CALLS '25 TEAM BEST

"My 1925 team was the best," commented Tesreau when asked if he had ever had an undefeated season, "but I've never gone through a schedule without a few losses." The '25 nine came pretty close though, winning 32 out of 36 games. It lost two games during the Southern trip and the other two during the regular season. "It isn't oft-en that you get so many good players on one team," Jeff stated, and as he went through the list of his outstanding players in 25 years, it was obvious that he thought a great deal of that team.

In trying to pick what might be an AllDartmouth team, dating at least from 1919. Tesreau named about 30 men and then told who he thought was best at some positions. And usually when there was a best man, he came from the team in 1925.

Starting with the outfield, Hank Bjorkman '25—who also made the All-American football team as an end—was named as his best player, with several others coming in for honorable mention and to fill the other two posts. Eddie Casey '37 and Bill Hart '36 who played during the past decade were picked as outstanding performers, and also named to patrol the garden on an All- Dartmouth squad were Carl Stanley '25 and Chick Austin '24. There are probably others who can be included in this list, but they are the ones who came to the coach's mind as he watched a scrub game between his varsity and the Phi Gams the day after a doubleheader with Cornell, last contest scheduled for the season, had been rained out.

Turning to the infield, Tesreau picked Bob Walsh '29 and Frankie Smith '25 as third basemen who stood out in his memory. Neither went far in professional baseball, but in the words of a man who knows the game, "they were real good players."

At shortstop we can start with Rolfe, who later was shifted to third base by the Yankees. Then there is another representative from the '25 team, Bib Hudgins '26, who was a good all-around ball player. Ray Ratajczak '37 was another good shortstop who made a stab at major-league ball but who ended up in the minors, where he stayed a few years before quitting organized ball.

Only one second baseman was named by Tesreau for this mythical Indian team —Solly Thurston '24.

Danny Harris '25 was "my best first baseman." He was a good hitter and an even better fielder, and though he did not play professional baseball after college, he ranks as Tesreau's No. 1 man for first base. Close behind is Phil Conathan '35 who played on the 1935 team which won the Eastern Intercollegiate League title.