THE INJURY JINX

Why the Dartmouth football team, with the capable Harry Hillman as chief trainer, should be struck full force with the injury jinx is hard to estimate. Matters went from bad to worse as November wore on, and despite frantic work on the part of Hillman, de Courcey and others, the Big Green was crippled to such an extent that undergraduates were treated to the sight of third and fourth string men starting a game in the Yale Bowl, and no less than 15 men in the backfield alone winning their football letters at this writing, having completed the necessary full period in a major game.

But the hardest and cruellest blow of all was the loss of A 1 Marsters. Dartmouth, without Marsters, was at odds ends most of the time. The Green's chief candidate for Ail-American honors did not play at all against Columbia, was useless against Harvard and Brown, and did not play at Yale. A sorry scrub stepped on his ankle during a mid-week scrimmage session,and Marsterswas through.

The backfield situation was unique. It will be remembered that during the season of 1927, the Dartmouth backfield was composed of MacPhail, Lane, Marsters and Hamm during every major game. That is, these four men started every game, 'or were the main cogs in every game. To give the reader an idea of the 1928 edition of the football team, the chart given below shows the starting backfields against our major opponents this Fall:

Harvard Yale Quarter McDonough Harris Half Marsters Reece Half Breithut Lee Full Black Sutton Brown Cornell Quarter McDonough Longnecker Half Marsters Marsters Half Lee Wolff Full Sutton Johnson

The men who started against Harvard in the backfield were all injured to such an extent that they did not appear against Yale, with the exception of McDonough, who briefly played, and by the time Cornell rolled around, Dartmouth had about given up the ship. Probably that is the reason a very patched up team played inspired football at Ithaca.

HARVARD MAKING YARDAGE Guarnaccia, fleet Crimson back is slipping off-tackle for ten yards. He made a wide cut, slanting in past Cole, Dartmouth tackle. Marsters, No. 4, was caught off balance but he downed Guarnaccia at the next white stripe.