Within These Walls

With the unusual summer semester presenting a definite problem to the Intramural Department, a complete schedule of activities was mapped out. Included in the plans were fraternity baseball leagues, a dormitory Softball league, and fraternity tennis and golf matches. The program ran throughout the semester and was very successful, although it was the first of its kind.

In the hardball games, the Dekes, behind the twirling of Dick Fuller '45, were victorious in the American League, followed by Delta Upsilon and Theta Delt. In the National League, a hot race was carried on to the finish, and in a playoff with the Betas and the Pi Lams, Sigma Chi won the title, due in a large part to the excellent pitching of John Eaton '43. To complete the season a junior World Series was held between the two leading teams in the leagues and Sigma Chi was the victor by a rather one-sided margin. It was an unusually fine season for all houses, and at times a fine brand of baseball was shown.

Only begun in late July because of the few men in the dormitories in the early part of the semester, a dormitory softball league was originated and met with great success. The ultimate winner of the tourney was Gile Hall, which met and defeated Crosby and Fayerweather in the playoffs. They had a well-rounded team and gained their first intramural victory in almost five years.

In the third part of the summer program, Alpha Delt garnered the tennis laurels, despite an excellent group of competitors from all fraternities, no house being completely devoid of good material.

Since this is the first article in some time to be entered in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, it might be well to give a brief review of the winners in the Spring activities. Psi U captured the baseball trophy after very tight battles with the Betas and Phi Psi. Previous to the baseball season this spring, the Dekes ran through all opposition in basketball, defeating a strong Phi Psi team in the finals. With good shotmakers at every position, and a steady defensive game, they were too much for most teams.

After compiling the figures for all sports, Phi Kappa Psi was the highest fraternity, followed by Delta Tau Delta and Beta Theta Pi. In the dormitory division, North Topliff carried off the honors, defeating Richardson and Butterfield in that order. The competition in both sections was extremely close, and it was often difficult to determine who would be the ultimate winner.

As for the future plans of the Intramural Department, there will be the usual fraternity and dormitory touch football this fall, with an expanded program of events including bridge, tennis, boxing, and the newly organized skiing competition called "tiedust," originated by Lieutenant Heiskanen. This is a form of military skiing and has met with unusual favor among Dartmouth students.

FIGHTING FOR UNCLE SAMCaptain Bud Kast and Coach McLaughryscan the roster of enlisted players, nearlyall lettermen, whose return this fall wouldhave given Dartmouth a powerful team.Rem Crego, regular center last season, waskilled in July while training to become aNavy pilot.