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The Indian nine took up where it left off in the south, winning five out of seven April and early May contests, but since May 9 things having been going against the Green. Dartmouth opened the northern part of its schedule with a tough 7-5 loss to Boston College, but then reeled off four straight wins: New Hampshire 4-0, Penn 5-3, St. Michael's 17-1, and Brown 5-2.

It was at Princeton that the Dartmouth victory train was first derailed 4-3 and the Indians were knocked out of first place. But they were soon back on the track again with a 6-1 victory over Yale. This set the stage for back-to-back home games with Columbia and league-leading Harvard.

Scott Creelman, who had looked good in his two previous starts, was picked to go against the Lions, and ace Ted Friel drew the Harvard assignment. The Lions countered with Roy Bohaboy who for nine innings was in complete control and handcuffed the Indian bats. The Green stranded nine men and could score only one run. The Lions, on the other hand, scored three runs early in the contest and sent Creelman to the showers. The 3-1 defeat dropped the Indians two games behind Harvard in the Eastern standings.

The game with Harvard was more of the same frustration, only in larger amounts ... the Green still could not come up with the big hit. The Crimson players scored early and often as they trounced Dartmouth 15-0 in a game which clinched the league title for them. Friel entered the game with a 5-1 record and a 1.39 earned run average, but records didn't phase the Crimson as they tagged the Green's number one hurler for five hits and four runs in the second inning.

With the pressure of the championship race off, the Indians may start to hit again. In their most recent games they shut out Williams 4-0 behind the strong pitching of Pete Barber, but lost to Army in another league encounter 6-2.

Overall the Green is now 11-7 for the season and 4-4 in the Eastern League. Going into the Harvard game, Dartmouth had three men over the .300 mark: Dick Horton at .328, rightfielder Ken Lapine at .319, and center fielder Steve Dichter, who hit a home run against Williams, at .317. The lineup for the Green has remained about the same except for left field where Barry Machado has returned after an injury received during the southern trip.

With two weeks of the season still remaining, the Indians should still finish with a winning record, but they will have to start hitting again.