BASEBALL TEAM SUCCESSFUL ON ANNUAL SOUTHERN TRIP
Although no outdoor practice had been possible before leaving Hanover, Coach Tesreau's nine was victorious in six of the eight games scheduled for the annual southern tour. Georgia and Georgia Tech secured decisions by close margins although both were beaten in return games.
The season officially opened with a clean 3-1 victory over the strong University of Virginia nine in Charlottesville. The Green squad was fielding and hitting in mid-season form and the Virginia men made several costly fumbles, all of which made for a Green victory.
Oglethorpe University was trounced 4-3 and 6-0 in a two-game series on the Petrels' diamond in Atlanta, Ga. These two encounters were the first of a six-game series held within the state.
Next the team traveled due south to Athens where they split a two-game series with the University of Georgia. In the first encounter the Dartmouth men scored a close 5-4 victory over the southerners. The fateful ninth inning nearly proved disastrous for the visitors when the local team held a sharp rally which the Green was able to stop only after three runs had been scored.
In the second game of the series the Bulldogs turned and sent the Green down to a 7-6 defeat. The Green started off with a rush but was checked rather shortly and held down until the eighth when it scored four times. Three pitchers were used by Coach Tesreau.
Returning to Atlanta they split another series with Georgia Tech. The first game was a heartbreaker—the Green getting three men on the sacks in the first of the ninth with no outs but lacking the necessary punch to climb over the top of a 7-5 count.
The second game of the series went to the Green by a 1-0 score. It was largely a pitching duel between Edwards of Dartmouth and Enloe of Tech, the game being called in the sixth on account of rain.
The trip wound up with a decisive 13-9 victory over New York University in New York on Monday. The game was loosely played by both teams but the decision was always in Dartmouth's favor.
Harris and Stevens easily captured the batting honors, with the former a little the better of the two. Fox and Stevens both played good fielding games, while Edwards was the pitching star with three victories to his credit.
