DEFENSIVE PLAY STRESSED

Up to this point in the season the Green eleven had had practically no test on defense, and Coach Blaik and his aides prescribed several stiff scrimmage sessions with the freshmen to remedy this lop-sided state of affairs and to prepare for the fancy assault which Maine was expected to bring to Hanover on the following Saturday.

The Black Bears from Maine lived up to expectations, and with their laterals and trick plays gave Dartmouth quite an interesting afternoon before succumbing, 27 to 0. The Big Green displayed increasing power and versatility on attack, but its defensive play, particularly in the scoreless third period when Maine opened up, left a good deal to be desired. The visitors' passes were especially dangerous, and at one point Ray intercepted on the three-yard line to avert a Maine touchdown. Except for the third period, however, the game was all Dartmouth's.

Bill Clark and Frank Nairne returned to action during the game, and although these potential regulars played only a short while, they provided some sparkling bits of football while they were in the game. A flat pass, Clark to Nairne, was one of the best plays of the afternoon, and the latter displayed something of his shiftiness in shaking off two tacklers during a 20-yard dash.

The Indians took to the air ten times and completed three passes, one of them, from Chamberlain to Muello, scoring the fourth touchdown. The aerial attack was decidedly ragged, and indicated that a good deal of work would have to be done in that department as well as in defensive play.

Chamberlain scored Dartmouth's first touchdown within the first five minutes of play, after Handrahan had run a Maine punt back 25 yards to the 8-yard line. Conti added another touchdown in the second quarter on a series of end runs, and after the scoreless third quarter two more were produced by Geniawicz and Muello.

The contest did the Indians a world of good and indicated clearly that plenty of ground remained to be covered before the major games arrived. It served to drop the curtain on the preliminary portion of the season, and left the Big Green still potentially a good team but decidedly not one at the moment.