TRACK
The Green trackmen were soundly defeated by Harvard in a dual meet by the score of 84-56, to inaugurate their brief outdoor season. The meet was marked from the Dartmouth point of view by the 172 foot, 234 inch heave of Jim Burnham in the hammer, which set a new College record. This heroic toss was good only for a second against Harvard's Felton, who lingered briefly in these parts during the V-12 program. Captain Walt Newman of the Green won both dashes, the hundred in ten flat and the 220 in 22 flat, thus appropriately becoming the leading Dartmouth scorer. Other wins for Coach Noyes' charges came in the high jump, with Hillas negotiating 6' 2" in his winning effort; the high hurdles, where Spoor came through in 15.6 seconds; the two mile, won by Crisp in 10:20.6; and the mile relay. The other points were picked up by seconds and thirds. Considerable Dartmouth weakness was shown in the weight events, with Harvard sweeping the shot and the discus. The incapacitation of big Bill Kimball probably lost a first in the low hurdles and a place in the highs.
Green Key weekend saw the Green come through to win a triangular meet with Holy Cross and Colgate on a frigid afternoon that became even more unpleasant after an icy rain began to fall. The score was 83 for Dartmouth, Holy Cross in second place with 52 points, and Colgate trailing with 38 points. Jim Burnham was again the star performer for the Green, setting another College record with his 175 feet, 4 5/8 inch heave and this time winning the event. Coach Ellie Noyes may well have won the meet with his hurdlers, with Dartmouth sweeping the highs (Spoor, Kim- ball, Moersch, and Blackwood in that order) and taking three out of four places in the lows (with Kimball, Schalles, and Hale coming in one-two-three). In a speedy sprint field, Captain Walt Newman was unable to get more than a second in the hundred (won in 9.8 despite the frigidity) and a third in the 220. Blanc of Dartmouth won the half mile for the only other running event taken by the home team. In the field events, Hillas and Kleist were one-two in the high jump; Kleist and Spoor ditto in the broad jump; and Young and Richmond came in second in the discus and hammer respectively.
The Heptagonals, held this year at West Point, saw Yale nose out the Army for first place by one-sixth of a point. Dartmouth came in next-to-last with 12 1/5 points, just ahead of Cornell which garnered 11. Placemakers for the Green were Captain Walt Newman with a third in the hundred; Bill Spoor with a fifth in the high hurdles; Bill Kimball with a fifth in the lows; Jim Burnham with a second in the hammer; Roger Hillas with a three-way tie for third in the high jump; and Les Kleist with a fourth in the broad jump.
HELPING THE GREEN LACROSSEMEN ROUT YALE: Hammy Gates '50, former Deerfield Academy star and freshman captain, demonstrates some fancy stickwork in the 21-1 win over Yale on Memorial Field.
