover team continued to hit Knight freely and tallied four more times in the succeeding chapter. Oden of Brown was the Providence hero, his home run and healthy single figuring largely in the Brown total. Caswell and Maynard with three hits apiece led the Green artillery. Stolen bases by Bower, Maynard, Caswell, Robertson, and Grundman were also helpful. For Dartmouth Tracy was effective, especially in the pinches, striking out four men and allowing but seven hits and three bases on balls. Knight struck out six men, but gave out five passes in addition to a wild pitch.

R H E Dartmouth .......03021010 -7 12 2 Brown ..........000160002—3 7 4

Dartmouth 9—Harvard 2

For the third consecutive year the Dartmouth nine demonstrated its superiority over the ball tossers of Cambridge by whaling out a 9 to 2 victory from the offerings of the Crimson mound artists at Cambridge, May 8. A large Dartmouth cheering section, including Governor or Channing Cox '01, of Massachusetts, witnessed the festivities. From the outset the Green team steadily increased the score while keeping the Crimson blanked until the last inning.

Goode, who essayed to check Coach Tesreau's stick men, hit Bower, the first man up, and then caught him between first and second. Kopf tripled to left and scored on Maynard's single to center for the Green's first count. In the second session Dartmouth added five runs. Caswell singled to right, Robertson was hit by a pitched ball, Grundman sacrificed, and Browne scored the two runners with a long triple to left. Ross and Bower walked, filling the bases, and singles by Kopf and Maynard brought in three more markers. At this point in the fracas Russell relieved Goode and Dartmouth went scoreless until the sixth inning, when two more runs were added. Harvard got together four hits for two runs in the ninth inning.

Captain Ross, who did the Dartmouth hurling, had the Crimson in hand at all times, allowing but three hits up to the ninth inning. On the offensive the Green collected 14 hits, including triples by Kopf and Browne, and a double by Kopf.

R H E Dartmouth .......15100200—9 14 0 Harvard .........000000002—2 7 1

Dartmouth 12—Norwich 4

Heavy hitting combined with frequent Norwich errors made the tilt between Coach Tesreau's charges and the military academy team an easy victory at 12 to 4 for the Hanoverians May 11. The Green touched Griffin, the Norwich hurler, for 12 clean hits, of which four were extra base clouts, while Blake held the soldiers down without difficulty. Except for the seventh inning, when Blake relaxed and allowed four runs, the Norwich men were unable to make headway. Griffin of Norwich was hit hard at all times, Maynard nicking him for a triple and three singles, and Merritt and Browne for a double and a single apiece.

R H E Dartmouth ......00230052 -12 12 3 Norwich ........000000400- 4 8 7

Dartmouth 4—Columbia 3

Playing an uphill game after Columbia had shoved three men across the plate, Dartmouth nosed out a victory, before a fair-sized Prom audience, May 13. A double by Browne paved the way for the winning tally in the seventh inning after the Green had tied the score in the fourth. Though outhit by the visitors, Coach Tesreau's team was far superior to its opponents in the field, and after his one bad inning Captain Ross blanked the New Yorkers for eight straight innings.

Columbia scored in the opening clash when a single by Freeman scored Brophy, who had beat out a bunt for a hit. Tedford, who had followed Brophy onto the paths by forcing Schnaars at third, checked in on a long sacrifice fly by Clark, and a few minutes later Freeman, who had advanced to third, stole home with the last Columbia run of the day.

Dartmouth counted in the Green half of the inning when Bower doubled to left, went to third on an error, and flashed across the plate on Merritt's sacrifice fly. In the second inning another run came home after a base on balls, a stolen base, and two errors had shoved Browne around the corners. Two more errors gave the Green their tying mark in the fourth inning. Robertson ran all the way to second when Tedford dropped his fly in short right field, and scored when Clarke threw wild on an attempt to catch him pilfering third. Browne's double, a sacrifice by Ross, and a long sacrifice fly by Bower gave the Green players their game in the seventh inning.

