Other Sports
The Dartmouth Rowing Club continues to make headlines and Big Green crews are close to ready to move into the socalled "big time" in Eastern rowing circles. On May 14 the Dartmouth heavyweight crews scored a clean sweep at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia. The varsity heavies nosed out Rollins to earn first place, while the jayvee heavies won over Amherst and the frosh defeated Brown.
On the same weekend the 150-pound (lightweight) crews lost out, however, in the Eastern sprints. The varsity and jayvee crews were eliminated in the morning trial heats, while the freshman crew was knocked out in the finals by Yale.
The previous weekend, the heavy-weight crews again scored a clean sweep on the Connecticut River, with the varsity and jayvees defeating Amherst handily, while the frosh heavies outrowed the Clark University varsity and jayvee crews. The lightweight crews found tougher going that same day on the choppy waters of the Charles River in Boston, winding up fourth in competition for the newly established John Biglin Trophy. Navy finished first followed by Harvard, M.I.T. and Dartmouth, but only one-tenth of a second separated second-place Harvard and fourth-place Dartmouth in this extremely close race.
Coach Thad Seymour and Rowing Club President Hart "Pep" Perry, son of Bill Perry '21, have been really organizing and revitalizing the club this spring. From an anonymous donor the club has received a new Pocock shell with oars and a new truck to haul three shells. They also have acquired new docking facilities, and a new Henley race course has been laid out on a beautiful straight stretch of the Connecticut River just above Hanover. Topping the news was the announcement this month that the varsity 150-pound crew would travel to England in June to compete in the Henley Regatta for the highly coveted Thames Trophy. And Dartmouth seems to have an excellent chance to bring the trophy home with them.
Another sport rapidly coming of age is rugby football coached and captained by Bob Woodberry '54. Since last report the rugby team has defeated Princeton 5-3, Montreal 11-3 and M.I.T. 13-0. Many of the ruggers are football players who stay in condition during the spring in this tough game. The rugby team, by the way, will be the only Big Green team in action during the June. Commencement weekend. The ruggers have a contest with the New York Rugby Club slated at 3 P.M. on Saturday, June 11 at the Clark School Field and seniors, parents and reuning alumni are urged to get a close look at this fascinating game.
The Dartmouth NROTC Rifle Team recaptured the Eastern NROTC Rifle Championship in Boston by defeating four other college NROTC teams. Dartmouth posted a 937 score out of a possible 1,000 to regain the title. Captain Elliot Hersey '55 had the best record with a score of 191 out of a possible 200. Maylert Armstrong '58, Robert Barry '56, Charles Henry '56 and Carl Hiker '56 were the other team members.
HEAD COACH 808 BLACKMAN speakingat the New York luncheon honoring the newfootball staff.
