COACHES VISIT HANOVER

After being presented at the annual alumni dinners in New York and Boston, the new coaching staff journeyed to Hanover with President Hopkins and Dean Laycock, in a private car provided for the occasion by Edward S. French '06, president of the Boston and Maine. Blaik and Ellinger were seeing Hanover for the first time, but Gustafson had brought his Virginia Polytechnic team to town back in 1926.

The coaches spent a quiet first day, seeing something of the College and meeting administrative and athletic leaders at a supper party at the President's home. Coach Blaik swung into action on Monday morning, however, with a long string of conferences and interviews, and in the evening he met for the first time the football candidates with whom he will work in the spring and fall. About 130 undergraduates packed every inch of the Davis Field House lecture room and gave an enthusiastic reception to the new coaches as they were introduced.

Coach Blaik outlined his plans for spring practice, and stated that he hoped to get started with indoor work early in March. Group work on fundamentals will comprise the first portion of practice, and when' the weather permits outdoor sessions, team play will be taken up and stressed throughout April and possibly during a part of May. Coach Blaik advised the candidates that spring practice would last until Dartmouth had a semblance of a team, and that he was counting on this early work to lay the foundation for a first-class football structure next fall.

Coach Blaik and his aides left Hanover on Wednesday, after a three-day stay, with the intention of returning around the end of February. The new head coach plans to select a varsity end coach before spring practice begins, and when he returns to Hanover he will also take up the problem of a freshman coach and probably three freshman assistants.