SOUTHERN TRIP OPENS BASEBALL SEASON

Dartmouth's varsity nine won four, tied one, and lost three of the eight games scheduled on the annual southern spring trip during the Easter vacation. Starting against Virginia Polytechnic Institute on the coldest day of the tour, the Green ran up a 9-1 score in a seven inning contest, with Steinhilber, Meehan and Lyon in the box.

Pennsylvania, after a week in the South, gave Dartmouth her second win, 12-7, in a slow and loosely played game. The other two victories were made against Georgia University and Columbia University.

Outside of the defeat at the hands of Huntzinger in the second Penn game, Dartmouth took little time in becoming accustomed to outdoor conditions, and lost the other two en- counters to Georgia Tech by a single run.

In the four games which he pitched, Steinhilber struck out twenty-four men. His best record was at Columbia, where nine men fanned and only four hit safely.

Dunlevy held Georgia Tech to four hits in his first appearance for the Green, struck out three men and issued four passes, in an eleven inning game.

Dartmouth opened the Southern trip by defeating Virginia Polytechnic Institute 9-1, at Blacksburg, Va., March 31. Only three of the Southerners went beyond first, while Steinhilber, Meehan and Lyon struck out ten men between them. The score:

R H E Dartmouth 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 — 9 7 1 Va. P. I. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 2 3

With a seven-run lead in the first inning, Dartmouth trounced Penn 12-7 in the initial game of the series at Atlanta, Ga., April 2. Both teams gathered fourteen hits apiece, including five home runs, two three-base hits, and two doubles. Steinhilber and Lyon, Stout and Williams pitched. The score :

R H E Dartmouth 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 — 12 14 3 U. of Penn 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 — 7 14 2

Huntzinger took the mound for Penn in the fourth inning of the second game with Dartmouth at Atlanta, April 3, and held the Green scoreless. Meehan weakened in the fourth frame, walking four men, and allowing a single hit for a total of three runs. The score:

R H E U. of Penn 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 — 6 8 3 Dartmouth 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 — 2 8 2

Georgia University tied the Green varsity nine 4-4 in a six inning game at Athens, Ga., April 4. Lyon struck out five men, three of them in one inning. The score:

R H E U. of Georgia 2 2 0 0 0 0—4 10 2 Dartmouth 1 3 0 0 0 0—4 7 1

Aided by Steinhilber's seven strike-outs, Dartmouth made a tenth inning rally and defeated the University of Georgia 4-3 in the second Athens game, April 5. Bjorkman knocked out a three bagger and scored on Thurston's single, for the winning run. The score:

R H E Dartmouth 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 — 4 12 3 U. of Ga. 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 — 3 4 3

After battling two extra innings to break a scoreless tie, Georgia Tech defeated the Green nine 1-0 at Atlanta, April 6. Allison, pitching for the Southerners struck out eight men and allowed two singles, while Dunlevy on the mound for the visitors retired three and kept the opposing hits down to four. The score:

R H E Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 — l 4 0 Dartmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 2

In the second encounter against Georgia Tech. Dartmouth forced the home team into an extra inning to win 3-2. Scoreless to the ninth frame, the Southerners got to Lyon for four hits, tied the score and won in the tenth by a two-bagger by Palmissano. Caswell and Thurston scored for Dartmouth. The score:

R H E Ga. Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 9 2 Dartmouth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 5 3

Eleven passes issued by Steinhilber were offset by eight strike-outs and four scattered hits, giving Dartmouth the long end of a 7-4 score against Columbia Monday at South Field, New York city. The score:

R H E Dartmouth 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 — 7 6 1 Columbia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 — 4 4 6