Green Jottings

Neil Putnam, 26, a graduate of Miami University of Ohio has been named assistant football coach to succeed Bill Craver. He will work with varsity line backers and assist with the freshman football team. He will also work with the College's wrestling program and in physical education. Last fall he coached at Ursaline High School in Youngstown, Ohio. At Miami University he played guard and line backer.

Speaking of football, the Green hopes for an Ivy League championship received a severe jolt this month when it was learned that halfback John Krumme, the team's leading groundgainer in 1961, would be ineligible to play football next fall. The junior halfback has been suspended for two terms and will thus lose his eligibility for varsity sports when he returns.

At the annual football banquet held late in January, Gary Spiess became the third recipient of the Coach Blackman Trophy, an award presented to the player who has "contributed most to his team." Spiess was described as a 155-pound halfback who tackled, blocked and scrambled like a 230-pound tackle. Senior end Carl Funke received the coveted Manners Makyth Man Award, given to the player who has distinguished himself with hard but fair football.

As dim as the Dartmouth winter sports season seems to be on the surface, two Green competitors may well take the Ivy League scoring laurels in their respective sports. At this writing, with only a few games to go, Steve Spahn '63 of Great Neck, N.Y., has a six-point lead over the rest of the league leaders in basketball. Dave Leighton '63 of Excelsior, Minn., is in front in the hockey scoring division with a nine-goal lead. Leighton is almost certain to capture the hockey crown, and Spahn, on the basis of his past performances, will be hard to catch.

The Green track team, having weighed the pros and cons in the current controversy over fiberglass vaulting poles, has purchased one for their leading vaulter, Fred Bates '64 of Hillsborough, Calif. Bates' highest vault with the old aluminum pole was 13' 3". Coach Bruce Hescock has not let Bates go higher than 13 feet with the fiberglass model until he perfects his technique. However, as Bates clears the 13-foot barrier these days during practice, he clears it by six inches or more.