WITH THE BIG GREEN TEAMS

Two March blizzards dispelled any hopes of an early spring for Hanover and kept all the Big Green spring teams confined to the Alumni Gymnasium cage for their daily workouts as the varsity winter teams wound up their schedules.

With snow still covering the campus, four spring teams - baseball, lacrosse, tennis and golf - headed south in mid-March to begin pre-season contests before moving into league play in April.

A glance at the summary page reveals no startling changes since last month. The basketball team's 5-19 record was the poorest since Doggie Julian took over as coach in 1950. The one bright spot was Captain George Ramming's winning the Ivy League scoring and rebound title. Ramming was the first man in nine years to win both titles the same year. Ernie Beck of Pennsylvania last accomplished the feat in 1952. The Dartmouth captain and center garnered 33 points in the finale against Brown to bring his total points for the season to 288 for a 20.5-per-game average. This is the first time a Dartmouth player has won league scoring honors since the 1943-44 season, when Audie Brindley notched 135 points in an eight-game wartime schedule.

Dartmouth's hockey fortunes fell slightly this winter as the Indians, with a 5-5 league record, wound up in third place in the standings behind Harvard and Yale. Captain Bobby Moore, who tied Princeton sophomore John Cook for the league's individual scoring title with 24 points, was unanimously selected to the first All-Ivy League Team. Wing Jake Haertl also was chosen for the first team, and Dartmouth defenseman Tom Cranna made the second team. Haertl was third in the league scoring race with 23 points, and Chuck Ritchie was fifth with fourteen.

Captain Bob Moore also became the first Dartmouth hockey player in a decade to join the exclusive "Century Club" - composed of Dartmouth men who have tallied 100 or more points in a varsity career. Moore's total over the past three seasons came to 114 points and he became the first Dartmouth player to crack this barrier since 1951 when Cliff Harrison had 136 points. Dick Rondeau '44 leads the "Century Club" with an astounding 171 points, while Bill Riley '46 had 169, Joe Riley '49 had 169 and Dan Sullivan '40 had 151. Other "Century Club" members include Bruce Mather '47 (130 points), Bill Harrison '44 (128 points), Dave Walsh '39 (105 points), and Bruce Cunliffe '47 (100 points).

Coaches Karl Michael (swimming) and Bill Craver (wrestling) report on their respective sports in this month's "Coaches Corner" section. The swimmers were one of the best Big Green teams in history, but did not do as well as expected in the Eastern Intercollegiates. Charlie Brown, after a three-week layoff, turned in a remarkable performance to take a second place in the 50-yard freestyle and third in the 100-yard. The Big Green relay team placed sixth in the 400-yard relay event. Terry Bentley had an off day and did not place as his previous records would indicate.

The varsity ski team wound up its season by placing fourth in the midMarch NCAA Championships held at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl. The meet was won by Denver, with Middlebury second and Colorado third. New Hampshire, Maine, Washington, Idaho and Williams trailed Dartmouth in that order.

The Big Green skiers looked most effective in this meet, with Captain Art Bookstrom capturing the NCAA Skimeister title with fine performances in all four events, including a fourth in the slalom and a fourth in the jumping. Bookstrom had jumps of 176 and 188 in the final day of competition - his best of the season.

Coach Ellie Noyes' fine track team, with a 5-1 dual meet record, finished a somewhat disappointing fifth at the indoor Heptagonal meet. Tom Laris successfully defended his two-mile title, and Tom Holzel finished fourth in the high jump. Nick Jennison took fourth in the mile race, Bill Zeilman third in the dash, Gerry Ashworth fourth in the dash, and John Knight fifth in the high hurdles to account for the Big Green point total.

The following weekend at the IC4A meet, Tom Laris lost his title as he was only able to finish third in the two-mile race. Hurdler John Ebers of Dartmouth pulled a major surprise by coming on strongly to take third in that event.

In the Eastern Intercollegiate Squash Tournament, Coach Red Hoehn entered his four sophomores - mostly for experience, as all four were dropped in the opening round of play.

Dartmouth's freshman teams fared better this past winter than their varsity counterparts; both the swimming and track teams were undefeated in dual competition. Coach Karl Michael's 1964 squad turned in an impressive 8-0 record, with four record-breakers heading the team. John Boynton, the best freestyle prospect in years, set new marks in the 220- and 440-yard events, while Sanford Shapiro broke Charlie Brown's 50-yard freestyle time. Backstroke ace Bill Lewis set new records in the 100- and 200-yard races, and Henry Marshall

did likewise in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Coach Ellie Noyes produced an undefeated freshman track team, which posted a 4-0 record. Bob Cahners was the only record-breaker as he set a new mark in the 35-pound weight throw, but Charlie Greer in the shotput and John Price and Ted Love in the high jump looked equally impressive. Broadjumper Gary Foote and pole-vaulter Lynn Bates were other top field event competitors. Bob Newman, Jeff Burnham, John Larsen and Eric Thompson formed a strong quartet of distance runners, while Captain Woody Flowers in the 600 and Eric Oxboel and Steve Blake were consistent winners in the dashes.

Look for both swimming and track to get considerable assistance next season from these fine freshman squads.

Tony Lupien's freshman basketball team was thin on material this winter, posting a 5-11 record. Center Bill Bahrenberg was the big gun for the frosh with forward Jeff Brod next high scorer.

The freshman hockey team, coached by Ab Oakes '56, came off with a 10-8 record, but again lack of depth was a handicap. A strong first line of Captain John Carpenter, John Fish and Alex Varkas accounted for three-quarters of the season's scoring. Defense was generally spotty, although goalie Staff Keegin improved greatly as the season went along and may be the answer to Coach Jeremiah's prayers for next winter.

Coach Red Hoehn cannot expect too much help, however, from a freshman team which won only one meet while losing four. Three top competitors who are expected to help next year are Captain Hop Potter (grandson of President-Emeritus Ernest Martin Hopkins), Dick Redington and Whit Foster.

Three medal winners in the New England Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships were, front, Steve Heiser '63, fourth (137 1b.); standing, Peter Brink '62, fourth (130 1b.) and Andy Alland '63, third (123 lb.).