Francis X. Hanlon, who played hockey until he stood six feet, four inches tall, has been elected captain of the 1963-64 basketball team. A 21-year-old junior from Skaneateles, N.Y., Hanlon was a reserve center on this year's quintet, but missed the last third of the season because of a thumb injury. He is also a relief pitcher on the varsity baseball team.
Another election saw Martin Hopkins Potter chosen as captain of the 1963-64 squash team. Hop Potter is grandson of President Emeritus Ernest Martin Hopkins and played in the number one position this winter until sidelined by an ankle injury. The Darien, Conn., junior also competes in lacrosse during the spring.
Dartmouth's heavyweight crew is one of fifteen invited to take part in the annual Syracuse (IRA) Regatta on Lake Onondaga, June 15. The regatta is a distance championship event for eightoared collegiate crews. The other crews invited to compete include California, Stanford, Washington, Wisconsin, Cornell, Rutgers, Columbia, Navy, M.I.T., Boston University, Princeton, Syracuse, and Brown. Alumni of all competing colleges are invited not only to attend the race but also the Stewards Dinner and Coaches Reception, which precedes it on June 14 at the Hotel Syracuse.
Track captain Gerry Ashworth has been named to the United States team competing in the Pan American Games at Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 30-May 5. Ashworth is the fastest sprinter in Dartmouth and New England history. His 9.4 for the 100-yard dash in the outdoor Heptagonals last spring was the best time ever recorded by a New England runner.
Two other Dartmouth athletes competing in the same games are oarsmen Dan Watts '63, from Salem, Ore. and Bob Brayton '64 of Springfield, Mass., who will represent the U.S. in the pair with coxswain rowing competition.
Four Dartmouth alumni, members of the Genesee Valley Ski Council, raced through 40 gates to bring victory to their team in the first annual Inter-Council Race held March 2 at Snow Ridge, Turin, N.Y. Dartmouth racers were Dick Hallagan '56, who tied for second in the meet; Wally Ashnault '53, who was third; Tor Arneberg '50, fifth, and Pete Lauterbach '56, who tied for fourteenth. The trophies were awarded by Roger Brown '45, president of the Central New York Ski Council.