Baseball
After dividing games with Yale and Princeton, the varsity baseball nine dropped both ends of a double-header to Columbia on May ig and was virtually eliminated from the Eastern Intercollegiate League race. The scores at Morningside Heights were close, the first game going to the Lions, 5-4, in seven innings and the second, 12-11, after the abbreviated game had been prolonged until the tenth inning.
Bob Miller, Dartmouth's pitching ace, was charged with both losses, while Bill Meisel, Columbia star, was given credit for both victories. Miller and Meisel, who were mound opponents in the first game, entered the second contest in relief roles.
Miller allowed only four hits in the opener, but one of these blows, a homer by McDowell, brought in four runs in the first inning. After this disastrous frame, the Green ace settled down and pitched air-tight ball, striking out seven, but the first-inning damage was too much for the Indians to overcome. Jake Edwards, Bill Hart, and Bill Clark thumped out six of Dartmouth's eight hits, and scored all the runs. A two-run rally in the seventh brought the Big Green within one tally of tying the score, but King relieved Meisel and halted the uprising.
Bob Roundey, who pitched fine ball against Providence a few days earlier, was given the starting call in the second game, but four hits and a walk by the first five Columbia batters to face him soon ended his stay on the mound. Ted Olson took over the pitching duties and lasted until the fourth, when five more runs by the Lions brought Miller back into action. At that point, Columbia had an 11-4 lead and apparently had victory safely tucked away, but the Indians got busy in the sixth and scored seven runs to even the standing. Debettencount went to pieces in this in ning, and Gannett pitched to only two men before Meisel was rushed in to save the game. Snow, Morton and Allen were the big guns in the rally.
The contest then settled down to another duel between Miller and Meisel, and only a desperate play finally gave Columbia the winning run. Al Barabas, who had walked, got away to a good lead as Matal singled to center and scored all the way from, first, crashing into Bill Clark as he crossed the plate. Meisel held the Indians in check in their half of the tenth, and thereby gained credit for two victories in one afternoon. Dartmouth's la hits during the extra-inning game were all singles.
FIBST GAME COLUMBIA 5 DARTMOUTH 4 ab h po a Brominski,c.. . 3 0 5 1 1 Linehan,ss.... 3 1 4 3 Barabas,cf . . . 2 0 1 0 Matal,2b 1 1 2 6 ! McDowell,lb. .3 2 8 0 Seguin,3b. . . . 3 0 1 0 Nash,lf 3 0 0 1 Meisel,p 2 0 0 0 Chase,rf 1 0 0 0 King,p 0 0 0 0 Totals 21 4 21 11 ab h po a O'Brien,lf.... 4 0 0 0 Edwards,cf. ..3 2 0 0 Hart,rf 4 3 2 0 Snow,ss 4 0 2 5 Morton,2b ... 3 1 0 0 Conathan,lb ..3 0 6 0 Allen,3b 3 1 1 o Bennett,c.... 1 0 3 0 W.Clark,c ... 1 1 4 1 Miller,p 2 0 0 0 G.Clark,p.... 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 8 18 6 Dartmouth 0 0 0 1 1 0 2- 4 Columbia 4 0 0 0 0 1 x— 5 Runs—Linehan, Barabas, Matal 2, McDowell, Edwards 2, W. Clark 2. Error—Linehan. Home runs McDowell, Edwards. Three-base hit—Hart. Two-base hits—Allen, W. Clark. Stolen bases—Matal, McDowell. Left on bases—Dartmouth 6, Columbia 2. Double plays—Matal, Linehan and McDowell; Linehan, Matal and McDowell. Struck out—by Meisel, 5; by Miller, 7. Bases on balls—off Meisel, 2; off Miller, 3.
SECOND GAMECOLUMBIA 13DARTMOUTH 11 ab h po a Brominski,c.. .6 3 12 1 Linehan,ss.... 5 2 2 3 Barabas,cf.... 4 0 0 0 Matal,2b. .... 5 3 5 3 McDowell,lb. .6 2 10 0 Seguin,3b 5 2 0 5 Nash,lf 5 1 1 0 King,lf 0 0 0 0 Chase,rf 3 1 0 0 Debettenc't,p. 3 0 0 0 Gannett,p.... 0 0 0 0 Meisel,p 2 1 0 0 Totals 44 15 30 12 ab h po a O'Brien,lf. ... 3 1 0 0 Spain,lf 10 0 0 Ed wards,cf. ..6150 Hart,rf 6 0 2 0 Snow,ss 6 3 0 6 Morton,2b ... 6 2 33 Conathan,lb.. 5 1 13 0 Allen,3b 3 2 0 2 Bennett,c. ... 2 0 1 0 W. Clark,c ... 2 1 5 0 Roundey,p... 0 0 0 0 Olson,p 1 0 0 2 Miller,p 2 0 1 1 G. Clark.... 110 0 Totals 44 12 30 14 Columbia 5 01500000 I—12 Dartmouth 0 22007000 0—11 Runs—Brominski, Linehan 2, Barabas 3, Matal 2, McDowell 2, Seguin 2; O'Brien, Edwards. Snow 2, Morton 2, Conathan, Allen 2, W. Clark, Miller. Errors —Linehan 2, Matal, Nash; Snow, Allen 2, Miller. Home runs—Matal, McDowell. Two-base hit—Matal. Sacrifice—Chase. Double plays—Morton (unassisted); Miller and Conathan. Left on bases—Columbia 8, Dartmouth 10. Bases on balls—off Debettencourt, 3; off Gannett, 1; off Meisel, 1; off Roundey, 1; off Olson, 1; off Miller, 3. Struck out—by Debettencourt, 7; by Miller, 5. Hits—off Debettencourt, 6 in 5 innings (none out in fifth); off Gannett, 1 in 0 (pitched to 2 men); off Meisel, 5 in 5; off Roundey, 4 in 0 (none out in first); off Olson, 8 in 4; off Miller, 3 in 6.
