SOCCER

Over on Chase Field, Tommy Dent has been carrying on in his quiet way this fall for another successful year. The Squire of School Street ended his season the day of the Cornell game by soundly defeating M.I.T. at Cambridge by the score of 7-1. The season's record thus stands at 6 won (Massachusetts University, McGill, Army, Harvard, Tufts, and M.1.T.) and 2 lost (Wesleyan and Colgate). The first defeat came the week after the Harvard game, when the Green booters had begun to coast to what looked like an undefeated season. Wesleyan came along and, playing excellent and inspired ball, nosed out Dartmouth by the score of 3-2. The Colgate defeat came by the same score, with Dartmouth scoring 3 more goals which were disallowed by the referee for some technicality or other. On the basis of the play, the Green should have won this one handily, although there were no alibis whatever for the Wesleyan defeat.

This team was captained by one of the most colorful athletes in Dartmouth's recent history, Bobby Merriam, whose small but sturdy stature is no handicap to his truly ferocious play, which has led to his sobriquet of "The Goalkeeper's Terror." Faithful readers of this column will remember last spring that Merriam was awarded the trophy as the best all-around athlete currently in college, an award he earned through participation in soccer, hockey, and lacrosse. This year he is again a leading contender for Coach Jeremiah's forward line, as well as captain-elect of the Lacrosse team. Jim Osborne is another main cog in the Dent offensive, and participated in the North-South game last year. Jim was handicapped by injuries throughout a good part of this season and some of the team's attack bogged down with him.

Jack Daniels was moved from centerhalf to centerforward to give additional scoring punch this fall, a role which he fulfilled admirably. Bob Winstanley at left halfback was chosen along with Merriam and Daniels to represent an all-New England team in the Olympic trials against a similarly picked aggregation from New York State on November 23. These trials are conducted by the U. S. Intercollegiate Soccer Association and will eventually involve all of the amateur players in the country. This is the first time that college players have been considered up to Olympic standards.

Other leading operatives on this fine team were centerhalf Lee Fancher, goalies Bud Scheu and Luke Soule, Lou Pounds, Norm Clark, and sophomore Ren Brighton. Many of the boys whom Tommy meets in his coaching activities have never played soccer or lacrosse (especially the latter) before coming to college. So his work is truly creative. And Tommy has a lot of fun at it.

AT SOCCER PRACTICE on Chase Field, Coach Tommy Dent, left, watches Captain Bobby Merriam boot one at the goalie. The Indians swept their first five contests this fall until Wesleyan upset them, 3-2.