BASEBALL
Last month Coach Tony Lupien was concerned that his pitching staff might be the weakest link in an otherwise sound team. But this is no longer the case, for the Indian mound staff has come through in fine fashion. As of this writing the Green nine stands 4-2 in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League and 10-11 for the season. The Indians are tied with Navy and Columbia for the league lead and all three remaining games are considered "must" contests.
After a mid-April slump, the Dartmouth bats are becoming red-hot again. Mike Bloom has regained the batting lead with a .338 average and has now been joined by three other teammates over the .300 mark: Dick Horton .323, Tim Taylor .321, and Chip Hayes .317.
Since returning from the South, the team has won seven of eleven games. It should be added that all four losses were by the margin of one run. One of these was the league opener against Penn, which the Quakers took 3-2. The next day at New York, however, Dartmouth came back to trim Columbia 23-9.
After beating Williams 9-2, the Indians then lost to Amherst 1-0 and Holy Cross 2-1 in back-to-back road games. Finally at St. Michael's, they broke the one-run jinx and beat the Saints 9-8.
At this point the Indians returned home and started a surge for the Eastern League lead. The Navy game was deadl ocked going into the tenth inning when third baseman Chip Hayes unloaded a two-run homer into the football stands in deep right field. The 6-4 victory also saw a 425-foot blast by Dick Horton, the longest in recent years.
A few days later the Green victory train was temporarily derailed by Yale 2-1. Pitcher Scott Creelman was the victim of this heartbreaker, but a few days later he came back strong in relief to help beat Brown 5-4.
In the most recent game, junior Bob McArthur hurled his first win of the season as he stopped Army 5-1. This victory moved the Indians into the firstplace tie.
We have already mentioned two of the Green hurlers who have figured in the recent success of the Dartmouth nine; Creelman is 3-5 for the season and McArthur is now 1-3. The relief ace of the pitching staff has been Ted Friel, who received credit for three victories in four days and now is 4-2. Bill Caterino also has pitched good ball and is 2-0.
Next month we hope to bring you good news regarding the league race, but win or lose the Indians have made it a good season. The three remaining league games are with Harvard, Princeton and Cornell.
Weatherly skipper Bus Mosbacher '43 (c) was chief guest atCorinthian Yacht Club ceremony. With him are Prof. DickGoddard '2O (l) and Steven Blecher '64 of New York.
Mrs. Pat Mosbacher christened new fleet of Dart 14's, builtby students in Hopkins Center workshop, with "Good luck,good sportsmanship and long live Dartmouth!"