The doubles by Bower and Browne and a long single by Kopf constituted the Green's batting strength in this encounter while Brophy of Columbia was inserting three singles, and Schnaars two more into the New York total of nine safe blows. Three errors by Tedford, two by Watt, and a scattering of four others among the rest of the Columbia team were the deciding factors in the victory.

R H E Dartmouth .......11010010 —4 3 1 Columbia ........300000000—3 9 9

Pennsylvania 5—Dartmouth 2

Tracy's disastrous fourth inning gave Pennsylvania the first game of its series with the Green ball tossers on Alumni Oval, May 14. The Hanoverians were unable to fathom the mysteries of Larsen, who perched on the mound for the Red and Blue, and scratched but five hits off him during the afternoon. The Philadelphia team, on the other hand, found Tracy and Ross for a total of 12 assaults.

The first tally came to the Green in the opening chapter, when Bower singled, stole second and third, and scored when Shryver threw late to catch him at home after Maynard's grounder. From the second inning to the ninth, thereafter, Tesreau's men were held well in check. In the last scene Robertson tore off a screaming triple and scored on a single by Grundman. Pennsylvania scored in the second inning by means of two singles and a fielder's choice, and amassed four more runs in the fourth inning, when Tracy weakened. Sullivan of Penn found the Green pitchers for three singles, Houraddin gathered a triple and a single, Maher got three singles and Canady inserted a double and a single in addition to doubles which had been contributed by Myers and Shryver, for the Philadelphia attack.

R H E Pennsylvania .....010400000—5 12 2 Dartmouth .......100000001-2 5 1

Dartmouth 2—Princeton 0

Visiting Princeton May 17, the Dartmouth team threw two monkey wrenches into the smooth-running gear of the Bengal batters, Jeffries started on the mound for the Tigers, but after six strenuous innings in which only the fast work of his support saved him from utter humiliation, retired in favor of Maggetts, who was more successful in keeping the Green in hand. Tracy, pitching for Dartmouth, had the Princetonians at his mercy throughout most of the game and was materially aided by the excellent work of the Dartmouth infield, which pulled off two fast double plays and otherwise contributed a quantity of neat support.

Browne opened the Hanover hostilities by wangling a pass from Jeffries, and after Grundman had flied out, moved to second when Maynard stopped a fast ball with his waist. Kopf beat out a bunt at first and Browne scored on Merritt's out. In the sixth inning Kopf added another run to the Green ledger after his single, a sacrifice by Merritt, and a passed ball had placed him in a position to score on Robertson's bunt down the first base line. Six passes in the first six innings kept Jeffries of Princeton in a perilous position most of the time, while Tracy was retiring the Tigers with precision and agility. Tracy encountered difficulty in the sixth and eighth innings, but was rescued by the Green infield, Robertson, Kopf, Maynard, and Bruce.

Cook of the New Jersey team was the batting demon of the afternoon, connecting safely three times in four trips to the plate.

Dartmouth ..............100001000 Princeton ...............000000000

Dartmouth 10—Pennsylvania 5

Timely hitting coupled with Pennsylvania errors enabled Dartmouth to win its second encounter with Pennsylvania at Philadelphia May 18, by a score of 10 to 5. The Quaker team piled up a total of nine errors, while the Green nine kept its defense intact and was responsible for but one misplay. Most of these sins were concentrated in the fifth inning, during which Dartmouth sent a half dozen runners across the rubber and completely obliterated the 3 to 1 lead Pennsylvania had been holding. Home runs by Robertson and Grundman of Dartmouth, and Sullivan of Pennsylvania, featured the batting attacks of the teams.

