WRESTLING

Dartmouth's wrestling team, inaugurated during the war, certainly cannot be accused of meeting inferior competition. On the contrary, the grapplers this season faced a schedule made up of the best teams in this section of the country. And although the Indians' record stood at one victory (over McGill) and nine defeats, the wrestling team gained everyone's respect for its valiant struggles against superior odds.

As every man on the team is a sophomore or junior, including Captain Pat Dolan of Newton, N. J., better things may be forecast in the future of this sport. Dolan and his plucky mates took some terrible thrashings from such old wrestling schools as Syracuse, Cornell and Yale, but under coaches Bill Battles and Pete Larson '47, they learned a lot about this rough and tumble sport. The team's enthusiasm was second to none and despite weakening injuries and inexperience they seemed to enjoy themselves.

In addition to Dolan, who wrestled in the 128-pound class, eleven other men saw action. Wrestling at 121 pounds were Dave White of Rock Island, 111., and Hank Barnes, Rumford, R. I. George Goldthorpe of Charleston, W. Va., carried the load in the 135-pound division, while Bill Rabe, Akron, Ohio, and Bill Cross, Canandaigua, N. Y., were Dartmouth's 145-pound representatives. Charles Gilmore, Baldwin, L. 1., and Dave Donahue, Brookline, Mass., handled the 155-pound class, while Fred Klett, a former New Jersey state champion from Roselle Park, N. J., was 165-pound representative. Bill Monahan, a guard on the football team from Honolulu, was a good 175-pounder and Guido Rahr, Manitowac, Wis., shared the heavyweight spot with Fritz McTarnahan, from New York.