Biggest Score in History

Norwich traditionally opened the season and the 79-0 score was a surprise from many angles. In the first place it goes into the record books as the worst beating ever suffered by the Cadets in twenty-five years of relations with Dartmouth and in the second place it was the highest score ever run up by Dartmouth against an opponent in all her football history.

I have always regarded the Norwich game as a sort of barometer for the season, for in this contest the entire squad is paraded against the Cadets and every man is given a chance to show what he has in the way of football ability.

Then imagine our surprise when the man who stole the show was not a newcomer to varsity ranks, not a promising sophomore about whom columns of predictions had been written, but a faithful veteran, completing his third year on the squad and always being just on the outer fringe of varsity rating. Robert E. Lee, Jr., stole the show the opening day, and his twin runs of 90 and 95 yards, respectively, will go into the record books undoubtedly as an unusual performance.

I have known Lee for three years. During that time he has always played the role of the boy who should have made good but just something was against it. As a sophomore back he stepped into the Dartmouth lineup when Fred Breithut and Shep Wolff were declared out and played against Yale for the whole game without a substitute. He played against Brown as a halfback, and then when the injured men recuperated, Lee went right back to his third string rating. Came junior year and Lee tried out for fullback. His entire season was written in three minutes against Norwich. Now he returns as a senior and an aspirant for quarterback honors.

But three men are ahead of Lee in the quarterback list, and yet Robert of Cincinnati steps into the opening game of the season and steals the show. A queer twist of fate has surrounded his career.