MISCELLANY
Joe Sullivan, star back on four Big Green football teams, was awarded the coveted Dartmouth Cup at the annual Wet Down ceremonies in May. Sully, presently backfield coach at Georgetown University, was a popular choice for the top DCAC award. In addition to winning four football letters, Joe won three basketball insignia. He was a perfect recipient for the award which goes to "the senior athlete whose conduct on and off the field reflects the greatest credit on Dartmouth College".
The Robert Earle Mulhern Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the senior who has shown the greatest hockey improvement during his college career, went to Dick Desmond, doughty hockey captain who won all-America rating through his brilliant play last season. Dick, who is currently starring on the Indian baseball team, has received professional hockey offers but doubts whether he will play for pay. The Mulhern Trophy was presented to Dick by Mr. Joseph J. Mulhern of Boston, father of Bobby, the scrappy little Dartmouth wing who gave his life in the last war.
A third trophy, the Will I. Levy Memorial award for outstanding marksmanship, went to Harold M. Stahmer, captain of the Dartmouth rifle team. Stahmer, a crackerjack marksman, was a member of the 1948 New England championship team as well as leader of the successful 1949 team. This was the first year the Levy Trophy was awarded and it is to be an annual prize.
The highly touted Dartmouth freshman track team lived up to its promise by routing Exeter, Andover and Harvard in its three meets. Records galore fell before the freshmen, with four men garnering all the new marks.
Pete McCreary set a new 220 low-hurdles mark of 24 seconds against Andover, knocking .5 of a second off the mark he had set a week previous in a meet at Exeter. Dartmouth's other hurdles flash, Ed Myers, ran the 120 high hurdles in 14.5, lowering the mark held by McCreary in this event by .4 seconds. These two freshmen are already recording better times than almost any varsity hurdler in the East. Another freshman, A 1 Reich, threw the javelin 191 feet 51/2 inches against Exeter, to break the old Dartmouth freshman mark by approximately seventeen feet. This didn't satisfy young Reich, however, who tossed the spear 195 feet inches against the Harvard freshmen, setting still another record. Another record breaker is Sam Daniell, younger brother of Warren Daniell, a varsity two miler. Sam ran the 880 in 1.58.3 against Exeter, knocking more than a second off the Dartmouth freshman mark. An interesting note about Daniell is that he is the son of Warren F. Daniell, Dartmouth '22, who instead of running for his laurels, was a member of the Indian ski team. Another interesting point about this family is that still another brother, Harry, runs the two mile for Cornell.
Captain Don Scully, varsity lacrosse captain and all-America choice last year, has a younger brother, George, playing freshman lacrosse. The younger Scully, like his brother, never played the game before coming to Dartmouth, yet already appears to be an outstanding player. Another younger brother taking part in freshman sports is John Brower, whose older brother, Hugh, is a member of the Dartmouth hockey and baseball squads. John, too, plays hockey and baseball.
Tom Richmond, whose hammer throwing ability has been largely obscured by that of Captain Jim Burnham, finished in second place in the Penn Relays hammer throw with Burnham a close third. It was a case of pupil beating teacher, as Burnham originally talked Richmond into throwing the hammer and taught him a good deal of what he knows. Evidently he knows a lot, as Jim is one of the best in the business. Burnham, incidentally, was the defending champion at the Penn Relays.
The three leading hitters on the varsity baseball team at present are Roger Frechette, who is clouting the ball at a .385 pace, Hank Mueller, .333, and Dick Desmond, .314. Leading run producers, however, are Captain McNeil, with 12 runs batted in, and Ray Lindquist, sophomore shortstop, with 10 runs driven across the plate.