On the preceding Saturday, which was May 12, Dartmouth played a double header at Princeton, and dropped the second game, 5-4, after winning the opener, 8-4. Bob Miller pitched the entire first game for the Green nine and allowed but one hit. He fanned 11 Tiger batters, but this effectiveness was somewhat offset by the nine passes which he issued. Dartmouth collected ten hits off Fred Kammer, getting away to an early three-run lead in the first inning and scoring in every session but the last. Bill Hart, Green right-fielder, drove a home run into left center field in the third. Frankie Spain, with three hits in four tries, and Rollie Morton, with two out of three, led the Dartmouth attack. Seven Princeton errors were a decided asset to the Indians.
Olson took up the mound duties in the nightcap, and was effective until the seventh, when Princeton put on a rally which brought Miller back into action. Dartmouth again assumed a three-run lead in the first inning, getting to Gosnell for four hits, and added one more tally in the fourth, but the Tigers scored single runs in the second? third and sixth, and finally pulled the game out of the fire. In the seventh inning, LeVan reached first on a fielder's choice and Follansbee drove out his third hit of the day. Miller took over the pitching assignment at this point, but Meyer walked, filling the bases, and Ed Spencer smashed a single to left field, sending in the tying and winning runs.
FIRST GAME DARTMOUTH 8 PRINCETON 4 ab h po a O'Brien,lf. . 5 13 0 Spain,2b..... 4 33 0 Edwards,cf. . . 4 1 1 0 Snow,3b 3 1 0 0 Hart,rf 3 10 0! Morton,lb.... 3 2 2 0 Conathan,lb. . 1 0 2 0 Allen,ss 3 0 0 3 Bennett,c. ... 4 0 10 2 Miller,p 4 1 0 3 Clark 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 10 21 8 ab h po a Nevitt,cf 3 0 1 0 Perry ,rf 3 0 1 0 Branlette,2b. .4 0 0 3 LeVan,3b.... 3 0 0 0 Follansbee,c.. 2 0 7 0 Lynn,lf 1 0 0 0 Gerhart,lf.... 1 0 1 0 Myers,lb 1 0 8 1 Kammer,p. ..3 1 0 4 Neel,ss 2 0 3 1 fßrown 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 1 21 9 *Batted for Morton in sixth inning, † Batted for Lynn in fifth inning. Dartmouth 3 1 1 1 1 1 0- 8 Princeton 0 2 2 0 0 0 0— 4 Runs—O'Brien 2, Spain, Edwards, Snow, Hart, Morton, Allen, LeVan, Follansbee 2, Neel. ErrorsSpain, Edwards, Morton, Allen, Bennett, Branlette, LeVan, Lynn 2, Neel 3. Runs batted in—Spain 2, Hart 3, Clark, Miller, Morton, Kammer 2. Home run—Hart. Two-base hits—Morton, Edwards. Stolen bases—Snow 2. Double play—Myers and Neel. Struck out—by Miller, IX; by Kammer, 4. Bases on ballsoff Miller, 9; off Kammer, 2. Left on bases—Dartmouth 8, Princeton 8.
