D.O.C. of New York
THE DOCNY in its eleventh year resumed operations successfully after being virtually closed down during the war. We had two dinner meetings at the Dartmouth Club, with a select if not extensive attendance of old reliables, more recent graduates of Dartmouth and khaki, and wives of both. No officers and directors were elected but Bleecker Ripsom, Jim White and Mary Chandler carried the light administrative duties during the season.
As usual, a good proportion of the total membership of thirty are more interested in recreational than competitive skiing. As a matter of fact, the former element dominated the team we entered in the first postwar revival of the New York City Inter-Club Races, held at Manchester, Vt., on February 9 and 10, when our aces were unable to appear. In the controlled downhill, our team, comprising Dick Hirschland '35 and his wife, Bonnie, Warren Flynn '38, Miss Irene Lay and Mary Chandler '32, was fourth out of five—a far cry from our periodical winner or runner-up position from 1938 to 1942. A redeeming feature was Dick's third in the obstacle or "Kicker" race, aided slightly by the deduction of thirty seconds from his time as a result \of a fortuitous selection of a number from a hat near the finish.
The racing element did turn out for the National Championships and Hochgebirge Team Races on the Ta£t Trail on March 2 and 3, the first time we have ever put a team into such high-class competition. With a field of over 100 of the best skiers in the countiy, we were well enough satisfied not to be last, ending up seventh out of ten teams in the downhill, with Harry Hillman '40 in 30th place as our best, followed by Chandler's 52nd and Len Woods '42-75 th.
On the same day Ripsom sneaked off to Gore Mt. and captured the runner-up slot in the annual Class C Race at that resort.
Next season we expect to resume in a bigger way, with a program for all types of skiers, and urge that ski-minded Dartmouth men in the New York area sign up with us. You can always reach us through the Dartmouth Club.
