Hockey
Coach Eddie Jeremiah's on-and-off again hockey team wound up the season in better fashion than the basketball team, winning six and losing four games since last report. Two of the losses should not count as they were in exhibition games with the Boston Bruins and the Alumni All-Stars.
Despite a mediocre record, the Dartmouth hockey team produced some fine games and some fine players. The Big Green's agile goal tender, Gordie "The Cat" Russell, was named to the first All-New England College Hockey Team, while John Titus, the Indians' first-line wing, made the All-New England second team, with Captain Seaver Peters, Dan McCarthy and defenseman Irv Sherwood getting honorable mention.
As a matter of fact Titus and McCarthy ranked third and fourth among leading Eastern college scorers behind two R.P.I, players. Titus in 28 games had 37 goals and 24 assists for a 61-point total, while Mc-Carthy had 32 goals and 22 assists for 54 points, and Captain Seaver Peters had 16 goals and 30 assists for 46 points.
Behind Peters came Ned Heydt, second-line center, with 29 points, followed by defensemen Irv Sherwood with 34 points, Chet Gale with 19 and Dana "Red" Hennigar, next year's captain, with 17 points.
The two games that excited the most interest during the past month were, of course, the exhibition game with the professional Boston Bruins and the season's finale with the Alumni All-Stars. The Bruins had a week's layoff and made a trip through northern New England. Against Dartmouth the pros jumped away to an 8-1 lead in the first period. For the second stanza, Coaches Eddie Jeremiah and Lynn Patrick put their heads together and came up with the "swap of the year." All the Dartmouth defensemen climbed into Bruin uniforms to play under Patrick, while the Bruin defensemen, with Dartmouth jerseys, played under Jeremiah. The Bruins goalie, Sugar Jim Henry, also took a rest while Dartmouth's secondstrong goal tender Phil Hinkle guarded the Bruins' net. Even at this the Bruins won 16-6, and the spectators went away with the firm conviction that there is a world of difference between professional and col- legiate hockey.
Back for the traditional game between the alumni "oldsters" and varsity "youngsters" came 16 former Dartmouth hockey stalwarts, and for the first time in three years the alumni team managed to win in an exciting 11-9 contest. The famed Riley line accounted for seven of the alumni goals with Jack '44 scoring four, Joe '49 getting two and Billy '46 accounting for one. Bruce Mather '47, who teamed up with Ralph Warburton '47 and Bruce Cunliffe '47, collected three goals and Jim Gregg '50 got the other.
Stan Priddy '43 played an outstanding defensive game for the "old timers" while Dick McMahon was masterful in the nets. The old maestro, Eddie Jeremiah '30, managed to stay up long enough to throw a few body checks into his star pupils. Other alumni players included Paul Guibord '36, Jim Farley '42, Dick Rondeau '44, Mike Choukas '51 and Danny Sullivan '40.
All in all, it was a fitting way to close the season - Dartmouth's first season on artificial ice and the longest season (30 games) ever played by a Dartmouth hockey team.
THEY STILL KNOW HOW: With unremitting pressure, led by the famed Riley brothers, the Dartmouth alumni hockey team defeated the varsity 11-9 in Hanover last month. Shown making things tough for Goalie Gordie Russell are Jack Riley '44 (4), Ralph Warburton '47 (12), Bruce Mather '47 (20) and Bill Riley '46 (3). Varsity players in green are George Snelson (7), Irv Sherwood (17) and John Titus (4).
AFTER A ONE-SIDED FIRST PERIOD in the "exhibition game" between Dartmouth and the BostoN Bruins in Hanover on March 2, an exchange of players took place. Two Bruins wearing Dartmouth jerseys (at left) are shown in the action shot above. Expert help was unavailing and the Protessionls scored an easy 16-6 victory.
