Following the Big Green Teams

DARTMOUTH CAPTURES BASKETBALL AND HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS;GLENN CUNNINGHAM SETS MILE RECORD ON INDOOR TRACK

FOR A MAN who has received most of his previous training hinting at championships before each season and explaining why the championships weren't won after each season, these are trying times, as the undertaker said as he watched health camps springing up all over town.

If one keeps listing the honors that have come to Dartmouth teams since Septem- ber, it seems like bragging. But if one further polishes the facts with the number of "firsts" this year has brought to the athletic records it makes for downright crowing.

But facts are facts and should go into the annals.

Honor thy hockey team for winning the Quadrangular Hockey League title and for:—

(i) Being the first Indian sextet to win all six games in the Quad League schedule —two from Harvard, two from Yale and two from Princeton.

(2) Being the American sextet that snapped Harvard's two-year winning streak over United States college sixes by virtue of the 3-2 Big Green victory at Carnival time.

(3) Being the first Dartmouth six to win fiom Yale in hockey at New Haven since »923- .

Not only is the hockey team to be con- gratulated for its unexpected champion- ship calibre, but one Mr. Eddie Jeremiah deserves the applause of every alumnus interested in the welfare of Dartmouth teams. Eddie took over a hockey squad, the material of which was thinner in quality and quantity than any Dartmouth stick squad in many years, and what is more important, had the worst prospects in the Quad League. How Eddie was able to mold a winning six from his men is diffi- cult to answer in tactical terms, but easy to answer in terms of spirit. Eddie's success came from his ability to impart his own zeal and ambition into the ranks of the undergraduates, and this common spirit had everything to do with the season of 18 wins and four losses.

McGill, Queens, Toronto and Clarkson had too much on the ball in the way of speed and experience for the Indians to pin down, but as we kept saying all through the winter, quoting Coach Jere- miah much of the time, the boys could de- feat any team they could catch, and they did.

This so happened to be the team's motto and one that they adhered to faithfully.

"Look up and keep fighting." This to the hockey players meant LOOK UP be- fore passing and LOOK UP before shoot- ing, in other words heads up all the time. KEEP FIGHTING meant if you win, win fighting. If you draw, draw fighting, if you lose, lose fighting, but KEEP FIGHTING.

This may read like a pep talk for the boys of Si wash to go out and die for their alma mater, but the demand for best ef- fort was never actually this type of appeal, and the effect that it had on the boys was something to behold. And it produced.

Of course there was more to the part Jeremiah played. It had to do with sound defensive tactics, the ability to see hidden ability in his players that others might have overlooked, etc. But the team spirit had most to do with the wonderful season.

On the all-Quad team goalie Wes Cod- ing, left defense Jim Feeley, and center ice Captain Dick Lewis were selected for their positions. I wonder how many Dart- mouth players would have been selected before the season was under way?

Sophomore Danny Sullivan, a left handed shot who played right wing all year because there were no right wings available, brought further honor to Dart- mouth by leading the Quad League in scoring with four goals, six assists and ten points. Harpo Walsh finished second in the League scoring with seven goals, two assists and nine points. Fud Mather behind Hard- ing of Harvard in fourth place tallied four goals and four assists and Captain Lewis finished in sixth place with five goals and two assists for seven points.

All in all it was an exceptional hockey campaign despite the dark outlook of the start and despite the several misfortunes that hit the club during the campaign like the loss of Bud Foster, the crippling of Jim Feeley for a month, and the loss of two players through probation.

Captain-elect Feeley and his mates in the 1938-39 season will be hard put to do anywhere near as well. Now for the second championship.

Honor thy basketball team for winning the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League title and for:

(1) Being the first Dartmouth quintet to win the crown without a playoff and the second Indian five to win it with or with- out a playoff.

Fortunately Coach Osborne Cowles five started faster than the other teams in the League. Fortunate for Dartmouth that is. Because once center Roger (Moose) Dudis left the lineup the team was far from its championship form. It is unusual when one position loses all of its outstand- ing men in one campaign, and the total blow was too much to overcome in the short time that remained on the second semester final quarter of the season.

Besides winning the League championship the quintet pleased the home crowd no little by going undefeated in Alumni gymnasium, and it is,often the home games that count more in the end anyhow.

For the third successive season Captain Bill Thomas brought honor to his college by placing on the first all-League five and this year he was joined by Joe Batchelder at one of the guard positions. Bob Mac Leod was also named on the second team and Joe Cottone and Dudis were also prominently mentioned.

For Coach Cowles it was the first time that he had lead his Indians to a pennant, his first year bringing the Big Green to a second place position. A pretty average for a two year span.

And I'll be darned if I'll overlook still another championship won by Dartmouth athletes this winter even though it may seem like going out of the way to preach the gospel. I refer to the New England Fencing Championship won by the Dartmouth Sword Club.

This babe in the woods of Dartmouth sports has been the result of hard work and ambition on the part of a handful of undergraduates who with little more than official sanction have sown their own seeds and reaped their own harvest. Few sports ever started with more success and the future looks exceedingly bright for the "en garde" lads.

Now it seems like almost too much to expect that Dartmouth will continue to have winning teams this spring although championships in baseball and lacrosse are not beyond the pale faces, and we also look for a strong dual track team when Harry Hillman leads his runners out into the bright sunshine.

Speaking of track, to interrupt for a moment, Dartmouth certainly was in a happy spot the morning after Glenn Cunningham ran his 4.04.4 mile on the "fastest indoor track in the world." Naturally every alumnus knows all of the particulars for the story was in nearly every paper the world over. The only item we wish to add is that much credit is due Harry Hillman for giving birth to the idea of having Glenn run on the local oval.

Back to home plate again, Jeff Tesreau, starting his twentieth year as coach of the Indian nine, is facing one major problem. The pitching material is apparently below par. However, this is the year when the unexpected happens, and we look for a Eastern Intercollegiate flag for the Memorial field diamond. It is a longshot bet at best, but we're playing a strong hunch in making the prediction.

As for the lacrosse team, Tommy Dent expects great things this year and shouldn't be disappointed. The material is better than it has been for the last five seasons. There are on hand veterans whose names are high in collegiate lacrosse circles and there is also present a fine squad of sophomores who will bring replacement strength to the team.

Lacrosse made giant-step leaps toward campus recognition last spring, and this year the sport takes on major athletic significance.

The fact that Captain Hank Molloy and Pick Pickering made the ail-American team that faced England last summer did much to bring the sport to local attention, and several exciting games on Memorial field command respect for the spectator thrills abounding in the sport.

In the gymnasium cage these last two weeks another team we all have our eyes glued on has been working out on a freshman scale. Certainly one has to be optimistic about the gridsters who will be sophomores next fall, for the present yearlings have shown that they are anxious and not without natural ability.

Perhaps Dartmouth teams are in the winning groove for a period, and as far as I'm concerned the record can run on and on and on.

SCENES AS TRACK HISTORY WAS MADE ON THE DARTMOUTH INDOOR TRACK Left, Glenn Cunningham, the Kansas flyer, finishing his 4:4.4 mile, the fastest ever run by man. Right, Harry Hillman, who stagedthe race, congratulating the New York Curb Exchange runner after his record-smashing performance.

SCENES AS TRACK HISTORY WAS MADE ON THE DARTMOUTH INDOOR TRACK Left, Glenn Cunningham, the Kansas flyer, finishing his 4:4.4 mile, the fastest ever run by man. Right, Harry Hillman, who stagedthe race, congratulating the New York Curb Exchange runner after his record-smashing performance.