WIN THREE NON-LEAGUE GAMES
Outside of league contests, the Indians have won three of five games, winning over Brown, 6-5; Vermont, 4-3; and Williams, 11-10, and losing to Springfield, 10-7, and Providence, 7-6.
The Green nine opened its 1936 league campaign with a 3-1 victory over Yale at New Haven. Despite a sore arm, Ted Olson pitched brilliantly whenever the Bulldogs threatened the three-run lead Dartmouth established in the fourth inning, fanning seven and scattering Yale's seven hits. In the big fourth, Ratajczak beat out an infield hit, advanced to second on Casey's bunt, and scored on Frigard's double. When Klimczak failed to hold Pounder's line drive, Frigard gained third and the third baseman reached first. Coach Tesreau then gave the signal for Dartmouth's pet double steal, and Frigard tallied while Yale watched open-mouthed. The third and final run resulted when Allen singled Pounder home. Outside of Ratajczak's wild peg, which figured in Yale's lone tally, Dartmouth played well defensively and made two double plays to get Olson out of holes.
Moving on to Philadelphia, Dartmouth engaged Pennsylvania on May 27 and suffered its first setback, 4 to 3. The Quakers bunched three of their five hits off Joe Jayne for a trio of runs in the first inning, and clung to the lead despite a Green rally in the eighth. Dartmouth got back one run in the fourth when Joe Kiernan singled, advanced to second on Jayne's safety, and scored on a wild peg to first. Penn scored a fourth run in the sixth, and in the following inning the Indians came back with another on Ratajczak's triple and an error by Fernandez. Dartmouth had a chance to tie it up in the eighth when Ray tripled, Pounder singled, and Hauze made a twobase wild throw. With Pounder on third, however, Allen fanned, Kiernan lined out to third, and pinch-hitter Longley grounded out.
Yale came to Hanover on May 2 and received its second defeat from Dartmouth, 9 to 3, as Ted Olson bore down in the pinches and his mates produced ten timely hits. Olson left a sick bed to hurl the game and was relieved of too much pressure when the Green nine made four runs in the first and added the same number in the fifth Pounder and Clark walked to open the first inning, Ratajczak singled in Pounder Clark scored on Frigard's hit, and Ray's single sent in both Ratajczak and Frigard. In the fifth Ratajczak and Frigard singled in succession and Hart advanced them with a bunt. Allen was safe at first and Ratajczak scored on a wild throw home, and the bases were loaded when Ray was hit by a pitched ball. Kiernan then doubled to left, scoring Frigard and Allen, and Ray came in on the next play when Olson hit a long fly. The final Green run was made in the eighth when Hart slid safely across the plate on one of Dartmouth's famous double steals. At Princeton on May 9 the Indians won the first game of a double-header, 5 to 4, and dropped the nightcap by the same score. The second game was scheduled for seven innings but went to eight before settled. After three runs in the seventh had knotted the count, Bill Hart won the first game for Olson by blasting a home run into left field in the ninth. The three-run uprising was featured by Ratajczak's triple with two men on, the Indian shortstop scoring also on Masset's wild throw. Although touched for ten hits, Olson fanned 12 Tigers and was invincible in the last four innings.
