Colgate 24, Dartmouth 14

For the first home game of the season, Dartmouth drew 12,000 spectators, a Colgate team that like Dartmouth had been defeated in its first three contests of the 1953 season, and another defeat for the Big Green. Whereas at Army, the Dartmouth defense had looked strong and the Dartmouth offense weak, the situation was reversed against the Red Raiders. For once the Dartmouth offense began to jell but the defense was ripped to shreds by the Colgate running attack. The Red Raiders drew first blood scoring on a pass from quarterback Dick Lalla to end Pete Popovitch early in the first quarter. But minutes later Dartmouth halfback Lou Turner electrified the crowd with a 55-yard off-tackle dash that sent the Indians ahead, 7-6. The joy was brief for in the second frame, Colgate roared back, sparked by the running of halfback Frank Nardulli and fullback Johnny Williams, to score twice more although missing both conversions. The third period went scoreless, but in the fourth the Indians came briefly to life when Leo McKenna passed downfield to the Colgate 3-yard line and then went over on a quarterback sneak. But time began to run out against the Indians and after they finally checked a Colgate drive on the Dartmouth 20-yard line, and took over possession, Dartmouth sophomore halfback Frank Krol fumbled. Colgate recovered (they recovered four Dartmouth fumbles and five of their own during the game) and quarterback Dick Lalla raced 23 yards on an option play for the final tally. It was the closest game so far this season for Dartmouth. The Indians missed one good scoring chance when they had the ball on the Red Raiders' five-yard line but missed on a fourthdown pass. There was no doubt that Colgate had the superior team, but many felt that a few breaks might have produced a Green victory.

From here on out it's the Ivies Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell and Princeton. Dartmouth could well lose them all on the basis of its showing in the first four. But the team could also pull an upset or two along the line. The spirit is still there and the hope.

A GREEN SCORING EFFORT THAT FAILED IN THE SOCCER GAME WON BY AMHERST 4-3