Green Jottings
¶ Andrew J. "Swede" Oberlander '26 and the late Frank Cavanaugh '99 were named to the National Football Hall of Fame early this fall. The announcement of their election was made by Bill Cunningham '19, chairman of the National Football Hall of Fame Honors Court. They join another Dartmouth man, the late Edward K. Hall '92, who was elected in 1952. All three Dartmouth men will be honored along with other college players and coaches at the proposed Hall of Fame to be built at Rutgers University.
Oberlander was one of Dartmouth's greatest football players, a member of the undefeated, national championship team of 1925. He holds the all-time Big Green record for the greatest number of touchdown passes thrown in one season - 14. Cavanaugh, known to millions as the "Iron Major," played end for Dartmouth from 1895 to 1898, and later was head football coach in Hanover from 1911 to 1916. During those six years his Dartmouth teams won 42 games, lost 10 and tied two. It is expected that Oberlander and Hall will be honored at half-time of the Dartmouth-Colgate game in Hanover on October 16. Cavanaugh is to be honored at the Boston College-Fordham game in New York on Friday, October 15, as he coached football at both B.C. and Fordham.
¶ Turning to soccer, Coach Tom Dent will receive some assistance this fall. Bob Drawbaugh, one of Dartmouth's top soccer performers last year, will coach the Big Green frosh soccer team this fall. He is now waiting to be called into military service.
¶ For the first time in recent years the Dartmouth College Athletic Council is making available to the general public season tickets for Dartmouth's four home football games. Season ticket holders will get reserved seats on the 40-50-yard sections of the East stands. The season tickets sell for $12.00, a saving of $2.00 over the regular, reserved seat price. Local people in the Upper Valley area who, unlike alumni and students, do not get preferred seats on the Dartmouth side of the field (West stands) now have an opportunity to watch Dartmouth from a good location and early reports indicate a brisk sale.
¶ The Dartmouth games will have good radio coverage this fall. Station WNAC (Yankee Network) is carrying all the Dartmouth home games, while Station WNBW (Washington, D. C.) will carry the Dartmouth-Navy game along with Station WBAL (Baltimore). Other stations may pick up later Dartmouth games (WMGM for the Army game and NBC for possibly one of the games). The new Mt. Washington TV Station - WMTW, Channel 2 - may also televise on Monday nights the highlights of the Dartmouth game of the preceding Saturday in a hour-long show from 10 to 11 P.M., but negotiations on this are still pending. Dartmouth, which last year was on a nation-wide "Game of the Week" telecast (Dartmouth-Holy Cross) is ineligible this year and no Dartmouth game will be televised live.
VARSITY AND FRESHMAN FOOTBALL COACHES snapped in Davis Field Houseas they were about to review the movies of some of last fall's games. Left to right, ElmerLampe, end coach; Doggie Julian, freshman coach; John Dell Isola, line coach; MiltPiepul (front), backfield coach; Ray Truncellito '49, assistant freshman coach; Joe Sullivan'49, assistant freshman coach; and Tuss McLaughry, head coach.
