BASKETBALL

Pittsburgh 42—Dartmouth 29

The Dartmouth basketball team struck a snag at the very beginning of the annual vacation trip when the University of Pittsburgh quintette ran rough shod over the Green players for a score of 42 to 29. Lack of practice during the. early part of the vacation resulted in weakening the Dartmouth attack and an excessive number of fouls gave the Pennsylvanians opportunities to register many times. Jordan of Pittsburgh was the individual star of the game and scored 14 points by seven baskets from the floor, though his team-mate, Levisson, boosted the score more impressively by caging 18 baskets from free throws, and adding a field goal for good measure. For Dartmouth, Malcolm, with four baskets from the floor and seven from the foul line led the scoring with a total of 15 points, Cullen following with two field goals and four baskets from free throws, for a total of eight points.

Dartmouth 20—Geneva 16

The second game of the vacation trip resulted in a Dartmouth victory by a score of 20 to 16 Poor, shooting by both teams and a lack of any brilliant playing kept the score, in comparatively tively small figures although the margin in favor of the Green team was a wider one than those figures indicate. Galbraith of Geneva was responsible for 12 of his team's points, Contributing 10 baskets from the foul line and one from the floor. Cullen, Millar and Malcolm, each contributed six points to the Dartmouth total, the former caging four goals from free throws and one from the floor, while Captain Millar netted three field baskets and two r COUnted tWO goals from the floor and two on free throws.

Ohio State 24—Dartmouth 23

In its third game the Green team was nosed out of a victory by the narrow margin of one point scored m the last five seconds of play The Dartmouth team played in considerably better from than on its previous appearances during the vacation and the Ohio team also put up a stirring battle so that the outcome of the gam? was constantly held in suspense, the weight of the score shifting from side to side with each few moments of play. Greenspan of Ohio State led the scoring for the evening, his three baskets from the floor and six from the foul line totalling 12 points. Cullen of Dartmouth, his nearest competitor, followed with nine points, scoring one field goal and seven baskets from free throws. Goldstein with three baskets from the floor, and Heep and Malcolm with two field goals apiece contributed the remainder of the Green total.

Dartmouth 24— U. of Cincinnati 20

Celebrating New Year's Eve, Coach Zahn's quintette from Hanover registered the second Victory of its trip by defeating the University of Cincinnati, 24 to 20, in a fast contest. Green team appeared for the first time to have hit its regular stride and was kept from a bigger score only through missing several baskets by fractions of inches. Cullen of Dartmouth and Coons of Cincinnati divided the scoring honors, the former netting a total of ten points by eight goals from free throws and one basket from the floor, while the latter shot five baskets from scrimmage. Schierloh of Cincinnati registered eight free throws for a total of as many points, while Malcolm with three field goals and Millar and Goldstein with two each added the other points amassed by Hanoverians.

Dartmouth 22—Western Reserve 16

In the final contest of the trip, a rather listless affair, in which the Green's opponents were consistently outplayed, Dartmouth emerged with a 20 to 16 decision. Many alumni and undergraduates from Cleveland witnessed the contest. Cullen lead the evening's procession of scorers, netting one basket from the floor and six from the foul line. Millar shot three field goals and Malcolm and Goldstein two each.

Dartmouth 26—Columbia 18

In the first intercollegiate league encounter of the year Dartmouth won handily from Columbia by a score of 26 to 18 following a rally in the last half of the game which netted 14 points to 7 for the New Yorkers. The Green team caged the first basket when Goldstein made a pretty shot at the opening of the game, and increased its lead when Cullen added a counter from the foul line. From this time forth, however, until the end of the half Columbia put up a stubborn resistance twice tying the score and leading Dartmouth at the whistle by 12 to 11. Throughout the latter half of the game the Dartmouth team was never in danger.

Cullen, with an individual score of 18 points led the Dartmouth attack. He scored three times from the floor and 12 times in 13 attempts from the foul line. For Columbia Pulleyn, with a total of 10 points, was the most prominent player. Goldstein added two baskets from the floor and Malcolm one tor the Hanover team.

Princeton 27—Dartmouth 26

A sensational rally in the last two minutes of play fell one point short of reaching the Princeton total in the second league engagement in Alumni Gymnasium. The Dartmouth team appeared slower than in its meeting with Columbia and Princeton was aided by numerous fouls checked against the Green players. In justice to the men of the team is but fair to say that a number of the decisions might have been open to question. Be that as it may the Princeton score of nine field goals and nine baskets from the foul line was enough to insure victory. Remarkable basket shooting put the Tigers in the lead at the start of the contest and kept them there for the rest of the game, the score at the end of the first half standing at 16 to 14. Both teams played a sensational game through-out the second half, but the Hanoverians were unable to head the opposition and were trailing by seven points with two minutes left to play. At this point Captain Millar started the desperate rally with a pretty basket from the floor and was folowed by Cullen. Cullen tried again a few seconds later but missed by inches as did Malcolm who also managed to get the ball. Cullen added two more points by free throws and put the Green within a basket of the necessary win. The time remaining was too short, however, and the game ended wit Princeton as decisive a victor with the one point lead as it would have been with ten points " It is significant that at the close of the game the Dartmouth Song was sung, the first time so far as anyone in Hanover can remember that this has been done at a basketball game.

Loeb by scoring two baskets from the floor and nine in 11 attempts from the foul line, amassed a total of 13 points, thus winning the evening's honors for Princeton. Jeffries and Klaess each scored three baskets from the floor for six points apiece, and Wittmer tallied once. For Dartmouth, Cullen with two field baskets and six in six attempts on free throws, headed the list. Malcolm and Millar each added three goals from the floor and Goldstein two.

Dartmouth 25—Knox 17

In a dull and uninteresting game marked by such strict refereeing that the game was constantly suspended to allow free throws, Dartmouth defeated the touring Knox College team, from Galesburg, Illinois, by a score of 25 to 17. During the second half the interpretations of rules by the referee were a bit more liberal, but throughout the evening but five baskets were made from the floor, Dartmouth netting three and Knox two. Cullen again led the Dartmouth attack bagging 19 free throws in 24 attempts and one goal from scrimmage for a total of 21 points. Malcolm added two baskets from the floor. For Knox Albro caged 13 of 17 free throws and Campbell and Craig both scored from the floor.

Freshmen. 51—Tilton 15

Playing a preliminary encounter to the Dartmouth-Columbia head-liner coach George Zahn's freshman quintette easily took the measure of the Tilton Academy team by a score of 51-15. The first period ended with the freshmen leading 32 to 3 and the second team was sent in to finish the encounter. Friedman with 11 baskets from the field was easily the star of the contest.

Freshmen 54—Tabor Academy 9

In the second game of the season which was staged prior to the varsity encounter with Princeton the freshman team again had little difficulty. Captain Sailer, and Friedman played the leading roles for the freshmen with Washburn and Parker starring for the schoolboys.