With Phil Sherman

This is the hardest football story to write each year. The reason for that statement is obviously the difference between the time that this issue appears and the time that this article is written, for the hopes of today may be buried within the next few weeks and unheard-of players at this moment may see their names emblazoned in fame when the stories of the major games are written.

To date, the Dartmouth football team has passed through the formative stage, and although the men have not yet had the "feel" of stiff competition, the material has been sifted and balanced and partially tried in combat.

The first three games of the season leave Dartmouth with a tremendous scoring total and an uncrossed goal line, which is just what everyone expected. Recently many articles have appeared in the press, the birth of the thought being credited to Yale, that these "pre-season" set-ups are basically unfair and prove nothing in the long run. It is not for us to argue the merits of a football team's taking on three or four easy teams to start the season, but the games themselves are not highly interesting and the material is not adequately tested in combat of this sort, far better exhibitions being given in the semi-weekly scrimmage session against the second team.