BASEBALL

Holy Cross 9—Dartmouth 1

Carroll, the Holy Cross pitcher who faced the Dartmouth baseball team at Worcester, April 19, was chiefly responsible for checking the Hanoverians at the outset of what looked like a promising season. Eight scattered hits were all the Worcester man allowed, and though he exhibited liberality in allowing batsmen to reach first base by passing one and hitting four with pitched bads, he turned away seven by the strikeout rout and was at all times in command of the situation. The Holy Cross attack made itself felt in the first inning of play when one run was scored. Another run was added in the fourth inning and a third in the fifth, preparing the way for the concentration of force which brought about three runs in the sixth inning and a repetition of this scoring feat in the following session.

Dartmouth's single credit was gathered in the fourth inning when Smith, who had reached first by bodily intercepting one of Carroll's inshoots, was advanced on Harris' double and Heep's single.

Dartmouth B—Springfield 5

Austin, a substitute outfielder summoned from Hanover to replace Dagostino, who injured a finger in the game with Holy Cross, lived up to the highest ideals of what is expected of a college man in such a situation and in the ninth inning with the score five to four against alma mater made a home run which rendered previous statistics null and void.

Scoring started in the first inning with Springfield runners spiking the home plate twice in quick succession. The Hanover team reduced this lead by fifty per cent in the second inning and adding two more runs in the next chapter assumed the lead. Another run in the fifth inning boosted the Green total again. Thus matters stood until the last half of the eighth inning when members of the Springfield team appearing to .have acquired a taste for Dunlevy's type of delivery arrogantly scored three runners and took command of the battle. Conspicuous in the Springfield rally was Hanson's long three base hit.

It was after this assault that Austin came to the rescue like another Merriwell.

Dunlevy, whose pitching ability coach Tesreau uncovered during the southern trip worked a heady and effective game. He allowed but five hits, passed three men, struck out five, and contributed two sacrifice hits. At the bat Heep and Harris continued to display prowess, the former hitting safely twice in four trips to bat while the latter secured two hits in three attempts. Stolen bases figured prominently in the Dartmouth portion of the box score, Captain Smith annexing two and Bjorkman two, while Caswell and Shapleigh took one each.

Dartmouth 7—Yale 3

In a free hitting contest which was likewise one of many errors the Dartmouth team took the long end of a 7 to 3 score at New Haven, April 22. The Green team profitted by six Yale errors and amassed 16 of the afternoon's 23 hits.

Yale opened the box score with runs in the first and second inning before the Dartmouth team awakened to the opportunities of the day. Then in the fourth inning, when Hawkes threw wild from short to first, Neale muffed two in left field, and man and Shapleigh and a sacrifice hit by Pond walked Thurston, the Hanover contingent went into action. Singles by Bjorkman and Shapleigh, and a sacrifice hit by Lyon were added to the Yale errors for a total of three runs. Two more tallies were registered in the sixth inning. Bjorkman singled, Smith sacrificed him to second base, Heep rung the bell with a home run. Yale's scoring efforts came to an end in the eighth inning when Hickey hit for three bases and trotted home on a sacrifice fly by Hawkes. Caswell and Thurston added to the Dartmouth total in the last inning, the former starting - with a single and scoring on Thurston's three-base hit, Thurston himself, stealing home a moment later.

Caswell, Shapleigh and Bjorkman, with three hits each figured prominently in the afternoon's entertainment. Heep and Thurston took two hits apiece. In the field Shapleigh likewise added figures to the box score, with three errors registered against his short-stopping.

Dartmouth 5—Maine 2

The Hanover baseball season opened April 27 with the University of Maine providing the opposition for Captain Frank Smith's Dartmouth team. Blake pitched a consistent game for Dartmouth and had but one bad inning. Though he gave four first bases on balls he allowed but seven hits and struck out six Maine batters, while in his own batting turns he acquired two singles and a two-base hit in three attempts.

A triple by Caswell followed by a single by Thurston produced the first Dartmouth run, and that in the first inning. The Green team added two more in the third inning. Caswell opened with a single and stole second. Thurston drew a pass and both runners were advanced on Harris' sacrifice hit. Bjorkman's single to center scored Caswell and Thurston registered on a double steal.

With one out in the fourth inning Maine endeavored to stem the tide of the afternoon. Dunham got his 'second hit in as many times at bat, Foster walked, and Neweil and Prescott hit safely. Perry, following Prescott, arrived safely at first when Shapleigh threw low to third in an attempt to force Newell. Then with the bases full Blake braced himself and forced McKechnie to tap to Harris.

The further Dartmouth scoring came in the fifth inning. Bjorkman was passed and scored on Smith's double which Foster juggled. Heep sent a hit to deep left field scoring Smith.

