BASKETBALL

Columbia 36—Dartmouth 20

Dartmouth's basketball team encountered the surprise of its young life when the Columbia Court men overwhelmed it with a score of 36 to 20 at Alumni Gymnasium, Jan. 21. Overconfidence followed by complete demoraliza- tion afflicted Coach Zahn's men while the Columbia team gave one of the finest exhibitions ever seen on the Hanover floor.

Starting for the first few moments as a rather ragged and see-saw affair the game soon showed interesting developments when members of the Columbia team began caging the ball from every possible angle. The Dartmouth team was soon completely bewildered by the fast passing and terrific accuracy of shooting of the Columbia team, and while the New Yorkers piled up a lead of 10 points Dartmouth shots rolled over and around the basket but never into it. The half closed with Columbia leading 19 to 9.

During the second period the playing of the Green team was even more ragged than it had been during the first portion of the game and Columbia steadily increased its lead. Captain Pulleyn, Strom, and Wilson, each counted four times from the court and Springhorn once, during the Columbia scoring, while Wilson caged 10 out of 15 tries from the free throw line. For Dartmouth Millar, Cullen, Goldstein, and Heep each scored one field goal and Cullen added 12 free throws in 19 attempts from the foul line.

Yale 23—Dartmouth 22

The rejuvenated Yale basketball team handed the Dartmouth five another set-back, Jan. 23, at New Haven, squeezing out a one point victory in the closing minutes of play.

Dartmouth started the game with a rush and held the lead until the end of the first half of the contest. In the early part of the second .half the Yale team spurted into a 14 to 14 tie with the Green and when Pite scored on a fast throw went into a lead which Dartmouth was unable to catch. The Hanover team staged a rally in the closing minutes that brought them to within a single point of the Yale total but the whistle saved the day for New Haven. Captain Cullen got little opportunity to display his prowess on free throws as only one foul was called on the Yale team during the entire second half of the game.

Dartmouth 37—Vermont 32

With the score knotted at 31 at the close of the second period the Dartmouth basketball team rallied and edged out Vermont 37 to 33 in a five minute overtime period, at Burlington, February 6. The game was an exciting one from start to finish, neither team ever having an advantage, until the close of the game, of more than three points.

The Vermont team, starting the game with a rush, grabbed the lead and held it throughout the first half of the contest, leaving the floor in possession of the heavy end of a 15 to 13 score. Both teams battled valiantly during the second half, the lead passing from one to the other until the game ended in a tie. A strong-Dartmouth rush in the overtime period put the Green team four points ahead.

For Dartmouth Cullen and Millar each scored four baskets from the floor, Goldstein, two, and Friedman and Moore, one each. Cullen captured 13 of a possible 15 points from the foul line. Cayward led the Vermont scoring with five field goals, Semansky caged three, Eastburn and Yarnall two each, and Carney, one. Yarnall added 7 out of 13 attempts from the foul line.

Dartmouth 49—Harvard 37

Captain Cullen, of Dartmouth, led the Green basketball team to a victory over Harvard in a spectacular manner, scoring, himself, 35 points in the game staged for the crowd of Winter Carnival guests, February 11. Both teams showed weakness in defensive play but the Dartmouth offense, which grew stronger as the game progressed eventually triumphed.

Starting sensationally the Crimson five gained a commanding lead in the first half of the game, with Captain Gordon, and Lowenthal displayed marvellous accuracy in their shots. A Dartmouth rally just before the close of the period brought the Green within three points of the visitors and the half closed with the score at 23 to 20.

During the second half of the game the Dartmouth five showed a vigor of attack that soon swept beyond the Harvard lead and put the outcome of the game beyond the realms of doubt. Cullen scored 23 of Dartmouth's 29 points during this period.

For Dartmouth Cullen caged six baskets from the floor and succeeded in 23 out of 25 free throws, Millar and Moore each counted twice from scrimmage and Goldstein, Friedman, and Watkins scored one basket apiece. Gordon led the Harvard scoring with four field goals and nine free throws in 15 attempts, Lowenthal scored three baskets, Miler, two, and Black and Samborski one each. McLiesh added six out of nine attempts from the foul line.

Cornell 32—Dartmouth 31

Dartmouth lost its fourth League start, the third of the big contests to glimmer away by only a single point, when Cornell surged ahead in a five minute overtime period in Hanover, February 17.

Coach Zahn's men gave one of the best performances they have staged this season, but seemed unable to hold at the south basket the lead which they had gained in the first half of the game at the other end of the field. Cornell exhibited a spirited offense, but was held in check throughout the game except in the first minutes of the second period and the last bit of the overtime frame, at which times the Ithacans managed to rush successfully through the Green defensive barrier. Most of the scoring was done in the first period, Dartmouth gathering 19 points by a spirited attack, while Cornell was amassing 13. Dartmouth took the lead soon after the opening whistle when Cullen scored twice from the foul line. Luther evened the score for Cornell in the same manner, but Dartmouth forged ahead again on a field goal by Sailer, and another free throw by Cullen. Coach Zahn's players soon had the score at 19 to 8 when Luther caged the ball five times in as many attempts from the foul line.

Opening the second half with a four point lead the Dartmouth team seemed unable to settle immediately to the task in hand and Cornell, greatly aided by Luther's unerring-shots from the foul line soon crawled up to a lead 22 to 21. Four foul shots by Cullen put Dartmouth once more in the lead, and he later added a pretty field goal from a bad angle. Two goals by Wedell, however, helped Cornell to tie the score at 26 all. Thirty seconds before the final whistle, Friedman caught the ball after a jump under the basket and heaved it through the hoop for what appeared to be the winning tally. Referee Thorpe ruled the shot illegal and the game ended.

Cullen opened the overtime period with a sensational one-handed basket from the side line, but this advantage was offset a moment later when Wedell caged a neat throw for Cornell. Luther added two free throws for the Ithacans, and Goldstein gave the Green team a lease on life with a field goal. With ten seconds of play remaining Capron took the ball down the floor for another Cornell basket. Cullen had time to toss in a free throw before the last whistle which ended Dartmouth's fourth consecutive loss, in the league contests. Of the Green's four defeats three have been by a margin of but one point.

Freshmen 37—Princeton Freshmen 22

The Dartmouth freshmen achieved some measure of revenge for Princeton's single point defeat of the varsity team when they administered a 37 to 22 defeat to the Tiger cubs in Hanover, February 13.

The first half of the contest was sensational, with the Princeton freshmen staging an uphill battle against a powerful Dartmouth lead. Dooley opened the Dartmouth scoring after two minutes of play, giving the Green team a lead which Loeb's free throw and Dignan's field goal soon erased and changed to a 3 to 2 advantage for Princeton. Dartmouth then assumed the lead again by virtue of baskets by Steel and McFadden, and two free throws by Dooley. Three accurate free throws by Loeb and a field goal by Burkett soon pulled the Princeton team up again, and with both teams scoring evenly, the half ended at 15 all.

Jones opened the second half for Dartmouth with a basket from mid court and from that time in the Green players were never headed. For Dartmouth Tully scored four baskets from the floor, Steele and Pierce, two each, and Hudgins, Jones, and McFadden one, while Dooley counted three field goals and added 9 out of 17 free throws. Loeb scored two field goals and 10 out of 16 free throws, Burkett caged two baskets from the floor, Dignan, one, and McKeever two out of three foul shots.