BASKETBALL

The basketball team started off by beat- ing Amherst, 59-49, on the Saturday Christ- mas vacation began; then jumped a plane to Miami, where they were first defeated by the University of Miami by the score of 61-52 and then by Tampa by the narrow margin of 52-50; and finally appeared in Madison Square Garden, where they were swamped by Manhattan to the tune of 87-57. Almost the only bright spots in the trip was the work of Billy Biggs at forward, as he dumped in 24 points against Miami and 22 in the Manhattan debacle. Jim Cobb was the high scorer in the Am- herst game with 15 points and Ballard came through with 15 in the Manhattan game. Outside of that, there was nothing much to get excited over.

On the return to Hanover, Coach Julian's troubles began to multiply. Sophomore Jim Cobb was suddenly stricken with scholastic probation in the middle of his first season, in which he was second high scorer to Billy Biggs. Kent Calhoun, one of the regular guards, developed a bad bone bruise on his heel, which made walking, let alone playing basketball, difficult. Big John McDonald, lately of the gridiron, came down with a virus infection and was out for an extended period. With a squad in which the talent was not outstanding to start with, these personnel losses, especially that of Cobb, did not make things any eaisier. With the heavy part of the season coming up, and with the rest of the Ivy League (notably Columbia, Penn, and Cornell) stronger than ever, the grizzled locks of the volatile and talented new mentor grew visibly grayer.

IN THE HOLY CROSS GAME, won by the visiting Crusaders, 67-52, Jim Ballard (25), Green center, uses his height to take a rebound. Ossie Sherman (24) and Dick O'Neill (12) are also shown.

A BENEFIT GAME for the Pan American Olympics Fund was staged by Dartmouth and Middlebury before Christmas vacation. The action photo shows Kent Calhoun (11) shooting and Jim Cobb (32) watching.