Cornell Loses in Hanover

Dartmouth opened in Hanover against Cornel], which did not appear to be a particularly strong nine this year. Way Thompson drew the pitching assignment and limited the Red to seven hits while breezing through an easy game. The score was 8-2 and there were no particular highlights to the game, except that Dartmouth appeared to be a well rounded team. Then came the injury to Barber, and the Green opened with Columbia in New York with Morton at first and Jimmy Chesnulevich on second base. It was the latter's varsity debut in a League game.

The Columbia game was one of those baseball nightmares which have come to be current at Baker Field. Last year we went down to New York to watch a very weird double header, and the game this year matched those contests in erratic fielding.

Three times Dartmouth piled up a three run lead on the Lions, and it was fate that decreed that they would beat the Green on the only occasion that they were ahead in the game. The winning run came in the tenth inning off Arthur Boisseau, who had relieved Way Thompson in the ninth with the score tied. When Boisseau entered the game, Columbia also took out the faltering Bill Wilkens and sent in their ace, Ray White.

It appeared as though Boisseau and White might battle indefinitely from then on, as both were pitching impressive baseball, but a single, stolen base and another hit told the story in the extra inning. Both teams garnered 12 hits, but the Dartmouth fielding was bad, errors coming at times with men on base which meant runs. Columbia likewise piled up seven errors, but the Lions did not feel them as much as Dartmouth.

Dartmouth came back to Hanover faced with a terrific task. Pennsylvania was to be met on Friday and Yale twice on Saturday, which meant that in two of the games the Indians would face the best pitching in the League, which meant John Powhida of the Quakers and Johnny Broaca of the Blue.