R H E Dartmouth ......001060201—10 8 1 Pennsylvania ....100200002- 5 5 9

Dartmouth 8—Wesleyan 8

A haphazard ball game .punctuated by 29 hits and 13 errors balanced at 8 to 8 when Dartmouth and Wesleyan buried the hatchet at the end of the tenth inning, May 21. The runs were distributed freely throughout the contest, the only collection coming in the fifth inning, when Wesleyan rung up four counters. Browne, with three singles, and Merritt, with a triple and' two singles, led the Green attack. Maynard and Kopf each contributed a double and a single, while Grundman added two singles and Caswell a triple. For Wesleyan, Bateman, Fricke, Raines, Jacobs, and Stewart each netted two hits, one of Jacobs' clouts going for two bases. Dartmouth's errors were chiefly the sins of Caswell and Bruce, each of whom added three to the inglorious total.

R H E Dartmouth .......211103000—8 15 8 Wesleyan ......000241100—8 14 5

Dartmouth 14—Rutgers 3

The Dartmouth nine hammered three Rutgers pitchers for a total of 17 hits for 22 bases May 18, and won by the decisive score of 14 to 3at New Brunswick, N. J. Two runs in the first inning and three more in the second proved conclusively that Flynn was not the man to win for Rutgers, and nine more runs in the next five innings demonstrated the inability of pitcher Wheelock to stem the Green tide. Kelly, the third Rutgers entry on the mound, finished the remainder of the game without being scored upon. The Green sluggers held high carnival throughout the afternoon, Caswell annexing a home run and a double and scoring four men, Kopf connecting for four hits, and Maynard garnering a double and a brace of singles. Four Rutgers errors and two Dartmouth misplays tarnished the fielding record of the afternoon.

R H E Dartmouth ......232012400—14 17 2 Rutgers .........200001000— 3 4

Dartmouth 9—Wesleyan 1

Coach Tesreau's men succeeded in demonstrating their superiority over the Wesleyan team May 27, by beating out a 9 to 1 victory at Middletown, Conn. Until the eighth inning both teams battled evenly, the Green scoring once in the third inning and Wesleyan tallying in the fifth. But in the last two chapters the defense of the Connecticut team went to pieces and the Hanoverians picked up eight runs. Only two of the Green scores were earned. Tracy pitched a steady game for Dartmouth, allowing but six scattered hits and passing only two men. Umpelby, the Wesleyan mound master, held out fairly well until the closing sessions, when his support went to bits, and also allowed but six hits. He allotted six bases on balls, however, and hit one batter, in addition to tossing up a wild pitch. Wesleyan had men at the third station in five of the nine innings, but failed to produce the prod which would have scored them. Stewart, with a double and two singles led the Middletown attack, and Fricke contributed a triple. For Dartmouth Caswell's home run and Robertson's two singles were the high gun marks. Kopf and Merritt both ran wild on the base paths, each absconding three bases.

R H E Dartmouth .......001000062—9 6 2 Wesleyan ........0000001001—1 6 11

Dartmouth 12—Columbia 4

The Dartmouth sluggers continued their May drive with a total of 15 hits off Columbia pitchers at New York on May 28, and had little trouble in vanquishing the Metropolitan athletes by a score of 12 to 4.

Blake, who started on the mound for Dartmouth, held Columbia in check until the fifth inning, when Anderson was hit by a pitched ball and Schnaar, Freeman, and Tedford walked in turn, forcing a run. In the sixth inning Watts' double, Wenschler's single, a walk for Meyers, followed by two more singles and a Dartmouth error gave Columbia three more runs. Ross then mounted the mound and held the New York team scoreless throughout the remainder of the contest.

Robertson bolstered the Green attack with a home run and a double, and Caswell added another four sack blow and a single. Browne, Maynard, Merritt, and Bruce also collected two hits apiece. For Columbia Schnaar's trio of singles and Clarke's and Watt s doubles counted heavily.

