THE PROPOSITION before the Chicago Indians at their four big fall pow-wows has been Big Green football, a hardly obscure matter that has received highly favorable attention. Enthusiasm in some circles is now at the point where a MacLeod-for-President boom is in the offing; other authorities, however, fear that the Frank to Hessberg combination is still up to some dirty work. As the unseen angles in the pigskin problem become more involved, most of us are content to know only what we read in the sports sections and are happy to learn that the Frank & Hessberg duo will not be around to play jinx variations in 1938-
The October luncheons were featured by speeches of local sports writers, Cochrane of the Evening American and Cannon of the Daily News. Their remarks, strangely, were limited to the field of football, were flattering to the Dartmouth squad and coaching and were well received; on the other hand, with an attendance of around 50 for each, the speakers seemed well impressed also, as they seem to give Dartmouth football a better break in news coverage and in forecasts, although the Chicago alumni will concede that the squad itself can claim from 49% to 99% of the credit for this.
For the big games, we have a direct-wire hook-up to get the returns heard at Henrici's. A fresh gridiron chart for each quarter is set up before the audience, with Keith Drake '24 marking the course of each play in crayon. Other broadcast features include statistical data by Hank Llewellyn '14, a special bar, and general supervision by Chick Obermeyer '23 and Bill Juergens '23, the cashiers and bouncers. Attendance has been good, with 107 out for Harvard and 190 for the Yale party.
We expect vigorous entertainment at Henrici's from the Princeton and Cornell games as well as significant, glass-rattling oratory at the Wednesday luncheons.