WITH THE BIG GREEN TEAMS
THE record book is closed on the 1962 spring athletic season, and Dartmouth alumni can well be proud of the accomplishments of the Indian athletes. Every team, except lacrosse and crew, posted a winning season which, when added to a number of individual records, gave Dartmouth a season to remember.
The Indian baseball team, led by the red-hot bat of first baseman Mike Nyquist, finished the season with a 14-12 record, equaling the most victories for an Indian nine since 1939. The Green diamond men finished in the first division of the Eastern League with a 5-4 mark.
Nyquist led the Indian attack with a .358 batting average and surpassed any previous long-distance hitting feat with eight home runs, two of them grand slams. At the same time the West Hartford, Conn., junior led in the runsbatted-in department with 31.
Dave French led the pitchers with the best earned-run average, 3.31, while winning six and losing five. Bill Dubocq, a sophomore, posted a 3-0 record.
In their final league games, the Indians were upset by second-division Penn, 15-2, but rebounded to defeat Cornell, 11-3. In other games, the Green lost a weird contest to Colgate, 23-15, and bowed to Holy Cross, 14-4, but toppled New Hampshire, 6-2, and Amherst, 11-6.
The four wins, six defeats season for the lacrosse team was overshadowed by the scoring ability of senior John Walters. His 65 points in only ten games earned him the national scoring championship. As captain of the 1962 lacrosse team, Walters' fine leadership and team play were reflected in the balance of his scoring: 35 goals and 30 assists.
Despite their losing record, the Indian stickmen held their own in every game. In the final two contests, the Green was edged by Williams, 12-11, but came back to down New Hampshire, 15-10. Looking back over the season, a few of the scores speak for themselves in pointing out the closeness of the games. Yale squeaked by the Green, 13-12; Harvard was on top, 13-9; and Princeton was the winner 17-11.
Other leading scorers for the Indians included Ed Comiskey with 31 points, Mike Herriott with 26, and Tom Sieminski with 22. All t'hree will return in 1963.
Last month we related the story of the 1962 Outdoor Heptagonals and the record-breaking accomplishments of Gerry Ashworth, the fastest sprinter in Dartmouth history. Following the Heps, the junior speedster from Haverhill, Mass., was sidelined for the remainder of the season with a pulled leg muscle and was forced to forego both the IC4A meet and the NCAA championships.
Dartmouth was well represented, however, in the IC4A's, as the one-mile relay team lowered the college mark for the third time this year. Sandy Duncan led off followed by Stu Hallagan, Lang Scott and Tom Holzel in a race that was timed in 3:14.7. Holzel also equaled the Dartmouth 440 record with a 47.8 clocking in the same meet.
