With Big Green Teams
As Our Loyal Readers will doubtless remember, this is the mud season in Hanover, the period between the end of the winter season and the first shy, vernal appearance of the spring sports. Since this column last went to press, virtually nothing has happened of a directly competitive nature, in or out of Hanover, to command your attention. These lines are written toward the end of the Spring Vacation, when the touring teams are still deep in the heart of Dixie and have not yet reported back to town. Hence we shall necessarily content ourselves with a backward look at some of the winter sports and a forward look at the spring sports.
Item. Coach Jeremiah received a postseason accolade from his fellow hockey coaches in the shape of the award for the outstanding coaching job for the 1950-51 season. As we have repeatedly indicated, the hockey material really ran thin this winter and Coach Jeremiah was obliged to summon air his coaching skill, plus the determination of his depleted squad, to come out with a 9-9-1 record. It is a pleasure, therefore, to record this recognition from his colleagues.
Item. Captain-elect of hockey for next year is defense-man John Grocott, who played a sterling game this year and last out in front of the nets. After Captain Cliff Harrison, who did everything this year but sweep off the ice, Grocott was the leading performer on Coach Jeremiah's squad, and he will hold the line again next year. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx.
Item. Kent Calhoun was elected captain of basketball at the end of the second most disastrous season in Dartmouth's history. He won his letter at guard last year and was a fixture at this position this year, where his rebounding, passing, and allaround coolness kept the youthful Indians from blowing even higher than they did on many occasions. Calhoun is a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx.
Item. Gordon Kay was elected captain of swimming at the close of the season. A member of the record-breaking 400-yard relay team, Kay has been a consistent performer in the freestyle events for the past two years. He comes from Honolulu, which earthly paradise has produced a brace of other recent Dartmouth swimmers, including this year's captain Jock McIntyre. Kay is a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Sphinx.
Item. Speaking of swimming, in the NCAA championships at Austin, Texas, the 400-yard relay team of McIntyre, Boyden, Kay and McAndrews finished third in the finals, setting a new Dartmouth College record of 3:30.2 in the doing. Another College record was set by Captain McIntyre in the 50-yard freestyle trials, his best time in the NCAA meet being 23.4 seconds. In the earlier Eastern Intercollegiates at Cambridge, McIntyre placed fifth in the 100-yard freestyle and Frank Bruch took third in the 200-yard breaststroke. The relay team came in second behind Yale but was disqualified because of allegedly jumping on a takeoff.
Item. Coach Ellie Noyes' varsity track team came back strong after their defeat by Yale, as reported in our last bulletin, to swamp Brown by the score of 72-31. The Green took eight out of a possible 12 first places in garnering this victory, which was marked by average performances throughout. The outstanding exhibition, indeed, was made by Molineux of Brown, who won the mile, the thousand, and then anchored the winning mile relay team.
Item. Going way back to football, it is our pleasant duty to report that Bill Roberts, the plunging fullback of the last three Dartmouth elevens, has signed with the Chicago Bears, where he will put his talents to work under the able tutelage of Papa Bear George Halas. Roberts set a new Ivy League record in his junior year for yards gained by rushing, a record that is naturally a Dartmouth record also. The modest Dubuque youngster weighs a mere 190 pounds and will probably be shifted to halfback in the Bears' lineup, where his phenomenal speed and shiftiness can be used to greater advantage. Roberts is a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx.
DIAMOND DIRECTORATE: Coach Eddie Jeremiah, Captain Whitey Matthews and Manager Pete Henderson '51 at Norfolk Naval Base on the spring trip. Matthews saved the game with a diving catch in the ninth.
