Lacrosse

Consistently, the strongest unit of the Dartmouth lacrosse team this spring has been the defense, centered mainly around the two close-in defense men Capt. Jake Shafer, Morty Karp, and Henry Hastings, goalie.

The midfield, consisting of Parran Dawkins, Bob Reeve, Henry Molloy and Bob Catharine, work in as an integral part of both the attack and the defense, playing the entire length of the field. This group of men, especially Molloy, has not only gotten back in time to handle their defensive assignments in most of the cases but has also contributed its share of the scoring. Against Yale, Molloy held their All-American center, Smith, scoreless.

The close-in attack lines up with Fred Pickering at the in-home position, Lennie Harris and Jim Fuller alternating at outhome, and Junie Merriam playing the second attack position. Pickering is one of the best stick handlers on the team and figures in a good many of the scoring plays. But on the whole scoring is scattered with every man able to claim an equal share.

Among the substitutes who have come along this year are Hilleary Hoskinson, Joe Crehan, Bill Parkhill, Bob Eckel, Morgan Marshall, Milt Goldberg, and Ted Johnson.

After defeating Brown 14-1, on a Friday, the Indians dropped a close one to Harvard the next day when a goal in the last six seconds of an extra period was the deciding factor. The next week-end, April 28, the stickmen had no trouble trouncing a weak M. I. T. team 18-1 at Hanover.

Green Key week-end a strong Yale team, led by All-American Center Smith, extended Dartmouth to the utmost. Merriam's two goals in the final minutes of play gave the Indians a 7-6 victory. The next week-end, May 8, Union played Dartmouth into an extra period before Bob Reeve broke the tie and the game ended 7-6 with Dartmouth on top again.

Colgate, which had been accounted an easy game, turned into a tartar and held Dartmouth to a 3-2 score on a muddy field as Merriam, Catharine and Dawkins scored for the Indians. Playing Hobart the next day, and visibly outclassed, although Union defeated Hobart 8-6, Dartmouth lost 9-3.