Hockey

The hockey news is practically nil this month. Where Harvard, Yale and Princeton are going through brilliant schedules with colorful opponents, Dartmouth is still on the low ebb as a hockey power. It is a shame in a way to those of us who remember when Dartmouth, the great outdoor college, furnished the East's best teams. But now, with a new rink, ice simply will not freeze, and the team has been forced into an idleness which tells when major opponents are encountered. Yale initiated the season with a 13-4 defeat of Dartmouth, probably one of the worst defeats ever handed out to Dartmouth by a major opponent. Dartmouth had been on ice for only a few days, while Yale had been going through a schedule which was difficult but helped by having the facilities of the New Haven rink at their disposal. Yale simply swept through the Green defense, and Dartmouth, playing under the new rules, was routed.

A Close One With Yale

The second Yale game brought a surprise with a 4-3 Yale victory. For the first time this season Dartmouth had been able to work out on ice during sub-zero weather, and the boys from Hanover gave a great account of themselves despite the fact that neither of the Morton brothers were in the lineup. Bill Morton was still sojourning between California and New York and Roald was in Dick's House with a bad cold.

The Dartmouth sophomore line Prank Spain, Wilbur Powers and Hafey Arthur continually pressed the Elis and Spain accounted for two of his team's goals. Dick Jackson rammed in what appeared to be the winning goal after eleven minutes had elapsed in the final period, but a shot by Bostwick in the final seconds tied the game and forced the overtime.

After seven minutes of the overtime period had elapsed, Johnny Winter scored for Yale and it was all over, for the Green surge could not score. The game was marked by good feeling from the Yale stands, who rose in a body and applauded Art Nissen for his work on defense.

Set Back by Hostile Weather

With such a close game with one of the East's outstanding teams in the record books, naturally hopes ran high for the contest with Princeton, as Bill Morton was due to join the team. But the Hanover weather brought one of the warmest spells in history the temperature reached 68 and all the ice disappeared as quickly as it had formed. The net result that Dartmouth went down to Princeton with practically no practise sessions since the Yale game.

Princeton won 4-0, and reports of that game are not as yet in. Bill Morton arrived after an aeroplane trip which was necessitated because of his lack of cuts, but he could not stem the Tigers. Frank Spain, the outstanding man on the Dartmouth team, was carried off the rink on a stretcher after injuring his back, but reports from Princeton at this writing declare that he is resting comfortably in the Princeton infirmary and nothing serious has developed. At first it was thought that he had suffered a fractured vertebrae, but X-Rays proved this unfounded.

So there is not much of a story on hockey. When the men simply cannot practise they can never hope to have a first-class team. They have veteran material, in Bill Morton, Dick Jackson and Manchester, and have good sophomore replacements in aforementioned men. Jim McHugh and John Wolff are fine goalies, while Art Nissen and Bob Bennett have been taking care of defense along with the veteran Whitcomb and another sophomore, Walter. But what can you do or say?

JACK SHEA 's4 Speed skating champion of North Amer- ica, chosen for the Olympic team.