TRACK
The efforts of Harry Hillman's current proteges make more inspiring reading from the Dartmouth point of view than do those of the ball players of Jeff Tesreau. Although the abilities of the track men did not look particularly exciting indoors (where they were swamped, as you may remember, by the Army) the boys look considerably better outdoors. One reasoii for this pleasant improvement is that certain performers, whose efforts were by their very nature curtailed in the gymnasium, have been able to let themselves go in the open air. These men perform notably in the javelin, hammer and the discus, three events which do not lend themselves to indoor participation. The result is that Harry has a small but select nucleus of first-class operatives who are just about the class in their field and are accordingly good for points in even the fastest company.
These abilities first came to light in the Quadrangular Meet held on May 5 at West Point, in which the participants were, in addition to Dartmouth, Army, Columbia, and Princeton. The Green finished a strong second behind the Army, whose power is demonstrated by their amazing total of 1131/2 points. Dartmouth scored 3914, Columbia garnered 11 points and Princeton brought up the rear with one solitary tally. The difference between the Service teams at West Point and Annapolis on the one hand and the Ivy League teams on the other may be seen from this comparison. In track, Dartmouth is probably as strong as any team in the Ivy League; but when these aggregations come against the galaxy of star performers from Army or Navy, the result is strictly no contest.
In the Quadrangular, Dartmouth captured four first places. Jack Hanley won the two mile in 9:59 on a heavy track; Joe Conley took the high jump with a leap of 6' 3"; Fetzer tossed the javelin 185' 10" to win this event handily; and Felton won the hammer with a throw of 145 feet. Conley also took a second in the broad jump and Felton a second in the discus. Snyder copped a third place in the broad jump and Pratt a fourth in the high jump. The concentration of Dartmouth strength in the field events is clear from this recital. The other points amassed by the Green came from Snyder's third in the high hurdles and fourth in the lows, Bud Gold's third in the 100 and fourth in the 220, Park's third in the 220, Grady's third in the quarter, and Mark Burnham's fourth in the mile. In the face of the preponderance of strength presented by the Army in practically every event, this was very good going.
One of the most rousing triumphs scored by any Dartmouth team in recent years was run up by the track team against oncemighty Yale at New Haven on May 12. Here the Indians ran, jumped, and threw things faster and farther than the Yales in practically every event, to run up the astounding total of Dartmouth 10014 and Yale 3434. Yale was resuming track competition after a lapse of a couple of years, but even at that the boys wore blue jerseys, which is sweet retribution for the generations of Dartmouth men who followed these same blue jerseys at a respectful distance down the track.
Dartmouth was paced by Al Snyder, who won three events—the high and low hurdles and the broad jump. Fetzer was a double winner in the javelin and the shot; in the former event he tossed the spear some 203 feet, for one of the best (if not the best) mark set in this part of the country in college competition this year. Felton won the hammer and discus, Burnham won the mile and the half, while Conley won the high jump and took second in the high hurdles and broad jump. Mac Curdy of Yale won the 100 and Parks of Dartmouth was a close second, with the latter showing his heels to the field in the 220. Other Green winners were Captain Bob Grady in the quarter and Joe Hanley in the two mile. That just about completes the sweep of what was, in the words of a great English poet, "a famous victory."
The IC4-A meet turned out, as expected, to be for all practical purposes a dual meet between the Army and the Navy, with the Navy repeating its win of last year over its arch rival. In winning the meet, Navy piled up the unprecedented total of 85.% points, with the Army close behind with 7714. The distance which separates the Service teams from the rest of the colleges is evidenced by the fact that N. Y. U. in third place was able to garner a mere 17 points. After that came Dartmouth and Cornell, tied for fourth with 13 points apiece. With a few more breaks, Dartmouth might have finished in the third spot on the basis of past performances. The Green points were gleaned from Joe Conley's first place in the high jump, Bill Fetzer's first in the javelin, and Sam Fel ton's third in the hammer. We might have picked up some more points in the two mile, the discus, and the broad jump, but we didn't. The meet was held in the pouring rain, which kept the times and distances down.
DARTMOUTH LACROSSE STALWARTS, inexperienced but willing scrappers, halt practice on Memorial Field long enough to pose with Coach Tommy Dent, right. Players (I to r) are George Little, Bill Hunts- man, Eugene Kinney, Bob Hicks, Dan Carroll, Bob Roberts, Gerald Phillips '47 and Pat Brewster.
