SKIING
The Eastern collegiate skiing championships were largely built around the big three of the Winter Carnivals—Dartmouth, McGill, and Middlebury. The Big Green proved a mighty powerhouse again this year, winning its own Carnival, and adding to that the McGill Meet victory and a second place in the ISU championships at Middlebury.
During the weekend of February 17-18, Coach Walter Prager's skiers made a circus of the McGill meet by scoring 594.14 points, fully 29 better than the runners-up from Middlebury. McGill was third, with a select field of eight American and Canadian schools in arrears.
Not only did the Dartmouth contingent sweep team honors, but individual crowns were taken by several of the team members. An unofficial tabulation indicated that Dartmouth brought home 13 of the 18 awards. Leading his team in expert fashion was Captain Tor Arneberg, Norwegian senior, who captured skimeistei honors. He won the downhill race, was second in the slalom and the jump, and took sixth in the cross-country.
The following weekend, Middlebury played host to the Intercollegiate Ski Union championships. The Panthers pulled their surprise package at this strategic meet—Christian Mohn. A Norwegian student who attended high school with Tor Arneberg in Oslo, Mohn was winner of the FIS special jump at Lake Placid.
With this graceful jumper earning the phenomenal total of 241.2 points in that one event—35 points more than Charley Tremblay in second place—the Middlebury men rallied in the jump and Nordic-combined combined to take the ISU title out of Dartmouth's grasp once again. The Green hasn't won the crown since 1942. The winners compiled 570.82, with the Green next at 561.99, followed by New Hampshire and eight other ISU senior and junior members.
Colin Stewart paced the Dartmouth squad in the Alpine events by placing third in the downhill, and second in the slalom and combined. Jack Griffin, Canadian FIS speedster at McGill, swept the Alpine firsts. Tor Arneberg was second in the downhill—after having to be the very first man to schuss down the trail.
The Sunday after the Middlebury Carnival, Dartmouth won handily the Annual Harvard Invitational Giant Slalom Race at Big Bromley. Colin Stewart and Arneberg placed one-two, with Caldwell and Fred Barstow 12th and 13th.
For the first time, the Outing Club sponsored a three-event interfraternity and dormitory championship. Included were the downhill, slalom, and cross-country events. Theta Chi won the meet over 21 other fraternities, while Woodward Hall bested six other dorms.
DARTMOUTH HOCKEY GREATS of the past decade and more assembled in Hanover, March 10, to battle the varsity in a high-powered benefit game, won by the varsity 13-12. Lined up before the game (I to r, front row) are Bruce Mather '47, Jack Riley '44, Danny Sullivan '40, Coach Bill Riley '46, Dick Rondeau '44, Mike Thayer '46 and Bobby Merriam '48. Back row: Whitey Campbell '46, Bob Amirault '49, Eddie Jeremiah '30, Charlie Holt '45, Jack Kilmartin '49, George Pulliam '45, Bill Harrison '44, Harpo Walsh '39, Sammy Snow '40, Joe Riley '49 and Bob Sanders '45.
