Baseball

Coach Tony Lupien is sticking with his sophomores and the gamble is paying off. At this writing the Indians stand 4-3 in the Eastern League and 11-9 overall. But let's turn the pages in the record book back to May 9 for it was on that day that the Dartmouth baseball team clashed with league-leading and undefeated Harvard. The Crimson came to Hanover riding the crest of a twelve-game winning streak and tied with Army for the league lead.

There was no doubt that Harvard was pointing for its big game with the Cadets on May 11, nor did the Crimson hide the fact that it considered the contest with the Indians merely a warm-up for the main event. But the Green had other ideas.

Coach Lupien sent senior Dave French to the mound, while Harvard countered with Dick Garibaldi. The task that lay before the Upper Montclair, N. J., hurler was impressive, but he proved that he had both the courage and the determination to meet the challenge.

The Crimson managed to score one run in the first inning, but the Green tallied two in the same frame and the game settled down to a pitchers' duel. In the sixth, however, Harvard pushed across the tying run and pressure was on.

Allen Yarbo relieved Garibaldi in the sixth and in the seventh the Indians lowered the boom. Jim Murar led off with a single, French moved him to second on a sacrifice, and Ken Lapine walked. At this point second-sacker Henry Ota unloaded a 310-foot home run to give the Green a 5-2 lead.

In the eighth the Indians added three more runs when Jacques Shure homered over the rightfield fence and two more singles and a hit batsman were recorded. Harvard fought back with three runs in the ninth, aided by some Indian miscues, but French was still master of the situation and stopped the invincible Crimson 8-5.

In league play the Green has also beaten Princeton 4-2, Columbia 13-12, and Brown 5-4. Defeats have come from Navy 8-4, Army 11-2, and Yale 5-2. Against non-league competition, the Indians have downed Boston College 2-0 and New Hampshire 15-1, and have lost to Holy Cross 6-1.

Junior Mike Nyquist leads the team in batting with a hefty .342 and third baseman Shure has a respectable .310. In the pitching department French is 4-4 and Bill Dubocq, a sophomore, is 3-0. At this writing the Green still has a chance at the first division of the Eastern League.

Indian second baseman Henry Ota movesin for a pick-off play against a Harvardrunner. The Green upset league-leadingHarvard 8-5, as Ota led the attack witha three-run home run in the seventh.