FOLLOWING THE BIG GREEN TEAMS

To the surprise of all the experts, Dartmouth rides jauntily at the head of the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League defeating Pennsylvania and Cornell in its first two contests of the 1935 campaign. Jeff Tesreau's youthful nine downed the Quakers, 5 to 3, at Philadelphia on April 13, and the Ithacans, 11 to 2, at Ithaca on April 20. Ted Olson, junior pitching ace from Squantum, Mass., was credited with winning both games; while Captain Bill Clark, the other end of this effective battery combination, and Ray Ratajczak, sophomore shortstop, provided the offensive fireworks at bat.

The Indians made the most of only four hits to win from Pennsylvania, and were considerably aided by three Quaker errors. Olson, who pitches in orthodox, righthanded fashion, set Penn down with seven hits, three of which happened in the ninth inning when the Red and Blue nine scored its last two runs. The game had been called off on the previous day because of rain and wet grounds, but Dartmouth had already set out for Philadelphia when the notification arrived, and the contest was played under damp, chilly conditions.

Penn took a one-run lead in the first inning on Shanahan's double and Lee's single, but Dartmouth evened the score in the fourth when Ratajczak tripled and counted on Eddowe's wild throw of Hart's grounder. The Indians scored twice in the seventh on Bill Clark's single, Bienstein's muff of Ray's grounder, a fielder's choice on Allen's tap, and Conathan's deep sacrifice fly. With two out in the ninth, two more Green tallies were added on passes to Allen and Conathan, Olson's two-bagger to center, and Chanda's error on Phil Clark's grounder. The Dartmouth infield handled 26 chances without a slip, Olson contributing the lone Green error. The box score: DARTMOUTH 5 PENN 3 ab hpo a ab h po a P. Clark, rf.... 5 0 0 0 0'Donnell.lf. . 4 0 10 Ratajczak.ss. .4223 Bienstein,2b ..3012 Casey,cf 3 0 3 0 Shanahan,cf. . 4 2 10 W. Clark,c... 4 1 7 2 Lees,rf 4 1 0 0 Hart,lf 4 0 1 0 Kozloff,3b 4 2 1 1 Ray,3b 4 0 0 2 Hauze,c 4 0 8 1 Allen,2b 3 0 0 5 Freeman,lb.. . 4 114 0 Conathan,lb.. 2 0 14 0 Eddowes.ss.. . 2 0 0 2 Olson,p 4 1 0 2 Barton,p 2 0 1 5 Horne.p 1 0 0 1 Totals 33 4 27 14 *Effinger 1 0 0 0 Chanda,2b.. ..1100 Totals 34 7 27 12 *Batted for Eddowes in eighth inning. Dartmouth 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 5 Pennsylvania 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2—3

Runs Ratajczak, W. Clark, Ray, Allen, (Jonathan, Conananan (2), Lees. Errors—Olson, Bienstein, Eddowes, Chanda. Runs batted in Allen, Olson, Conathan, Lees, Kozloff, Hauze. Two-base hits Shanahan, Olson, Kozloff. Three-base hits Ratajczak. Stolen bases Lees, Kozloff, Allen. Sacrifice Conathan. Double play Olson, Ratajczak and Conathan. Left on bases—Dartmouth, 6; Penn, 4. Bases on balls Off Barton, 2; off Home, 2. Struck out—By Olson, 6: by Barton, 6; by Horne, 1. Hits Off Barton 3in 8 innings; off Horne, 1 in 1. Passed ball Hauze. Losing pitcher Barton. Umpires Livingston and Moore. Time 2:14.

