Soccer

Since last report, when the Dartmouth soccer team had dropped its first two games to Penn and Brown, conditions have not improved to any extent. Dartmouth edged past Connecticut 2-1 for its first win of the year and then, after losing to Princeton 2-0, came through with an Ivy League win over Harvard 2-0, but wound up dropping games to Williams-2-1 and Amherst 2-0, with Cornell ing on the schedule.

Against Connecticut sophomore Charlie Pinkerton, who has developed rapidly thisfall, scored both goals, one unassisted. Against Princeton the Big Green missed several excellent scoring opportunities which might have won the game, and center forward Butch Waid was injured early which may have hurt the Big Green scoring chances. Dartmouth and Harvard battled evenly for three full periods before the Indians rallied in the final period to push home two tallies, with Jim Kennedy scoring on a long boot and Bob Googins kicking one in on a pass from Ron Chilcote with only five seconds remaining in the game. The Dartmouth-Williams game was another close encounter, with the Indians having one goal nullified by an offside penalty. John Trimble scored the lone tally for Dartmouth as the Indians bowed 2-1. In the most recent game with Amherst the Indian offense failed to click and fullbacks Bob Vostal and Bob Holland along with goalie Clem Malin were most responsible for holding down the Amherst scoring.

Generally speaking the Big Green offense has been weaker than expected and Coach Tom Dent has been juggling his offensive units trying to get some power up front. Dartmouth's defense, weak at the beginning of the season, has come along better than expected, which has been the chief factor in the low scores. Goal tender Randy Malin, a sophomore who played little soccer before this season, has done a terrific job in the nets for the Big Green and should be of major help for the next two seasons.