R H E Dartmouth ......300700400-14 15 3 Columbia .......000013000-4 8 3

Holy Cross 6—Dartmouth 5

The Green team began a late season slump when it lost a tough encounter to Holy Cross, 6 to 5, before a Memorial Day crowd of 10,000 people at Worcester. From first to last the game was sternly contested and the spectators were treated to a number of thrills. It was the stick work of the Worcester team in the seventh inning that spelled defeat for the Hanoverians, who at that time were maintaining a 4 to 1 lead.

Dartmouth took the lead in the sixth inning when Horan overthrew first with men on first and second and allowed Maynard to score and Kopf to reach third. A bunt by Merritt brought Kopf home and gave the Green a 3 to 1 advantage. Another run was added in the following inning when Browne's two-base hit scored Caswell. Holy Cross rallied for five runs in the Purple half of the seventh frame, an old guard stand that brought the crowd to its feet cheering. In the last inning Dartmouth made a brave attempt to come from behind and Bruce's two-base drive scored Merritt. The rally was choked off short, however, when Ross lifted a foul to Murphy for the final put-out of the afternoon.

Browne, Robertson, and Bruce contributed all the offensive power of the Green team, each of the men getting a double and a single. For Holy Cross Maguire led with a double and two singles in three times at bat.

R H E Holy Cross .......00010050 —6 8 2 Dartmouth .......010002101-5 6 2

Springfield 7—Dartmouth 5

Springfield Y. M. C. A. College proved too strong for the Green June 2, and won an encounter on Alumni Oval by a score of 7 to 5. Twombley, a pitcher reported to be sought after by major league ball clubs, had the Dartmouth sluggers completely at his mercy throughout the closing sessions, so that the Hanoverians were unable to add to their accumulation of runs scored off Walmer. Harris had charge of the 'Dartmouth pitching mound during the first part of the game, but retired in favor of Tracy after the Springfield team had begun to solve his delivery.

Grundman started the Green scoring in the first inning, going to first on a clean single and rounding the bases on Springfield's errors. In the second inning Caswell reached first by way of another single and scored on a triple by Bower, who crossed the plate himself when Harris laid down a bunt for a pretty exhibition of the squeeze play. The remainder of the Green score was chalked up in the fourth on a pass, a hit batsman, a fielder's choice and Browne's triple to left.

Springfield opened its fireworks in the third inning after two men were out and sent across three runs on MaLette's double, Civilette's triple, and singles by McCarraher and Maynard, a brother of the Dartmouth shortstop. Well's added another run in the fourth inning after a pass and a single. In the sixth inning another Springfield run was forthcoming. McCarraher reached second on Browne's muff of his fly, advanced to third, and scored on an error by Maynard. Doubles by Bennett and MaLette and a fumble by Bower started the two winning runs in the seventh inning.

R H E Springfield .......003101200-7 9 3 Dartmouth .......12020000 0-5 8 4

Freshmen 3—Goddard 2

Coach Sid Hazelton's freshmen opened their season auspiciously April 27 by pulling a close game from Goddard Seminary by the score of 3 to 2. Excellent pitching, opportune hitting, and the ability to take advantage of their opponents' errors were the factors involved in the victory. For the Green yearlings Murphy and Burbank delivered some first-class hurling, the former allowing but one run and three hits while the latter also restricted the visitors to a single tally. Polli of Goddard was effective both at bat and on the mound, scoring both of the visitors' runs and allowing only seven hits, but his support wavered in the pinches and enabled the freshmen to draw ahead.

R H E 1924 .............00000012 —3 7 2 Goddard .......000100100—2 3 3

Freshmen 16—M. I. T. 0

On May 7 the freshmen completely obliterated the M. I. T. youngsters by a score of 16 to 0. Errors on the part of the visitors figured largely in the scoring of the Green team. Barker and Thornton, pitching for the Hanover freshmen kept the Massachusetts boys in check at all times, the former allowing but one hit and striking out six men in four innings. For M. I. T. Michena starred, catching an errorless game and getting two hits.

