Baseball Team Opens 25th Season under Jeff Tesreau; Track and Golf Only Other Sports on Spring Schedule
Without a single day of Outdoor practice, the Big Green baseball nine returned to the diamond wars April 16 for the 25th consecutive year under Coach Jeff Tesreau.
Four double-headers are listed on Dartmouth's Eastern Intercollegiate League schedule this spring, and consequently the pitching department will offer the greatest difficulty. The enlistment of Jim Doole in the Naval Air Corps leaves the hurling largely up to Henry "Snook" Hughes, who saw some service last year. Doole was the mainstay of the pitching staff during the summer season, while Hughes, who captained the freshman nine two years ago, was the Number 2 man last year. Ralph Bowman and southpaw Bob Grunditz are also in line for mound duty.
In the catching department, Coach Tesreau has Joe Quig, who saw reserve duty last summer, and George Pulliam, football and hockey letterman. Freshman New Rutter and Bud Welch, reserve end on the football squad, are also backstop candidates.
The infield situation appears to be the brightest hope for the 1943 nine with lettermen reporting for every position. Jack Sayers, freshman baseball and football star, is expected to clinch his first-base job again, while Captain A 1 Barrett will be on second. Stan Zarod, all-league third baseman last year, will be at the hot'corner, with Phil Fessenden and Bob Callan fighting it out for the shortstop post.
Graduation and war losses have taken their heaviest toll in the outfield department. The graduation of Dixie Daniels and the enlistment of Earl Flood and Bill Cary in the Army Air Corps will require a whole new outfield for the Green nine this season. Buzz Beattie, reserve gardener last year, will be a probable starter along with Don Ash, a converted infielder who has shown up exceptionally well in practice to date. Joe Vancisin and Walt Snickenberger are the likely candidates for the third outfield post. Larry Bartnick, freshman football star, Joe Donahue, and Don McAllister are also among the strong contenders.
The revision of the College academic calendar to conform with the new Navy Training Program which gets underway on July first has necessitated a sharp pruning of the baseball schedule. Dropped from the previously announced schedule were two games with Army, one with Harvard, and one of the two Navy games, while a double-header with Cornell was added. The Princeton double-header was moved ahead from May 29 to April 16.
The revised schedule is as follows: April 16, Princeton at Princeton (two games); May i, Pennsylvania at Philadelphia (two games); May 3, Navy at Annapolis; May 8, Columbia at Hanover (two games); May 12, Cornell at Hanover (two games). Only five teams remain in the Eastern Intercollegiate League this year, Harvard and Yale having withdrawn because of the war.
STARTS 25TH SEASON Big Jeff Tesreau, who left the New YorkGiants in 1919 to become Dartmouth baseball coach, has lost none of his skill andcunning over the past quarter-century.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This section is takenover this month by our new Sports Editor,Richard C. Gilman '45 of Manchester,H. He is one of the College's prominentstudent journalists, being president of thePress Club and Dartmouth correspondentfor metropolitan papers in Boston, Springfield, and Manchester. Gilman also is president of the Dartmouth Christian Unionand is a member of Green Key and DeltaUpsilon fraternity. He is the nephew ofRalph L. Theller'oc).