Track

After their second dual track meet of the current season, against the West Point cadets, was cancelled because of poor flying conditions, Coach Ellie Noyes' 35-man squad met a strong Harvard team in the Alumni Gymnasium on Saturday, February 14.

The Big Green won the meet 57-51 before a capacity Freshman Fathers' Weekend throng, but they had to go all out to take the victory. With only the two-mile relay remaining, the Indians had a mere one-point lead over the Crimson and the entire meet hinged on this final event. Tom Tyler and Ted Storrs, running one and two for Dartmouth, poured out all their strength, but couldn't match the first two Crimson runners and found themselves trailing by some 30 yards. Dave McLaughlin took the baton on the third round and shaved the Harvard lead to ten yards by dint of a superhuman effort. Then Walt Clarkson, who a short while earlier had won a gruelling two-mile race for the Indians, took off after the Harvard runner in the final lap. Walt caught the Crimson runner, fought him into the dirt and then blazed home to win the race and the meet by a good 20 yards in as thrilling a race as has been "witnessed here for sometime.

Other firsts for Dartmouth came in the broad jump where John Harlor leaped 23' 3", in the high jump with Herb Syle and Glen Wathen tied at 5' 10", in the pole vault where Bill McKee vaulted 12' 9", in the mile run won by Dartmouth cross-country captain Mike Morrissey, a repeat win for Mike in the 1,000-yard run, Dick Collins' victory in the go-yard dash, and Clarksons' 2-mile win.

The meet was strictly a team victory with few standout performances. Dartmouth uses manpower to pile up points and has been doing well in this fashion. The IC4A and Heptagonal Meets will decide individual bests, but the Indians will settle this year for victories in their dual meets.