With the Coaches

THIS MONTH, as promised, we have on deck Coaches Harry Hillman and Tommy Dent who will expert on track and soccer for your interest. Before turning over the rostrum, though, a quick word or two on the basketball team's fine start toward the defense of its Eastern Intercollegiate League championship and a nod to the hockey sextet for backing up Eddie Jeremiah's statement of last month that the outlook for the sextet was not especially dark. In fact the Indians now look like the dark horse of the Quad League with the sound defensive tactics taught by Eddie already raising havoc—to use a polite word —with the opposition.

WHITEY FULLER '37.

Now for Harry and Tommy: VARSITY TRACK By Harry Hillman

Unless Dartmouth loses men in the midyear examinations or to the national defense program, prospects are good for a well-balanced dual meet team. There are, however, few individuals who figure to score in the bigger meets like the Intercollegiates. Here's how the events shape up at this time:

100 and 50— Ritter, holder of College record for 100 in 9.9 and winner of Quad 50 and Heptagonal 100 in 9.9; Heinbokel, third place winner in Hep. 100, good sprinter; Arico, football halfback; Forte, a good man if his legs will hold out; also Crowley, football end.

220—the same group, which also goes for the goo in indoor meets.

440—Hanlon, who is a very promising sophomore; Jacobs, a new man from the West; and Horner when he gets through basketball. Horner is one of the best 440 men we have had at Dartmouth but never reaches his peak on account of basketball. Howard can be used in this event also. Howard did 48.7 for the 440 last year and Horner 48.9.

880—Howard (Captain) has done better than 1.55 for the 880 and should break the College record this year. Then there is Trudeau, Uptegrove, MacElwee, Brown and Kidder, all good possibilities.

Mile—Uptegrove, who came fast last year, winning the Harvard and Penn dualmeet mile runs, and Trudeau, who should have a good year. Both should beat 4.24 for the mile, with Taylor a senior coming along well.

2 Mile—Bull, who won the two-mile against Harvard last year and is Captainelect of the cross-country team. Placed second in the Hep cross-country meet and won the Harvard-N. H.-Dartmouth crosscountry. He should break the College twomile record. Then Pierce, a senior, who has come fast, with Waterbury and Gibbons as helpers and later Harmon the sophomore.

120 Hurdles or 60 Indoor Hurdles—Craw, a junior, who found himself in the Penn dual meet last year doing 15.1 on a slow track against the wind. Had pneumonia his freshman year and hadn't recuperated last year. Should be okay this year. Also Gibbs, a sophomore, who is coming fast with Harris in the low hurdles. Same men in the 220 yard hurdles.

High Jump—Blount, who has done 6 ft. 5 in., Andrews, 6 ft. 4, and Hunter, 6 ft. 3, all good college high jumpers, with Callahan another jumper good for 6 ft.

Broad Jump—Blount, holder of College record in this event at 24 ft. 6 ½ in. If conditions are good in late May he should do 25 feet. Hunter and Gorman, both good jumpers, can beat 23 ft. 6 inches. Blount is one of the best athletes we have had at Dartmouth in a long while and Hunter is right behind him.

Pole Vault—Godfrey, a good vaulter who did not go so well last year, but who should break the College record and is capable of doing 13 ft. 6 in. or better. Warren and Pollach, two coming vaulters who should better 12 feet consistently.

Shot—Nissen, a senior, Bixby and Dampier all coming along okay. Wharton another prospect with Rider.

Discus—the same men as above.

Hammer—lde and Fishman, two good lightweight hammer throwers with Winternitz another. All hammer men are light as we could not get the big fellows on account of spring football. Spring football has greatly retarded our weight events.

Javelin—Better fixed than at anytime in years, with Bartholomew and Wolfe, both halfbacks on the football team, and Wharton all good for over 185 feet when right, and if we get them instead of spring football we will have them doing over 200 feet.

VARSITY SOCCERBy Thomas Dent

Although soccer as a sport attracts little spectator interest and is overshadowed by the big fanfare of college football, there are yet many boys who find recreation and pleasure in reporting for the soccer squads at Dartmouth in the early fall when the main topic of discussion on campus and in dormitory is the football team's chances for the coming season.

Each year we find between forty and fifty men ready to vie for positions on the varsity team, and usually sixty to seventy freshmen appear with high hopes for numeral recognition. This is an indication that a fair representation of the undergraduate body recognizes soccer as a field where enjoyable exercise and strenuous competition may be obtained even if the candidates do not carry the brawn and muscle demanded of the candidate for varsity football.

The weeding-out process of cutting squads to a workable basis is carried out as rapidly as possible, and those individuals unfortunate enough to be considered below the standard necessary for varsity and freshman teams are turned over to Bob Veres who conducts classes in physical education soccer. All the soccer playing fields being laid out alongside each other permits supervision over the entire organization, and many boys who have been cut in the preliminary weeding-out are later returned to the first squads if they develop a degree of skill and coordination which warrants their inclusion on the varsity or freshman squads. Now we are ready to go. Squads are put through the conditioning process, and condition in the game of soccer is imperative. Try it sometime for even ten minutes if you think you are in shape. If you have not prepared yourself, it is a safe bet that you will be ready to call it quits before your allotted time is up.

Well, we have shown you a glimpse of the pre-season process, so let us glance at what happens when the soccer season gets into full swing by examining the results and experience of the past season.

The first game versus Massachusetts State College at Amherst found us with a team which had not yet rounded into shape as a coordinated group. Here and there we found inexperienced men who were slow in development, which consequently unsettled and unbalanced attempts at team play, although they later improved into excellent parts of a working unit. Fortunately for us, our opponents were in a like state of development, and the game ended in a tie of two-all. Extra playing time of ten minutes must be played after each tie game, and the result after such time is final. By the way, did you know that the length of a soccer game is 88 minutes with four periods of twenty-two minutes, and no time out except between periods? This was the beginning of an experience that I am certain makes the development of jitterbugs possible. When a coach sits out four games such as the one described above he develops foot fancies, body contortions, and nervous tremblings that make jitterbug dancing a cinch.

GREEN SCORING ACE Captain Gus Broberg, holder of the Leaguescoring record, whose '21 points pacedDartmouth in a 60-38 basketball victoryover Penn at Hanover on January 15.