BASKETBALL

Dartmouth 21 — Princeton 20

Coach Zahn's fighting five turned the tables on the Basketball Bengals of Princeton, March 22, and pulled a thrilling encounter out of the fire by one point in the last 10 seconds of play. The Green team was never ahead until that climatic moment when Chamberlaine netted a brilliant back-hand shot and the vicTory was even more of an exciting triumph than the one previously scored by Princeton in Alumni Gymnasium.

The Tiger team got the jump shortly after the opening of the game, when Jeffries tallied from the floor, and throughout the whole first period displayed a smooth-working offensive play that left it with a three point advantage of 11 to 8, when time was called. During the second half the Hanover tossers became more aggressive and with Cullen contributing regularly from the penalty line gradually cut down the Princeton lead. Conley was substituted for Chamberlaine at center, and McDermott took the place of Millar who was forced out by personal fouls, but the alternating offensive and defensive work of Yuill and Heep kept the team machinery in working order and within 30 seconds of the final whistle the Tiger lead had been pared to a single point. It was then that Chamberlaine took a pass from McDermott, and evading LeGendre, dropped the ball through the net for the deciding tally.

Cullen was once more the individual star of the contest, scoring all but four of the Green's 21 points and hooping 13 of his 16 free throws. For Princeton Dickenson scored nine points of the team's total.

Wesleyan 25 — Dartmouth 22

Wesleyan's five basketeers accumulated a lead in the first half of the encounter with Dartmouth, February 23, which the regular Green five, entering the struggle at the beginning of the second half was unable to overcome, and emerged with a three point margin of victory over the Hanover team.

Millar was the only regular to start for the Green and caged the first basket with a neat shot. The Wesleyan team was soon limbered up, however, and the smooth passing game and shooting of the Robertson brothers left the Dartmouth team far in the rear, the first half ending 19 to 6 in Wesleyan's favor.

The action in the second half was entirely different with the regular team on the floor. Cullen tossed through three free throws within the first five minutes of play and Yuill counted twice from the floor. From that time forth Wesleyan was forced to the limit to retain the lead, but at last hung up a total three points larger than Coach Zahn's men could meet.

For Wesleyan, D. Robertson with 17 points was the center of gravity, while for Dartmouth Cullen's eight points was the heaviest individual score. J. Robertson with four points also contributed to the Wesleyan total and Yuill gathered six for Dartmouth.

Dartmouth 30—Worcester 15

A whirlwind exhibition in the second half of the game gave Dartmouth a 30 to 15 decision over Worcester Tech, February 24, in one of the fastest battles of the season on the Worcester court. After leaving the floor with the tally 12 to 11 against them at the end of the first half, Zahn's men returned and clicked off 19 points while confining Worcester to a scanty three, and thereby considerably amazed,, the Engineer fans who had been dreaming of championship honors.

During the first frame of the party the Green forwards were held at bay far from the net and their shooting was much below standard. The Worcester team, on the other hand, worked smoothly, and with precision and appeared to justify the high hopes held out for it. Throughout the second period, though, the Green team displayed a speed that completely dazzled the Technicians and drew rapidly ahead. For Dartmouth, Millar, Heep, and Cullen came back strongly after a rocky start and counted time and again from difficult angles and with long shots. Berry of Worcester was the star performer for his five during the evening and tipped in most of the points gained by the Tech men.

Dartmouth 50—Tufts 22

Coach Zahn's men toyed with the Tufts quintet in Alumni Gymnasium, February 26, and overwhelmed the visitors by a score of 5022, Tufts failing to cage a basket until every Green performer had scored twice. Despite the indication of the score the game was fast and full of rapid passing and shooting, the brilliant team play of the Green quintet fairly dazzling the Tufts men at times. The halt ended with Dartmouth leading, 34 to 14, and the second team took up the contest from that point. From the beginning of the second half until the return of the regular Green team the Tufts team picked up several tallies, with Downes and Telfer exhibiting a snappy passing game.