In the Cornell contest, the Green and Red nines each got seven hits, but seven Cornell errors and eight bases on balls helped the Indians around the bases. Dartmouth scored in all but the first and fourth innings, three walks and a wild pitch by Phil Pross, Cornell's starting pitcher, opening the Green parade with two runs in the second. The Indians earned another pair of runs in seventh, when Bill Clark's triple scored Ratajczak and Casey, who had hit safely. Two passes, a hit and three errors added three more runs to the Dartmouth total in the ninth inning. Downer's home run to deep left field with Captain Dugan on first in the last of the ninth saved Cornell from a shutout. Walt Switzer got three hits for the Red nine but was unable to score. Joe Jayne pitched the last two innings for Dartmouth, after Olson had allowed but four hits and fanned eight in seven innings. Ratajczak again was the only Dartmouth batter to connect safely for two hits. Jeff Tesreau's team continued its smooth fielding, but errors were committed by Conathan and Jayne.

The box score: DARTMOUTH 11 CORNELL 2 ab h po a ab h do a P. Clark,lf.... 5 1 1 1 Kreimer,2b... 4 1 1 5 Ratajczak,ss.. 5 2 2 2 Froelich,lb. . . 3 0 8 1 Casey,cf 3 1 1 0 Florence,cf... 1 0 2 0 W. Clark,c... 3 1 11 0 Dugan,lf 4 0 1 1 Hart,lf 3 0 1 0 Downer,c 4 2 3 0 Ray,3b 3 0 0 2 Switzer,rf 4 3 0 0 Allen,2b 3 1 1 3 Mayer,3b 3 0 2 1 Conathan, 1 b.. 4 1 10 0 Krukowski,c. . 3 13 1 Olson,p 3 0 0 1 Doering,c 1 0 3 1 Jayne,p 1 0 0 0 Jordan,ss 2 0 4 2 Pross,p 2 0 0 3 Totals 33 7 27 9 Lindheimer,p .0 0 0 1 Batten,p 1 0 0 1 *Buckhout.... 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 7 27 17 *Batted for Lindheimer in eighth inning. Dartmouth..... 0 2 10 112 1 3—ll Cornell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Runs P. Clark, Ratajczak, Casey (2), W. Clark (2), Hart (2), Ray (2), Olson, Dugan, Downer. Errors Conathan, Jayne, Florence, Downer, Switzer, Mayer, Doering, Jordan (2). Runs batted in—Allen, Conathan (3), Casey (3), Downer (2). Three-base hit W. Clark. Home run Downer. Sacrifices Allen, Conathan, Jordan. Stolen bases Ratajczak, Casey, Ray. Double play Dugan and Mayer. Left on bases Dartmouth, 7; Cornell, 7. Bases on balls Off Olson, 1; off Jayne, 1; off Pross, 5; off Lindheimer, 1; off Batten, 2. Struck out By Olson, 8; by Jayne, 3; by Pross, 2; by Lindheimer, 2; by Batten, 1. Hits Off Olson, 4 in 7 innings; off Jayne, 3 in 2; off Pross, 5 in 7; off Lindheimer, 1 in 1; off Batten, 1 in 1. Hit by pitcher By Pross (Hart). Wild pitch Pross. Passed ball Doering. Winning pitcher Olson. Losing pitcher Pross. Umpires •O'Brien and Friederich. Time 2:29

During the spring recess, the Dartmouth nine journeyed south for six games but was rained out of four of them. In the other two contests, the Indians lost to William and Mary, 4 to 2, on April 3, and defeated Washington and Lee, 4 to 0, two days later. In the opening game, Dartmouth scored in the first and fourth innings, each time by means of a pair of hits, but William and Mary rallied with three runs in the last half of the fourth to win. Against the Generals, Dartmouth played errorless ball and bunched its hits to score two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings. Olson and Ted Bruce pitched the opening game, while Chuck Barnish and Joe Jayne turned in the shutout performance in the second.

Jeff Tesreau, now in his 17 th season as Dartmouth baseball coach, is of the opinion that the Green nine is the best fielding club in the league and that it will be a real contender for the title this year.

Displays Power at Bat Captain Bill Clark, star catcher of the Green nine, whose hard hitting has been an important factor in Dartmouth's success at the outset of the 1935 Eastern Intercollegiate League campaign.