Coaches' Corner . . .
TOMMY DENT: In order to get a good start on the season's practice the 1960 lacrosse team began back in February to work out on snow-bound parking lots where conditions were not the best. On the spring trip into the Southland, we found the weather not much better than when we left Hanover. In spite of the poor conditions, however, the team did well and played some of the powerful teams around Maryland, losing to Baltimore University and drubbing Maryland State Teachers College. Our final game at Rutgers ended in a tie. In that game it looked as if we could look forward to a successful regular season to follow.
Coming back to Hanover, however, many injuries cut down the potential of an otherwise good team and we began the season with a loss to New Hampshire followed by losses to Cornell, Syracuse and Princeton. I was unable to be with the team because of illness, but the team was in capable hands in the person of Randy Malin, our All-American of last year. I did see the Princeton game and that was a close one which we lost by a 7-6 score. Many mistakes on the defense cost us goals in that game. This is an entirely new defense from last year, however, except for Peter Sly who has been a power for us this year.
The team has four games remaining against Holy Cross, Harvard, Penn and Colgate in which it hopes to give a good account of itself. This team may be just a year away from being a strong outfit, as inexperience in some defensive positions has hurt its success.
Some of the outstanding players who have done well are Al Rozycki, Jack Hodgson, John Gayette, Craig Clark, and John Walters. Walters has scored in every game except Yale. Ron Wybranowski was injured before the regular season opened and has never returned to the squad, and this injury hurt badly since Ron was considered our top mid-fielder.
Through the medium of this article I would like to say "Hullo" to the many old-timers who have been through my hands in the course of the long years, and to tell you that I feel like the Vermonter who was very ill, and being visited by his spiritual adviser commented, "It ain't that I mind going, but I hate like the dickens to go in this dilapidated state."
RED HOEHN: This could be the best team in the history 0f Dartmouth tennis. After last year's successful season (16 wins, 4 losses) and the loss of such stars as Dick Hoehn, Jack McDonough, Phil Langley and Opie Jones, it didn't seem possible that the record would be bettered. On our Southern trip, with relatively little practice, our record stood at five wins one loss. For more than two weeks after our return we had no place to practice until the snow disappeared and the courts dried off. Then we started what we call "our second spring season."
As of this writing our overall record is ten wins, and two losses with wins over strong Williams and Columbia teams and our only other loss to Princeton. Much of the success of the team is due to our sophomore "shock troops." The top three men from last year's freshman team have performed admirably and have added great depth to the team. Jim Biggs has played at number two or number three throughout the season and has a 10-2 record to date. Gordie Aydelott, 9-3, has played consistently well at number five, while Phil Meyer has a fine 9-2 record at the number six slot. Our veterans include Ron Picket, playing number one, Captain Bill McClung, seeded second, Jack Herrick, playing number four, and Larry Holden as an alternate.
If we have a few breaks against the strong teams still on our schedule (particularly Yale, Harvard and Cornell) we can better last year's record. And with only two players graduating, Captain Bill McClung and Jack Herrick, and several good prospects on our freshman team, we should have an equally fine team next spring.
