Intramurals
The fraternity athletic program moved steadily ahead during the past month, with Sigma Chi piling up a commanding lead by virtue of its capturing the swimming meet and championship cup. Phi Kappa Psi took second honors in Spaulding Pool. Bob Reeve '38 won the 50-yard freestyle for Sigma Chi, with his teammate George Scully '38 taking first in the 50-yard backstroke and second in the 100-yard freestyle. The 100-yard event went to Herb Bayer '38 of Phi Delta Theta, who set a new intramural record of 59.4 seconds. Furman Stanley '37, Theta Chi, won the 100-yard breaststroke, while Carl Nichols '37 contributed strongly to Phi Kappa Psi's points by winning the dive and swimming on the victorious 200-yard relay team.
Phi Gamma Delta asserted its superior- ity in two branches of sport during the past month, winning both the handball and ping-pong championships. In winning the handball title, the Phi Gams defeated Zeta Psi in the finals and the Dekes in the semifinals. To capture the ping-pong championship they downed Chi Phi in the finals and Theta Chi one round earlier.
Meanwhile, in the Dormitory League, North Fayerweather finally ended the Russell Sage string of championship teams when Bob McConeghy's club defeated the combination of Dunbar, Spang, Reno and Company in a dramatic final match in the volleyball competition.
In the Graduate School League, the Medical Schoolers laid aside their scalpels long enough to run roughshod over all opposition and capture the league basketball title.
With spring theoretically here, baseball holds the spotlight, and daily games on College Green draw sizeable throngs of fence-sitters, cane-carvers, and just plain rooters.
DOLLY STARK'S host of Dartmouth friendswill be sorry to learn of the termination of his official relationship with theCollege as coach of basketball. On the basisof its desire to obtain a man who would beavailable for year-round coaching, the Athletic Council accepted the resignation whichCoach Stark willingly offered to submitwhenever the College desired it, and announced that he would be replaced by Osborne B. Cowles, of River Falls (Wis.) StateTeachers College, who will probably assistwith freshman football in addition to hisbasketball duties.
Coach Stank has had great success withDartmouth basketball teams since he assumed the varsity post in 1929, and although he failed to achieve a championshipyear, his teams were always in the thick ofeach league race. With average material hedirected teams to second place twice (1929and 1931), third place twice (1930 and 1935)a tie for third place once (1936), fourthplace twice (1932 and 1933), and fifth placeonce (1934). Since 1929, Stark-coached teamshave won 103 games and lost 38. The tiewith Yale for third honors this year wasone of Dolly's best seasons, his squad beinglight and small in contrast to the toweringteams of league opponents.
Coach Cowles has been director of athletics as well as coach of basketball, football, and baseball at River Falls StateTeachers College. At Carle ton College, fromwhich he graduated in 1922, he won fourbasketball letters, was captain twice, andall-conference guard for three years. He alsowon four football letters and two in baseball. His coaching career began at Rochester High School in Rochester, Minn., andcontinued the following year at lowa StateTeachers College, where he was assistantcoach of football, freshman coach of basketball, and led a baseball team to a conference championship without defeat. He thenwent to Carleton College as coach of varsitybasketball, varsity baseball, and freshmanfootball. During his last three years atCarleton his basketball teams were conference champions each year without defeat,and also downed the Minnesota and NorthCentral champions each year. They played 52 college games and lost only four, threeof them by a single point. This record included 32 consecutive victories at home and20 consecutive victories in conference play.Mr. Cowles left Carleton to go into the investment business, but subsequently returned to coaching, accepting his positionat River Falls State Teachers College. He isa descendant of Daniel Webster's first wife.
