Baseball
The baseball team is currently on its annual spring junket in the southland, where the boys are getting the kinks out of their legs and the dust of the cage out of their lungs. Inasmuch as the season will not officially get under way until long after we have gone to press, we can give no more than a brief preview of the season's possibilities. Briefly, the club should improve over last year. And well it might, for in that unhappy season it won only one League game and finished last. This year, Coach Jeremiah has most of his old team back, plus several extremely promising sophomores.
Briefly, this is the picture. At first base, Ev Parker, the long-ball hitting lefthander, will be back for his second year. At second, Curt Richards will be playing his second year, where he will be pushed hard by Wayne Lynman. At short, sophomore Jack Hall is certain to break into the lineup. One of the best athletes in college, Hall starred at soccer in the fall, then passed up hockey to concentrate on his studies, and is now beginning a promising career on the diamond. At third, Jackie Hart will again be holding forth in the position from which he led the League in fielding last year. The diminutive Zack Boyages, fresh from the basketball floor, is the leading utility infielder and made the southern trip in that capacity.
In the outfield, Captain Bob (Whitey) Matthews will be a fixture at either left or center, with Jim Churchill sure to playone of the other two positions. The third starting outfielder may be John Brower, who doubled as one of Coach Jeremiah's defensemen on the hockey team. Other outfielders who will see service are sophomore Warren Cassidy, Steve Meterparel (who won his letter last year), and Bill Johnson. With Churchill leading the hitters last year with a meager .238 average, the gardeners will have to brush up on their willow work if the Green is to be a serious contender this year.
The battery is in a comparatively strong position, with two outstanding college pitchers, junior Frank Logan and sophomore Pete McKinnon. The former turned in some excellent performances last year as a sophomore and, but for the anemic support which he received at the plate, would have won more than the one League game he did win. Sophomore Pete McKinnon is an outstanding prospect and should give a good account of himself in his first year of varsity competition. The third starting pitcher will probably be big Jack Sutton, who blossomed toward the end of the season last year as a reliable hot-weather hurler. Behind the plate is the veteran John Boardman, playing his final year on the varsity. The other catcher making the spring trip is Fred Stephens, who is rapidly developing into an excellent receiver.
DARTMOUTH'S STARTING INFIELD on the southern trip included (I to r) Jack Hart, third base; Jack Hall, shortstop; Zack Boyages, second base; and Ev Parker, first base. Parker, son of former baseball star John Parker '29, hit a homer with the bases loaded in the Norfolk Naval Air Station game.
