Golf

Dartmouth golf coach Tom Keane's report on the southern results was short and to the point. "We won four and lost four," said Tom. "The boys played just about as I expected. Our prospects for the regular season are fair, but don't expect anything like last year's record (13 wins, 3 losses)."

Actually, the Dartmouth golfers did very well and the four matches that were lost came by the closest of margins. The Big Green lost the opening two matches to William and Mary by 6-4 and 7-3 scores, but won the next three, defeating the Quantico Marines 5½-4½, and George Washington University and Johns Hopkins by identical 7-2 scores. Pennsylvania was a little too good for the Indians as the Quakers triumphed 4-3, while a final three-way match with Rutgers and Princeton put Dartmouth in the middle as they defeated Rutgers 4-3, but in turn were edged by Princeton 4-3.

Credit for the first hole-in-one of the season went to Dartmouth's Bob Styles who turned the trick on a 140-yard hole against William and Mary. His opponent got a two on the same hole, which makes it one of the few instances in golfing history when a player cards a deuce on a hole and loses.

The squad that went south, led by Captain Ward Hamm Jr., included veterans Bob Styles, Bill Rex, Phil Fast and Bob Douglass and newcomers Allen Anderson and Bill Dolan. Of this group, Captain Hamm, Styles and Rex seem to be the most consistent golfers and should be the highest rated players on the team. Anderson showed great improvement on the trip and is a strong sophomore prospect.

But beyond this group, Tom doesn't have much to attract attention. The lack of overall depth will be felt throughout the spring and with some pretty good golfers on the college circuit this year, the Dartmouth team will have to press hard to gain any subtantial number of victories.