Freshmen 13—Tilton 7

An eighth inning assault upon the delivery of Morse, pitching for Tilton, clinched a victory for the freshmen May 9, and brought the final score to 13 to 7. Both teams accumulated seven runs in the first five innings, six of the freshman tallies coming in the fourth frame. Another was added to the Dartmouth list in the sixth. Errors were responsible for most of the Tilton runs, only seven hits being registered off the Green pitchers. Burbank, who went into the box for the freshmen in the sixth inning, allowed only two men to reach first base.

R H E 1924 .............100601050—13 11 3 Tilton ..........102040000—7 7 7

Freshmen 24—Williston 0

Williston Academy's crippled ball team suffered complete annihilation at the hands of the freshmen May 18, when Coach Hazelton's boys held coronation exercises on Alumni Oval. Clark, who held down the first cushion, was the only regular member of the academy team in the lineup. For the first few innings Coach Hazelton kept the freshman regulars at their positions, but thereafter substitutions were frequent.

Freshmen 5—Dean 2

A ninth inning rally which produced three runs gave the Hanover freshmen the decision over Dean Academy in their encounter at Franklin, Mass., May 26. Both teams played an excellent game and the score was deadlocked at two all when the 1924 team began its Garrison finish.

Burbank, pitching for the freshmen, had the Dean boys at his mercy throughout the contest, allowing but two hits up to the eighth inning, when three hits and a walk brought in a run. The Dartmouth team was able to secure but two hits off Eastburne, who twirled for Dean, until the ninth frame, when their rally was staged.

R H E 1924 ............000011003—5 6 2 Dean ............001000010—2 5 1

Freshmen 6—Brown 2ds 1

With pitcher Barker allowing only seven scattered hits, the Green freshman baseball team defeated the Brown second team by a score of 6 to 1 at Providence, May 27. The cubs ran up a lead of three runs in the first two innings, counting twice in the opener and once in the second. Two more runs were added in the seventh inning and the final one in the eighth. Brown's only run came as the result of a hit and an error in the eighth.

R H E 1924 .............210000210—6 7 2 Brown ..........000000010-1 7 3

Freshmen 6—Exeter 3

Sid Hazelton's proteges added another victory to their list when they succeeded in triumphing over Exeter, May 28. Murphy, the big mound artist of the yearlings, and a brother of the famous "Cuddy," pitched a neat game and was steady in the pinches. In the last two chapters of the contest the school boys filled the bases, but in each case were prevented from scoring.

Although Exeter figured more prominently at the bat than did the freshmen, the Hanover bingles came in bunches that counted for runs. The one big inning for the Green team was the third, when a single, a double, and a triple netted three runs.

R H E 1924 ............023000100—6 6 2 Exeter ...........100011000—3 9 3

Freshmen 10—Cushing 6

Continuing their unbroken series of victories the freshmen took Cushing Acadamy into camp by a 10 to 6 score on Alumni Oval, June 1. The game looked like a poor risk at the outset, after Barker had proved that it was not his day by permitting the visitors to. score three runs in the first half inning. But Murphy, who. relieved Barker, straightened matters out by pitching a steady game and by scoring three runs in the third inning by means of a long triple to deep center field. Again, in the sixth inning, a single by Murphy produced two runs.

R H E 1924 ...........02503000 —10 7 3 Cushing ..........300001200—6 8 5

Freshmen 2—Andover 0

A 2 to 0 victory over Andover June 3 was the final item on the freshman list of straight victories which started with the first game of the season. Burbank pitched an airtight game for the Green cubs and let down the Andover team with only five hits. Andover's nearest approach to a run was recorded in the seventh inning and was . stifled by a fast double play by the freshman infield, which was almost impregnable. The only extra base hits of the contest were gathered by Spargo and Martin of the freshmen, each of the men adding a double to their season's record.

R H E 1924 ............000100010—2 7 1 Andover .........000000000-0 5 0