GOLF
Dartmouth 7—Columbia 2
In their first match of the season, May 6, the Dartmouth golf team overwhelmed Columbia by a score of 7 to 2. Captain A. L. Walker of Columbia, former intercollegiate and Vermont state champion, scored both of Columbia's points by his brilliant play. Coupled with Church in the morning round, he defeated Cap- tain Boyd and Frost of Dartmouth 6 up and 5 to play, and in the afternoon nosed out Boyd when he sunk a long putt on the last green for a score of 1 up.
Dartmouth took two of the three foursomes in the morning, Rothschild and Ankeny winning from Eillers and Towers, by 3 and 2, and Gunnison and McKee running away from Johnson and Lowenthall, 7 up and 5 to play. In the afternoon Frost of Dartmouth easily put down Church by 7 and 5, Rothschild defeated Tower S and 4, and Ankeny won from Eillers 7 and 5. Gunnison took his match from Johnson 3 and 1, and McKee swamped Lowenthall in 11 holes, 9 up and 7 to go.
Dartmouth 8—Penn 1
Captain Boyd's golfers won handily from the Pennsylvania links men, 8 to 1, over the course of the Merion Cricket Club in Philadelphia, May 7. Boyd had little difficulty in defeating Captain Rownes of Penn.
Dartmouth 5—Amherst 1
Playing over the Mt. Tom course May 7, the Dartmouth golf team won from Amherst, 5 to 1. The matches were more closely contested than those of the previous engagements, but the Hanoverians were never in danger of defeat. In the foursome Captain Boyd and Rothschild defeated Russell and Hooker 2 up and 1 to play, and Ankeny and Frost won from Bagg and Stearns on the 20th green. Boyd defeated Russell 2 and 1, Rothschild score a 4 and 2 victory over Hooker, and Ankeny easily won from Stearns, the match being decided at the 13th hole. Dartmouth's only set-back occurred when Bagg defeated Frost by a close margin. The best scores of the day were turned in by Captain Boyd, and Bagg of Amherst, when they went around in 79 and 80 respectively.
Harvard 6—Dartmouth 3
Harvard golfers stopped the winning streak of the Dartmouth team, May 9, taking a 6 to 3 match over the Longwood course at Brookline. Bacon of Harvard opened the contest by defeating Captain Boyd of Dartmouth, 1 up. Gunnison lost to Jones of Harvard, 3 and 1, Ankeny was defeated by.Snelling, 3 and 1, and Frost went down 5 with 4 to play at the hands of Henderson. Dartmouth's only points in the twosomes came when McKee nosed out Baker of Harvard on the 19th green, and Rothschild defeated Havermeyer, 4 and 3.
For Dartmouth Boyd and McKee won from Bacon and Baker by a score of 3 and 1 in the foursomes. Jones and Snelling of Harvard won by 3 and 1 from Gunnison and Ankeny.
Princeton 5—Dartmouth 4
In a hotly contested match, two games of which required extra holes, Princeton defeated the Dartmouth golfers, 5 to 4, May 23. J. Simpson Dean, Princeton captain, and one of the intercollegiate stars, fell a victim to Captain Boyd, one down in the first match. McKee, Ankeny, and Gunnison also won their matches, the former defeating Haight, of Princeton, 2 and 1, Ankeny winning from Carruth 1 up in 19 holes, and Gunnison leaving Wintringer 2 down and 1 to play. Both Rothschild and Frost lost their matches, the former being beaten, 3 and 1, by Sparks, and the latter 4 and 3 by Paddock.
Princeton's play in the foursomes gave the Orange and Black men their victory. Dean and Haight won from Boyd and McKee, 1 up, while Sparks and Paddock took a 5 and 4 match from Frost and Rothschild. The thrill of the afternoon came in the match between Ankeny and Gunnison of Dartmouth and Carruth and Wintringer of Princeton, which the Green golfers won at the 20th hole.
Dartmouth 8—Williams 1
An 8 to 1 victory over the Williams golfers, May 24, concluded the season for the Hanover team. The Green players displayed championship form and gave promise of being real contenders for honors in the intercollegiate matches to be played, June 28, at Greenwich, Conn.
Dartmouth's only defeat came when Secor of Williams won over Ankeny by 4 up and 3 to play. Captain Boyd defeated Ward, 3 and 2, McKee downed Simons, 4 and 3, Rothschild and Frost took matches from Rose and Prescott by 5 and 4 scores, and Gunnison dropped Bourne at the 14th hole, 6 up.
In the foursomes Boyd and McKee, and Ankeny and Gunnison won for Dartmouth, the first couple by 4 and 3 and the latter pair by 1 up.
Dartmouth 6—M. I. T. 3
Playing on the links of the Woodland Club at Auburndale, Mass., May 22, the Dartmouth golfers upset all the grand old dope by defeating M. I. T., 6 to 3, the Technology players having previously put down the Harvard drivers by the decisive score of 9 to 0.
The Green players won all the foursomes in the morning round, Boyd and McKee defeating Schley and Ballard, Ankeny and Gunnison winning from Johnson and Clement, and Frost and Rothschild downing Freeman and Duane.
Both teams broke even in the twosomes. Boyd, Ankeny, and Rothschild won for Dartmouth from Schley, Johnson and Duane, while Ballard, Clement, and Freeman triumphed over McKee, Gunnison, and Frost.
