The Squad for 1933

This means that when the squad reports in 1933, Dartmouth will have the following line veterans on hand: Bill Embry, a whale of a good end; Phil Glazer and Al Baldwin, tackles, who played in and out football this year; Bob Michelet, a guard in the same category; Moe Frankel, a center who did not have much of a chance under the Cannell iron man system.

In the backfield: Wilbur Powers and Jack Hill, the twin shining lights of several games; Sammy Fishman, a player who had all sorts of promise; Roald Morton and Dave Hedges, who are supposed to be the blocking backs in that combination; George Stangle, who brought us to our feet in Ithaca for the only time of the game when he caught a pass from Hill and covered 80 yards on the play, after which Dartmouth couldn't put the ball over.

Now that is the set-up, but for my honest opinion, that will not be enough for next year. I think I have a slight inkling of what has been wrong with this Dartmouth team.

Dartmouth will be looking for a brand new player, who is a quarterback and a good blocker. It will not be necessary for him to carry the ball; he will only have to direct the team. For out of the welter of explanations of the Dartmouth season just finished, I think that the results may be partly if not wholly attributed to faulty and uninspiring field generalship.

I say these things without any personal animosity to the three or four fellows who called the signals this year. They were all capable football players, but the field general in any football game, let alone that of a major college, must be able to keep his. team under control every minute of the game and to rule with such an iron hand on the field that there is no doubt in the minds of any of his fellow players who is running the team.

Dartmouth lacked this direction. Naturally I think back to the days of Bob MacPhail who with several of his attendant faults, nevertheless ran a team in a manner which was beautiful to behold.

I don't think that the player who comes up to these specifications is on the present varsity squad. He must come up from the freshman team of this year. I think I know who he is and I might whisper it into some coach's ear.

Don't condemn Jack Cannell. Remember that the majority of Dartmouth men were far from satisfied with the system which had been in force for two or three years, and when the present system was installed we all hailed it as the dawn of a new era. The system is not at fault, and in fact I think that you will see it blossom out next year when the national spotlight again plays on Dartmouth by virtue of the intersectional contest with Chicago.

Dartmouth tended to play iron man ball this year, and although 33 men for the average were taken on every trip, only barely two teams got into the games. But an answer might be given that Colgate, one of the East's leading teams, also plays iron man football.

Ike Powers '34 Son of Walter Powers '06, of Newton Highlands, Mass. One of the fastest Green backs, Ike has provided much of the flashiest play of the season.