Fielding features of the day were contributed by Shapleigh who made a diving catch of Steam's fly back of third in the eighth inning, and Prescott and Stearns, of Maine, who ran far into foul territory after long flies. Bjorkman made two pretty running catches in center field.

Dartmouth 17—M. A. C. 5

A slow eight inning swatting bee was the game with Massachusetts Agricultural College, in Hanover, May 2. The Hanover team, taking kindly to the pitching of Brunner, and of Johnson, amassed a total of 22 hits during the afternoon, Heep making four in four times at bat, Shapleigh five in five times at bat, and Caswell, Harris and Bjorkman three each.

Five Dartmouth runs were scored in the first inning. Dagostino opened with a single, Caswell clouted a home run, Thurston doubled and scored on Harris' single, Bjorkman singled and advanced on Smith's sacrifice, and Heep filled the bases when he drew a base on balls. At this juncture a double by Caswell scored two more men. Further Dartmouth scoring came in the second inning after two were out, three hits, a pass, and four stolen bases bringing the total of runs to eight.

The Massachusetts team advanced to the scoring column in the third inning, registering three runs. Each team scored once in the fourth inning, and in the fifth inning the Dartmouth total by means of heavy hitting and disastrous Massachusetts errors, was swelled by the addition of six more runs. Two runs in the eighth inning finished the Dartmouth scoring, and were followed in the same frame by another Massachusetts tally.

Dartmouth 13—Norwich 0

With the Dartmouth fielders displaying a brilliant defense, garnering fourteen safe hits while Barker held the opposition to the slender sum of four, Coach Tesreau's team defeated Norwich in a slow contest on Memorial Field, May 6.

Captain Styles, of the Norwich team, who assumed the mound engagement for the day was found for 11 hits before the sixth inning and retired in favor of Clavin, who in the succeeding innings held the Green batsmen to three singles. For Dartmouth Barker hurled a beautiful game and beginning in the first inning registered five strike outs in a row.

Three Dartmouth runs came in the fourth inning, Harris singling and scoring on Bjorkman's double, Bjorkman scoring after Smith's sacrifice and a hit by Heep, and Heep scoring by means of a steal of second and Barker's hit. More runs were produced in the following inning. Caswell, who scratched out a hit to second scored on Bjorkman's second double after Thurston had flied to center field and Harris had fanned. Bjorkman scored then by stealing third base and home, and Smith, not to be outdone, in the pilfering business, drew a pass and proceeded to steal all the rest of the bases. Barker hit again in the sixth inning, Dagostino reached first when Clark dropped his long fly, Caswell scored Barker with a single, advanced on a peg to catch Dagostino at third, and with Dagostino scored on Thurston's hit. Clavin entering the game at this point, walked Harris, gave Bjorkman a single and faced Smith with the bases full, whereupon the Dartmouth captain singled to score Thurston and Harris, and Bjorkman stole home again. Smith stole second, advanced on Heep's out at first, and tied Bjorkman's record with another steal of home.

Bjorkman with four hits, two of them doubles, led the Green batting list, with Caswell, Smith and Shapleigh, following at two hits each.

Dartmouth s—Columbia 3

Lyon, pitching for Dartmouth, played particular hob with the Columbia lion in Hanover, May 7, allowing but two hits while the Green team took its second game from the Morningside stars. In addition to starving the Columbia batsmen Lyon refused to issue a single pass. Gehrig, Columbia's ace, also pitched a steady game and allowed but six hits, three errors in his supporting infield, and two passed balls contributed to his undoing. Two runs in the first inning initiated the Dartmouth scoring. Dagostino beat out a hit to shortstop and advanced to second on Caswell's bunt, scoring a moment later on Thurston's sharp single to center. Harris cracked out another single advancing Thurston to second base, at which point in the proceedings Biatteis, catching for Columbia was instrumental to the extent of registering a passed ball on which Thurston scored.

Columbia evened the count in the fourth inning after having for three innings been retired in short order. Kennedy doubled to left for the New Yorkers' only clean hit of the game. Moeschen then hit to Smith who threw wild to first, allowing Kennedy to score. Gehrig registered a hit on an infield grounder which to Harris, Mannheim flied to Bjorkman and Moeschen went home after the catch.

In the Dartmouth half of the same inning the Green team advanced again. Bjorkman reached first on Strom's error and advanced to third on another passed ball, Smith walked and stole second, and after Shaneman had rolled out, Shapleigh scored the runners with a long hit to right center.

Columbia's third run counted in the fifth inning when Smith missed Heinzelman's hard grounder and allowed the runner to reach second base from which point he scored on a passed ball.

Dartmouth likewise scored in this inning, Thurston taking second base when Heinzelman threw low to first in fielding the hit, stealing third, and, scoring on Harris' blow to center.

