Dartmouth's Loss

It did not seem fair that Al Marsters should have been forced to sit on the sidelines, pale and wan from two weeks in the infirmary, bundled in blankets, while his team was fighting against odds on the field. The finest tribute which could be paid to him was written by David P. Egan in the Boston Globe, which follows in part:

"The Dartmouth triumphs over Columbia and Harvard were largely triumphs for Marsters, but his work against Yale overshadowed even his brilliant best. In that game he soared to the dizziest heights of football greatness. In five of the most glamorous minutes that any football star ever knew he personally accounted for the 12 points that Dartmouth needed against a Yale team which had scored 10. And then he left the gridiron and the cheers and the headlines behind him forever. "He bundled his whole career intoa breathtaking finale. It wasn't a sad ending to a glorious career. It was a glorious ending to a sad career which had been blighted by injuries. He did everything any boy could have done for any college. He reached the climax, and there can be no dull, drab, anti-climax. He finished his football book in a strong, determined hand, and the last chapter was by far the best.

"Alone he crushed a strong Columbia team. Alone he broke the back of Harvard in the Stadium. Alone he lifted Dartmouth from a certain defeat to what seemed a certain victory, and I am pleased to imagine that the same blazing spirit which made Dartmouth a great team with Marsters will help to make Dartmouth a great team without Marsters."