CROSS-COUNTRY STRONG
Turning to the other fall sports, Coach Harry Hillman expects even a better cross-country team than the one last year which won the Heptagonal championship. Back this fall are Captain Bob Williams, Don Burnham, Chuck Richardson, and Dick Morse, all veterans from last year's outstanding team. Coming up from last year's freshman team are John Watkins, Pete Tewskbury, Phil Gray, and Tom Candler, while senior Paul Hanlon reported for the cross-country squad for the first time since his freshman year. With such a wealth of talent, Dartmouth should look forward to a successful season and a possible second consecutive Ivy League crown.
Of interest to track followers, Dartmouth's famed indoor oval will have to be moved outside this winter because the students in the Naval Training School will drill on a new wooden floor in the East Wing of the Alumni Gym. The high jump, broad jump, pole vault, sprints, and hurdle events will be held indoors. No plans have been made as yet for the weight events.
The track for the winter meets will be laid on the football field south of the Davis Field House and will have to be shortened from a six-and-a-half-lap track for a mile to either a ten or 11-lap track.
In soccer Coach Dent is satisfied with the backfield candidates, but does not want to venture a pre-season prediction because of the general upsetting effect of the war emergency. Fritz Witzel, a returning letterman, and Bill Saunders, captain of the '44 freshman team, are out for fullback. Captain Whitey Meigs, Bill Orr, John Chivers, and sophomore Johnny Glass are the outstanding halfback candidates, while the goalie slot was questionable since Charlie Patton was unable to report at the opening of practice.
In the opening drills letterman George Pert was holding down his old post at outside left while Brad Grinnell filled the other wing post. Coming up from last year's freshman team are Warren Gillespie at center and inside men Bob Roberts and Gene Pinney. How strong the opposition will be this fall cannot be determined, but it is likely that opponents have also suffered considerable losses.