Thurston with two hits and two runs in four trips to the plate and a total of seven chances cleanly accepted at second base, occupied the headline position in the Hanover line-up.

Dartmouth A—Pennsylvania 2

There was considerable joy in the Dartmouth camp May 11 when Tesreau's pupils, aided by Dunlevy's brilliant pitching, scored Dartmouth's first victory against Huntzinger, the Pennsylvania pitching phenom, and administered to that hurier his second defeat in the last 20 games he has worked. The game was one of the feature attractions of the Junior Prom period and fulfilled its mission.

Dunlevy, who used to substitute at first base before he became the Green pitching find of several seasons, worked a smooth game and was in control of proceedings at all times. He was touched for nine hits and allowed two passes, but in every emergency arose nobly and without apparent effort to the occasion. Behind him the Dartmouth team played errorless ball and the infield showed its best wares.

Dartmouth scored in the first inning when Sullivan fumbled Harris' grounder and Bjorkman singled. Smith assisted with a sacrifice hit and Shaneman's fly to center scored Harris. A Pennsylvania run came home in the third inning. Huntzinger was safe on a fielder's choice which eliminated Allen at second, and scored on Miller's long double.

In the fourth inning the Philadelphians advanced a point, singles by Sullivan, Goldblatt and McMullen, and a sacrifice by Schuff giving the necessary power. In its half of the inning the Hanover team knotted this score. Harris reached first when Farrell fumbled his grounder, Bjorkman doubled along the left field foul line, scoring Harris, and, after Smith had rolled out, Shaneman singled, sending Bjorkman across the plate. Shapleigh followed Shaneman with a hit to Sullivan who threw wild to second in attempting a double play and allowed Shaneman to advance to third. Then Huntzinger stumbled in fielding Dunlevy's roller to the mound and threw the ball away in a frantic attempt to head off Shaneman at the plate.

Both pitchers then settled down to a duel, and from this time on, Huntzinger al.owed but one hit and Dunlevy two, and, as he improved with the age of the game, Huntzinger permitted but 12 batters to face him in the last four frames. A sensational onehand leaping catch of Caswell's screaming liner over short was contributed by Farrell for the fielding feature of the afternoon.

Princeton 10—Dartmouth 4

After seven straight victories and a quantity of first-class baseball the Dartmouth team started a depressing losing streak at Princeton, May 16, when the Tiger team, which has been going great guns, made Dartmouth its sixteenth successive victim. Caldwell, pitching for Princeton, celebrated a field day, holding the Dartmouth team to six hits while he himself grabbed two triples and a single.

The Princeton team lost little time in solving the delivery of Lyon, who started on the mound for Dartmouth, and though held in check for two innings, scored five runs in the third amidst a shower of hits, including two triples and two doubles. Harris' safety to left, followed by Bjorkman's home run gave the Dartmouth team a figure in the fourth inning and stirred the Tiger outfit to renewed activity. Caldwell tripled, Fisk followed with a double, and errors by Thurston and Caswell were mingled with these hits to produce three runs and bring the Princeton total to eight. Lyon retired to the showers and was replaced by Barker.

Dartmouth achieved another tally in the seventh when a brace of hits produced a run. In the meantime Barker held the Princetonians in check until the eighth inning when three singles and another error added two more counters. A short lived rally of two hits in the ninth inning added one more Dartmouth run.

Columbia 7—Dartmouth 0

Columbia's revenge for past defeats took the form of a 7 to 0 shut-out at New York May 17. Gehrig, to prove that Caldwell, of Princeton, was not alone in his versatility, played first base instead of pitching, and hit for two triples and a double, one base more than Caldwell, and scored two runs. Meanwhile Steinhilber, who assumed the Dartmouth pitching burden, struck snags and allowed four runs in the first inning, thereby giving Lyon a job as a replacement. Lyon pitched three scoreless innings before he allowed the Columbians any freedom. Then, a run in the fifth inning and two in the sixth were appended to the Columbia score. Lyon allowed five hits in seven innings of pitching, and Van Brocklin gave the Dartmouth team but four hits during the entire afternoon.

N. Y. U. 2—Dartmouth 1

Maintaining consistency on its four-game trip Dartmouth followed the Princeton and Columbia games by dropping an encounter to New York University, May 18. Neither team scored until the seventh inning when Steinhilber weakened after pitching almost hitless ball, and allowed four hits, which with two Dartmouth errors gave the New York team its total score. Steinhilber was replaced by Dunlevy. Dartmouth scored its lone tally in the eighth inning and was seldom dangerous to the New Yorkers, Thorp allowing the Hanover men but three hits during the afternoon and pulling himself from every pinch.