Soccer

Despite some defensive weaknesses and a lack of depth, the Dartmouth soccer team took up where it left off last year to continue in undefeated fashion by winning four straight games before losing to Pennsylvania in the most recent contest. The Indians defeated the University of Massachusetts 2-0, R.P.I. 2-0, Princeton s-I, and University of Connecticut 6-0 before losing to Penn, 4-3. The Penn victory cut a Dartmouth victory skein starting in 1953 and extending for eighteen games.

Three Dartmouth regulars - center forward Egil Stigum, inside left Bob Googins and left half Cal Perry - missed the opener with Massachusetts, but Ron Chilcote and Dave Shephard scored one goal each and the Big Green defense tightened up to give the Indians a well-deserved 2-0 win.

Bob Googins returned to action a week later to lead Dartmouth to a 2-0 win over R.P.I, in a game played at Troy, N. Y. Googins scored unassisted in the third period to put the Indians ahead and then teamed up to pass to Bernt Stigum late in the fourth quarter for the final tally. Also returning to action was Egil Stigum at center forward.

In their first Ivy League game of the season, the Big Green played host to Princeton at Hanover and squeaked out a 2-1 triumph. Egil and Bernt Stigum, Norwegian brothers, teamed up to spark the Indian offense, with Egil scoring late in the second quarter and Bernt tallying the winning goal in the third period. The Tigers, playing a tight defensive game, collected one goal in the final quarter but could do no more. Cal Perry at left halfback and Steve Winslow at outside left, along with Captain Wally Pugh, contributed to the victory with some "heads up" defensive work.

Following three very close contests Dartmouth easily racked up its fourth win of the season by a 6-0 score over Connecticut. The game was a personal triumph for veteran Egil Stigum who scored five of the six goals, two of them unassisted. Bob Googins collected the sixth goal in the final period on a pass from Steve Winslow. The UConn team was spared an even worse defeat by the outstanding net work of goalie Don Ikle. It was the third game of this season (the sixth in two years) that Dartmouth goal tender Clem Malin held the opposition scoreless.

In their most recent game - the second Ivy League contest this fall - Dartmouth went down to a 4-3 defeat at the hands of Penn, playing in the mud at Philadelphia. Egil and Bernt Stigum again led the Indian attack with Egil scoring once and Bernt getting two goals. Penn, however, outplayed Dartmouth in the final period leading 4-2. The Indians got one late in the third frame to make it 4-3, but the muddy field and pressing Quaker defense held Dartmouth in check for the remainder of the contest.