Ski Team

Despite the absence of its three star performers, who are now members of the U. S. Olympic team, Dartmouth again demonstrated its preeminence in the field of intercollegiate skiing by winning, for the fourth year in a row, the Lake Placid Sno Birds' annual meet during Christmas vacation. In capturing the President Harding Trophy, symbolic of team supremacy, Otto Schniebs' six-man team took four of the six events and outscored McGill, its nearest rival, 595.4 to 566.9.

Captain "Bern" Woods garnered the individual honors of the meet, winning the Marshall Foch Trophy for the jump and the Stanley Rumbough Trophy for the combined event. He placed in every other individual event, taking fourth in the langlauf, third in the slalom, and fourth in the downhill, and was a member of Dartmouth's second-place relay team. In winning the jump, Woods made the longest leap of the day—107 feet.

The Indians' team victories were won in the langlauf, the slalom, the jump, and the combined event, with first place in the downhill and the relay going to McGill. Ed Meservey, sophomore member of the Green team, took first place in the slalom, winning over his nearest competitor by six seconds. Dave Bradley did well with second honors in both the langlauf and the combined, and John Litchfield, freshman skier, gained fourth in both the jumping and the combined event. Jack Durrance, freshman brother of Dick, and Andy Titcomb were also members of Dartmouth's winning team.

The final team standings were: Dartmouth 595.4, McGill 566.9, New Hampshire 516.1, Williams 471.3, Harvard 430.7, Toronto 424.6, Princeton 380.9, St. Patricks 346.9, Cornell 310.9, Ottawa 293.3, Yale 279.5, and Bowdoin 245.3.

Dartmouth's Team B skiers engaged the Lebanon Ski Club on two successive Sundays, and after rolling up a great lead in the first half of the meet, went to pieces in the final events to lose, 482.7 to 465.5. On the first Sunday, the Indians swept the cross-country and slalom events, Howard Chivers winning the first event and tying with Otis Lamson, his freshman classmate, for first in the slalom. On the following Sunday, the Lebanon skiers took the first five places in the jump, winning that event, the downhill, and the combined. Roy Chamberlin's second place in the combined event was the best performance of the day for Dartmouth.

In the Southern New England speed skating championships at Fitchburg, Mass., on January 5, George Wallace '38, California champion, took second honors, behind Bliss Farrington of Hartford, Conn. He won the finals in the 220- and 440-yard dashes, and placed second in the 880-yard dash, as well as in the one, two, and three-miles races.

"Pug" Goldthwait, Dartmouth captain, who tied the world's 440 mark at Carnival last year and who barely missed the U. S. Olympic team, won five of the six preliminary heats, but tripped and injured his knee in the first of the finals when another competitor fell in front of him. Hal Putnam '37 finished fourth in the two-mile race, and Conant Barton '38 finished well in the preliminary and semi-final contests.