Basketball
The Green court team reached the examperiod interlude on Jaruary 19 with two victories and two defeats in the first third of its league campaign. Both victories were scored at the expense of Princeton, in thrilling contests that ended 27-26 and 34-32. The league defeats were received from Pennsylvania's championship club, 30-22, and from Columbia, 37-22.
The Pennsylvania contest in Hanover on January 12 opened the league activities of Dolly Stark's team. After a nip-and-tuck first half, at the end of which the Quakers held a 16-14 lead, Freeman led an assault jhat soon boosted the winners' advantage t0 26-19- Dartmouth popped away at the basket from all corners, but Hubbell's field eoal and McKernan's foul shot were the only points added before the final gun. Freeman, Penn's lanky center, took scoring honors with 11 points, while Captain A 1 Bonniwell led the Indians with 9. This first league contest disclosed that the Green five could play good defensive basketball, but that its ball-handling and planned attack were below par.
The Princeton contest two nights later was a personal triumph for A 1 Bonniwell. In as thrilling a game as Hanover has ever witnessed, the Green leader personally accounted for every Dartmouth point in the second half, 14 in all, and enabled his team to earn a 27-26 victory. Six field goals from every conceivable angle and two foul shots resulted from the magnificent shooting of Bonniwell, while Carrick and Parachini, two unheralded reserves, injected new life into the team and put on a great show of defensive basketball. Dartmouth trailed 20-13 at the half and 22-13 soon after the second period began. Spectators were astounded to see Carrick and Parachini replace McKernan and Davis at this point, but things soon began to happen and Bonniwell started the phenomenal streak which ultimately won the game for the Green. Carrick, a rangy center, had been drafted from fraternity basketball only a few weeks before the game, and Parachini, a stocky guard, had been lost up to that night in the legion of sophomore candidates. Bonniwell sank a total of 19 points for the evening, and took his place with the leading scorers of the league.
INDIANS TAKE TO ROAD
The Indian five opened a two-game trip at Columbia on January 18, and suffered its second league defeat, 37-22. The Lions held Dartmouth to one field goal in the first half and ended that period with a 15-7 lead. The Green courtmen staged a brief rally early in the second half, but Columbia always managed to maintain an advantage of at least seven points. Bonniwell was held to a single basket during the game, while Bill Nash, Columbia's ace, took scoring honors with ten points. The first half was a wild affair, with fifteen fouls called, mostly against Dartmouth.
The following night Dartmouth and Princeton put on another thriller at Princeton, Jack Davis' last-minute basket enabling the Indians to eke out a 34-32 win. A floor goal by Bonniwell had tied the count 32-32 just before Davis settled matters. Dolly Stark put a revamped team on the floor at Princeton, starting Davis at forward, and Cleaveland at guard, along with Bonniwell, McKernan and Hubbell. This combination gained a 17-14 lead at half-time, after the Tigers had been ahead 12-10. A pair of baskets by McKernan and Krivitsky, reserve guard, improved the Green margin early in the second period, and after five minutes Dartmouth was ahead, 24-19. Princeton rallied to within one point of Dartmouth, 27-26, and a spectacular shot by Captain Grebauskas gave the Tigers a 28-27 lead. The two teams battled evenly during the remaining minutes, Bonniwell tying the count at 32-all and Davis dropping in the winning basket. Bonniwell was high scorer of the evening with 12 points. McKernan with 8 and Cleaveland with 7 also figured prominently in the Green attack.
Before the opening of the league campaign, Dartmouth dropped a home contest to the strong Providence five, 42-35, on January 9. During the Christmas vacation the Green courtmen won two and lost three contests. They defeated the Seventh Regiment at New York, 41-28, and Colgate at Hamilton, 36-24. Defeats were received from the University Club of Stamford, Conn., 27-24; C. C. N. Y., 26-22; and Syracuse, 57-30.
