Track

Although the official indoor season for the team as a whole does not begin until the IC4A meet on February 23, Captain Pete McCreary has been campaigning on his own and has represented the Green on a number of occasions in the big invitation meets this winter. His most notable achievement was in the New York A.C. games in Madison Square Garden on February 9, when he won the 60-yard high hurdles from an all-star field in the time of 7.4. This was the fastest time anyone had negotiated the barriers in the entire winter season, which has involved the most of the Olympic contenders in the hurdles. Pete is definitely in the great tradition of Dartmouth hurdlers and, in this Olympic year, he might very well exchange the green of Dartmouth for the red, white, and blue of the United States.

And speaking of the Olympics, Dartmouth's Arnie Oss '50 starred for the U.S. hockey team in its opening victory over Norway, while Cliff Harrison '51 scored two goals in the win over Germany. In the men's skiing, two Dartmouth stars were the top U.S. performers in the first two events. Brooks Dodge '51 tied for sixth in the giant slalom, and Bill Beck '53 turned in a surprising fifth in the downhill, for the best showing that an American skier has ever made in the-men's Olympic competition. Oddly enough, Beck got his chance as an alternate, taking the place of Jim Griffith who was killed in practice in this country.