Track
The Heptagonals—For the first couple of events in this Ivy League indoor classic, it looked as though Coach Noyes' spirited pupils were going to provide the surprise of the meet. Sprinter John Cook won the 60-yard dash final in fine fashion, after coming from behind in both of his trial heats. Then Pete McCreary came through with a victory in the 60-yard high hurdles, lunging across the finish line just ahead of an Army hurdler. At this point, Dartmouth had 10 points and looked great. The rest of the meet, however, did not live up to this rosy initial promise, and the Green gleaned only 9 more points, to end up in a tie for fourth place with Cornell. The rest of the points were gained by Captain Dave Krivitsky and Sam Daniell, who finished third and fourth in the 600, and by the tie for third gained by Nels Ehinger in the high jump. In the mile relay, the collapse of starter Reggie Pierson with an injured leg on the first lap ended all hopes of a Green place in this event, for which Dartmouth was one of the pre-meet favorites. Hence they were forced to see their chances for a third place go out the window, which was a pity in view of the fine start.
Yale 66, Dartmouth 38—Yale made their first track and field appearance in Alumni Gymnasium in many years and, despite some sterling individual performances by the Green, ran off with a dual meet by a decisive margin. The Dartmouth aggregation was especially weak in the field events, with Yale scoring sweeps in the 35-1b weight and the pole vault, and running up topheavy margins in several other jumping and throwing events. In the vault, incidentally, the Yale winner, Appel, set a new record for the Gymnasium by soaring over 14 feet, outdistancing his two compatriots in blue and completely shutting out the Dartmouth entry. Yale also won first and second in the 1,000, and the two-mile, and the shot, with Dartmouth finishing third in each. The lack of variety and depth proved disastrous to Coach Ellie Noyes' pupils.
On the brighter side, the Green runners and hurdlers turned in some sparkling performances. Pete McCreary won the 45-yard high hurdles, despite a bad start, and Ted Myers was third. John Cook repeated his successful efforts in the Heptagonals by winning the 50-yard dash, ahead of two Yales. In the mile, Stan Smiley came in first, ahead of two Yale entries, and did it the hard way by coming from behind in the last lap. Sam Daniell won the 600, coming up out of nowhere in the final yards, past the leading Yale entry and Captain Dave Krivitsky of Dartmouth, who finished third. Nels Ehinger provided the only outstanding Dartmouth performance in the field events, when he scored a tie for first with one of twin Yales, the twin brother getting third (if you follow me).
The final event was the mile relay, which provided one of the high points of the afternoon. Running in the first position, Cory of Dartmouth lost about 20 yards to his Yale rival. This margin was whittled slightly by Sam Daniell in the second position. Then Pete McCreary, the hurdler, started out as though shot out of a gun, made up some 15 yards in the first part of the first lap, and handed over a comfortable lead to Dave Krivitsky, running in the anchor spot for Dartmouth. The long-striding captain of the Dartmouth team had merely to keep doing same, and the Green finished well out in front in a most satisfying finish.