SECOND GAME PRINCETON 5 DARTMOUTH 4 ab h po a Nevitt.cf 4 0 2 0 Perry,rf 2 10 0 Brown,lf 3 0 1 0 LeVan,Sb 4 10 2 Follansbee,c. .33 5 1 Myers,2b 3 1 4 5 Wegner,2b.... 1 0 1 0 Spencer,1b.... 2 1 5 2 Gosnell,p 2 0 0 2 Neel.ss 3 0 3 2 Totals 27 7 21 14 ab h po a O'Brien,lf.... 3 2 1 0 Spain,2b 1 0 f 3 Edwards, cf. . . 3 2 0 0 Snow,3b 2 1 0 2 Hart,rf 1 1 0 0 Conathan,lb. .1 0 12 0 Allen,ss 2 0 0 3 Bennett, e.... 3 0 6 1 Olson,p 2 2 1 5 Miller,p 0 0 0 0 W.Clark.... 110 0 Totals 19 9 21 14 *Batted for Allen in seventh inning. Dartmouth 3 0 0 1 0 0 0— 4 Princeton 0 1 1 0 0 1 2—5 Runs—Perry, LeVan, Follansbee 2, Myers, O'Brien, Edwards, Snow, Olson. Errors—Brown, Neel, Spain 3. Runs batted in—Myers, Follansbee, Neel, Spencer 2, Edwards, Snow, Hart, Olson. Two-base hits—Perry, Edwards 2. Three-base hits—Follansbee, Olson. Stolen base—Edwards. Sacrifices—Perry, Gosnell, Spain, 2.
The league contest with Yale at Hanover on May 4 was a nip-and-tuck affair, with Bob Miller getting the best of George Parker, Eli captain, in a return duel. Parker allowed only three hits, but he and his mates blew up in the eighth inning, during which errors, walks, and two double steals produced three Green runs.
Miller was in excellent form, allowing five hits and striking out nine, and the game was probably the best of his collegiate career. Dartmouth took a one-run lead in the fourth on Rollie Morton's double and a sacrifice fly by Phil Clark, but Yale evened the count in the seventh when Gengerelly doubled and came home on Curtin's single to center.
Yale collapsed with two out in the eighth. Spain reached first on a fielder's choice and stole second. Edwards walked and the two base-runners engineered a double steal, Spain scoring and Edwards taking third when Klein's peg went into left field. Snow walked and kept going to second els Edwards headed for home. Parker, dazed by the sudden turn of events, delayed his throw long enough to allow Edwards to slide in safely, and then followed this up with a wild pitch which allowed Snow to reach third. Morton's infield hit brought in Snow with the third run of the inning, and Phil Clark ended the session by flying out.
DARTMOUTH 4 YALE 1 ab h po a O'Brien,lf. ..3 0 0 0 Spain, 2b 4 0 5 1 Edwards,cf. . . 2 0 3 0 Snow,3b 3 1 0 3 Morton.lb.... 4 210 0 P. Clark,rf.... 3 0 0 0 Allen,ss 3 0 0 3 Bennett,c 3 0 9 4' Miller,p 3 0 0 I! Totals 28 3 27 12 ab h po a McKenzie,cf. .3 0 3 0 Woodlock,ss. .3 1 1 4 Williamson,rf. 4 1 5 0 Klein,c 3 0 3 0 McDonald,lf. .4 0 2 0 Gengerel]y,lb .4 1 10 0 Dugan,2b.... 3 1 0 1 Curtin,3b.... 3 1 0 2 Parker,p 3 0 0 2 Totals 30 5 24 9 Yale 0 00 000 1 0 0-1 Dartmouth 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 x— 4
Runs—Spain, Edwards, Snow 2, GengerelJy. ErrorsSpain, Allen, Klein, Gengerelly, Parker. Runs batted in —Morton, P. Ciark, Curtin. Two-base hits—Morton, Gengerelly. Sacrifices—Edwards, P. Clark, McKenzie. Stolen bases—Spain 4, Edwards 2, Snow, Morton. Double play—Bennett and Spain. Left on basesDartmouth 5, Yale 5. Bases on balls—Off Miller, 2; off Parker, 3. Struck out—by Miller, 9; by Parker 3.
The league contest with Pennsylvania on May 10 was cancelled when a thundershower flooded the Memorial Field diamond just as the first batter was about to step up to the plate. Dartmouth and Penn will play a double-header at Philadelphia on June 2.
Highlight of the non-league games of the past month was that with Providence at Kanover on May 16. Bob Roundey, making his first start of the. year, went the entire route and defeated the highly touted Friars, 3-2. Roundey, who has to make an annual spring choice between baseball and tennis, granted only five hits and baffled the visitors with an assortment of fast and slow hooks. Jake Edwards led the Green batters with three safeties in four trips to the plate, and hits by Snow and Conathan also figured in the run-making.
The Indians opened their home season on April 21 with a 8-0 decision over Lowell Textile. Miller allowed four scattered hits and fanned 17. The Providence game of April 27 was cancelled because of wet grounds, and on the following day the Indians downed New Hampshire at Ports- mouth, 12-6. Miller struck out ten in this contest, and gave way to Roundey in the last innings. A fourth non-league victory was won over St. Michael's on May 2 by a 17-4 score. Joe Jayne, Ted Olson, and Rollie Morton pitched three innings each, while Edwards and O'Brien had field days at bat.
Big Green in Front in Crimson Meet Al Hine, Dartmouth senior from New Britain, Conn., winning the 200 metre event. His two firsts, in the 200 and 100 dashes, were not enough to overcome Harvard's scoring lead.
