Lacrosse

That the Dartmouth Indians have taken to the game of their ancestors is evidenced by the fact that they have cleaned up eight New England League lacrosse titles in the last ten years. Coach Tommy Dent expects to produce another strong aggregation this year but believes that competition in the league will be suffer this season than it has been for some time. Yale, Harvard and Williams are expected to field strong teams and all three will be gunning for Dartmouth, who ran up horrendous scores against them a season ago.

In preparation for the coming season, Coach Dent took a team to New York to play the Seventh Regiment in a box lacrosse game March 12. Box lacrosse, an indoor sport with a growing following in the metropolitan area, is played with only six men on a side. However, led by Avery (Red) Gould, Ail-American in 1930, the Seventh Regiment defeated the collegians, 9.7. Gould himself sealed the Indians' fate with a three-goal barrage. Despite the defeat, the game provided good pre-season practice and helped get the squad away to a good start. This was evident in a vacation contest against the Manhasset Lacrosse Club, which in previous years has provided stiff opposition for the Indian stickmen. This year, however, Dartmouth ran away with the game to the tune of 22-7. Captain Don Scully led the scoring parade with seven goals, while Bill Scott, who scored 50 goals for Dartmouth last year, tallied three times to pace Manhasset.

Coach Dent, now in his 25th year of coaching, has ten veterans back from last year's championship team that was the highest scoring outfit in the United States. These include Captain Scully, Walt Fisher, Bill Balderstone, Pat Brewster, Jim Ruch, Gus Farnsworth, Rocky Smyth, Hammy Gates, Billy Dann and Lindy Lindenthal. In addition, several talented sophomores promise to add strength to the squad. These newcomers are Jack Geigerich, Haviland Smith, Al LeClair, Bob Fiertz (last year's freshman captain), Dave Batchelder and Champney Smith. Scully, an All-American in 1948, should again prove to be one of the nation's finest players.

ANOTHER BASEBALL SEASON ROLLS AROUND: An early spring enabled the Green diamond squad to get out on Memorial Field ahead of schedule year. Left, Coach Eddie Jeremiah and Captain Ed McNeil, second baseman, take a serious view of preparations. Right, Coach Jeremiah tells the squad than there was no reason why they couldn't have won those two games with Georgetown and Navy during the southern trip.