Spring Sports

In a late but glorious burst, Dartmouth spring teams, since the last report, won fourteen contests, lost only two and tied one to leave every varsity team except lacrosse with a break-even record or better. The varsity baseball team defeated Pennsylvania, 5-1, lost to Amherst, 3-0, and then edged New Hampshire and Holy Cross by identical, 3-2, scores to wind up with a 14-14 record. The Big Green lacrosse team lost to Pennsylvania by a close, 8-6, score, then defeated Holy Cross, 16-10, and tied a strong Colgate team, 16-16, to end up with three wins, ten defeats and one tie. Best season of all was compiled by Coach Red Hoehn's tennis squad which romped over Brown, 6-3, Amherst, Middlebury and Colgate by identical, 7-2, scores, and defeated Cornell, 5-4, for a sensational 15-4 season record. The varsity track team downed Colgate in a dual meet, 92-48, for a 3-1 dual record, while Coach Tom Keane's varsity golf club won its final three matches, 6-1, over Boston College, 4-3, over Harvard and, 5-2, over Amherst for a very respectable 6-2 record. The Dartmouth rugby team tied the New York Rugby Club in the season's finale 3-3 for a spring record of six wins, five defeats and two ties. Varsity spring totals show 41 victories, 31 defeats and one tie contest.

Individual honors were shared by many members of the Big Green spring teams. Outfielder Dan Cilo led the Big Green hitters with a .312 season batting average, while Captain Woody Woodworth had fourteen runs batted in. Shortstop Chuck Kaufman led in hits with thirty and stolen bases with eight, while Roger Hanlon had the best pitching record, three wins and two defeats, with Bob Van Dam at 3-3 and veteran Don O'Neil 6-6 for the season.

Three sophomores had the best records on the tennis team with Phil Meyer winning fifteen and losing only two, Gordon Aydelott with a 15-4 record and Jim Biggs at 14-5.

In lacrosse, senior John Patterson and junior Pat Walsh tied for top scoring honors with 36 points each, while sophomore John Walters had 33.

Dartmouth sophomore distance star Tom Laris finished second in the late May IC4A meet and will journey to the West Coast to compete in the N.C.A.A. three mile race on June 17-18. His performance in this race will determine his further eligibility for the summer Olympic competition.

In a shakedown race in early June prior to the I.R.A. Regatta, the Dartmouth varsity and jayvee heavyweight boats outdistanced Columbia over a two mile course on the Connecticut, while the freshman boat lost its race to Columbia and M.I.T.

Two other Rowing Club items were announced in late May. William Hartwell "Pep" Perry '55 is relinquishing his duties as coach of the 150 pound varsity crew and will devote his full time as Assistant to the Director of Financial Aid at the College, although he will continue as Chairman of the Board of Stewards of the Rowing Club. He will be succeeded as 150-pound coach by Willam Farrens '61, vice-president of the Rowing Club.

A new Rowing Club trophy, the Charles C. Lund Plate, has been established as a permanent trophy for the winner of the annual Harvard-M.I.T.-Dartmouth 150-pound race. It is named for Charles C. Lund '60, coach of the Big Green freshman lightweights for the past two seasons.

Seven spring sports captains for 1961 were announced in early June by the DCAC. They are: Daniel C. Cilo, baseball; David Lashar, golf; William G. Sly, Jr., lacrosse; Thomas B. Russell, 150-pound crew; Charles K. Dayton, rugby; Ronald M. Picket, tennis; and Gregg B. Millett in track. All are members of the Class of 1961.

Two late June items as we go to press:

At the I.R.A. Regatta, held in late June at Syracuse, N. Y., the Dartmouth varsity heavyweight crew finished in a tie for seventh place with Rutgers. The Big Green JV crew also finished seventh in its race, while the freshman boat came in eighth. It was the fourth consecutive year the Big Green varsity oarsmen have finished . seventh, but this year's race was the closest in history and the Dartmouth crew was only three lengths behind winning California. In tying for seventh the Indians did edge out such fine crews as Princeton, Wisconsin, Syracuse and Columbia.

The Dartmouth tennis team added further laurels to its spring season by annexing the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament held in June at Hamilton, N. Y. Although the Indians did not qualify anyone for the final matches in the singles, the doubles final was an all-Dartmouth affair with the team of Gordie Aydelott and Jim Biggs edging out Ron Picket and Larry Holden. This coupled with a good showing in early rounds of play gave the Indians a winning total of 47 points and the championship.

The College's coaching staff paid tribute in June to "Chick" Evans and "Tuss" McLaughry,who retired this year from the Physical Education Department. L to r: seated, Evans, "Red"Rolfe '31, Director of Athletics, and McLaughry; standing, Al Merrill, skiing; Doggie Julian,basketball; Tony Lupien, baseball; Eddie Jeremiah '30, hockey; Pete Gardner, rowing; TommyDent, soccer and lacrosse; Bob Blackman, football; and Karl Michael '29, swimming.

BIG GREEN FOOTBALL NEWS The DCAC announces that Big GreenFootball News will again be published during the coming football season. Copies will be mailed each Monday throughout the season beginning September 19. The publication includes weekly game accounts, pictures, play-by-play diagrams, and coaches' comments on the game played and the next opponent. The price for ten issues is $2.00. Subscriptions should be mailed directly to the DCAC, Box 111, Hanover, N.H., with checks or money orders made payable to the Dartmouth Athletic Council.