For Dartmouth, Cullen with 16 points and Chamberlaine, Millar, and Heep with eight each led in the scoring. Telfer's 12 points constituted the largest single contribution to the Tufts total.

Dartmouth 42 — M. I. T. 15

Coach Zahn's team failed to locate the basket with any degree of regularity during the first half of the game with M. I. T. in Alumni Gymnasium March 5, and Tech was hanging on at 14 to 10 when time was called. During the second half, however, Cullen began an onslaught of brilliant shots, and aided and abetted by Yuill and Millar made a showing of 28 to 5 for the session. Cullen led again for Dartmouth with 19 points, Millar and Yuill had 6 each, Heep had 5 and Chamberlaine 4. For the scientists, Tonon scored 9 points and Landis 6,

Dartmouth 26 — Columbia 21

Dartmouth cleared the decks for action in the Intercollegiate Basketball League, March 12, by defeating Columbia at New York, and narrowing the championship field to the Alumni Gymnasium, where, on March 16, it would contest with Pennsylvania for a tie at the top of the list. The New York fracas was a spectacular one in which both teams fought hard and fast throughout. Dartmouth opened the second half of the contest with a lead of one point, which had been obtained by dint of great effort in the preceding frame. The blue and White quintet stifled this, however, and Zahn's men were forced to a merry battle before the margin was recovered. Columbia displayed considerable courage and fought a valiant uphill struggle throughout the last part of the game, but was unable to cut down the lead which Cullen and his assistants had accumulated.

A number of Dartmouth alumni in New York witnessed the meeting of the two teams, which was more than ordinarily strenuous, as indicated by the fact that 33 fouls were called. Columbia was responsible for two-thirds of these and was forced to dispense with the services of Reilly and Tynan. Millar of Dartmouth was also banished for personal fouls. Cullen's 16 points constituted the prize offering of the evening, though Heep came second with 9. For Columbia, Johnson netted 8 points and won the scoring honors of the Heights.

Pennsylvania 31 — Dartmouth 16

Before one of the largest crowds ever assembled in Alumni Gymnasium the star University of Pennsylvania basketball team conclusively demonstrated its superiority over the Green and won for the third consecutive year the championship of the Intercollegiate League, March 16.

In spite of the hard fight displayed by Coach Zahn's men once their nervousness had been overcome, the result of the contest was never in doubt. The Quaker men exhibited a brilliance of offense and a skill of defense far above anything ever before witnessed in a Hanover,contest and were in command of the .situation from start to finish.

Pennsylvania leaped into the lead almost immediately after the opening of hostilities, and netted five baskets before the home aggregation could collect a single point. Nearly all of the Green men took several shots at the hoop during this chapter, but were unable to tally. The Red and Blue men, on the other hand, were almost unerring in their shots, and at the half-time whistle were far ahead with a score of 17 to 5.

The second half of the game opened with Dartmouth contributing considerable more opposition than Penn had encountered in the previous period, and staging a brief but futile rally. All efforts to overtake the Philadelphians came to little, and failed completely to disturb the scoring machinery of the visitors, which continued to function with regularity. The Pennsylvania lead increased three points during this half, giving them a total almost twice as large as that collected by the Green.

The Pennsylvania outfit was a wonderfully balanced team of veterans with the far-heralded McNichol as captain and individual star, and in such a crucial contest the past experiences. of other critical games were distinctly to its advantage. The Hanoverians did not show their best wares, but in the light of the dazzling Quaker game their best would have been obscured at any rate.

For Pennsylvania Huntzinger. led the attack with four baskets from scrimmage, Voeglin followed with three, and Rosenast and McNichol with one each. McNichol also netted five out of 10 free throws. Cullen again contributed heavily to the Green total, with one field basket and four goals out of six tries from the penalty line. Millar and Yuill hooped the ball twice each from the floor and Chamberlaine counted once.