With the Big Green Teams

"For lo! The Winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." (Song of Solomon II, 11, 12.)

"The lacrosse competition in the Ivy League has never been so tough," lamented Dartmouth's own turtle, lacrosse coach Alden (Whitey) Burnham. "Any one of five or six teams could take the title."

In a tuneup for the Indians' first Ivy encounter against Brown, the Green had demolished Holy Cross 19-2, behind a seven-point performance by sophomore Bob McCormick of Baltimore and a fivegoal scoring spree by senior All - American candidate Bruce McKissock of Wynnewood, Pa. Coach Burnham, however, was not impressed.

"This game was not a great barometer of things to come," said the metaphorical coach. And it wasn't.

Facing Brown two days later, the Indians powered their way to a 10-7 lead at the end of three periods, only to let the Bruins outscore them 4-0 in the final stanza to pull out the 11-10 win. McKissock scored his fourth hat-trick of the season, with McCormick and classmate John Parthemore of Devon, Pa., adding two goals apiece, but the fourth-period scoring lapse put a crimp in the Indians chances of repeating as Ivy champs.

In the Brown game defenseman Tom Clarke of Wellesley, Mass., injured his right shoulder, and as this issue goes to press, is out for at least a week. Clarke, last year's football captain, along with Capt. Chuck Vernon of West Springfield, Mass., incoming football captain Bill Calhoun of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and football end Bob MacLeod Jr. of Malibu, Calif., form the core of Coach Burnham's strong defense. A strong, rugged, 230pounder, Clarke may be forced to miss upcoming contests against strong Penn and Yale.

The lacrosse team currently sports a 1-2 log, including a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to the University of Baltimore on the spring vacation excursion to the South.

Down south the Indians won their first four scrimmages, 14-5 over Towson State, 10-4 over the Philadelphia Lacrosse Club, 17-1 over Lehigh, and 7-3 over Delaware. In that Lehigh rout, McCormick had four goals and eight assists only to take a backseat to creaseman Bob Dobbin of Owings Mills, Md., who tallied eight times.

Despite the early loss to Brown, however, the Indians have the raw power to compensate for any lack of finesse they give away to opponents and may yet challenge for league honors. "As the sophs gain more experience," commented Burnham, "we will improve."

Meanwhile the Dartmouth baseball team has also opened its season with an early league loss, a 6-4 decision to Navy. The Indians have posted a team batting average of .273, and boast five players who are presently hitting over .300, but because of some erratic pitching and a lack of experience at the keystone posi- tions, shortstop and second base, the Green has been able to manage only a 6-7 slate.

Seen in the light of the first-rate Atlantic Coast Conference competition the Indians faced on the southern trip, however, their overall performance was quite satisfactory. "I was extremely pleased with this team," Coach Tony Lupien said. "I was proud of my players and the way they conducted themselves down south."

On the trip Lupien's Bombers posted a 6-6 record, scoring five runs per game, while allowing four and a half. Sophomore slugger Ted Nixon of Minneapolis, one of the basketball announcers for WDCR put away his microphone for the time being, and let his bat do the talking to the tune of 20 for 39, for a .513 average Captain Barry Machado of Fall R=iver Mass., who, according to Coach Lupien, "is a fine leader who has gamed the respect of his teammates" after being elected captain just a month ago, collected 16 hits including a game-winning orand-slam against Old Dominion and a 5-for-5 day against Georgetown, to post a 310 average. Others over .300 are slick fielding first baseman Frank Ota of Torrance, Calif., with an average of .353, shortstop Mickey Beard of Newton, Mass., at .320, and second baseman Gene Ryzewicz, the soph football sensation, at .314.

The pitching has been somewhat erratic to be sure. After three tough opening losses and an 8-7 victory over strong Duke, senior pitcher Pete Barber of Williamsville, N. Y., defeated the Blue Devils 5-1, hurling a four-hitter. Soph Russ Wienecke of Tulsa four-hit Old Dominion 7-1, and senior Henry Clapper of Monett, Mo., proved a very pleasant surprise with a shutout win over Old Dominion.

The Green got shelled by Georgetown 15-10, but rebounded with a 12-11 win over powerful Maryland, whom Coach Lupien calls the "best club we faced on the trip." The Indians then traveled to Annapolis where the Midshipmen handed the Green its first Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League loss.

Returning north, the team's final loss came at the hands of a strong Boston College club. In that game Beard had 3 for 4 at the plate but was credited with four miscues in the field as the Eagles emerged with a 7-5 verdict. Four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning off reliever Jim Shaw of Penacook, N. H., did the damage. "The pitching was better than the score indicated," commented Lupien. "Errors hurt us though." Against B.C. pitching, the Green collected nine hits and were handed nine walks. The key blow for the Indians was a bases-loaded single by soph outfielder Bob Thomas of Mifflinburg, Pa.

"I wouldn't be ashamed to play any college team in the country," asserted the calm mentor of the Indians. He smiled, and added, "If my pitching is right."

The golf and tennis teams traveled south, and though the scores don't indicate as such, both fared quite well.

Despite near-professional competition, the Indian golfers compiled a 2-5 log, snaring victories over George Washington and a visiting Vermont team. The first three matches, however, were against Atlantic Coast Conference teams North Carolina State, North Carolina, and Duke. In each the Green were soundly defeated, but according to golf coach Tommy Keane, "those clubs play golf all year round and are the finest in the whole east."

Against George Washington the Indians posted an impressive 4½-2½ victory with senior Dave Potthoff of Marion, Ill., playing in the number one position, shooting a 73 to win his match 5 and 4. No one else on the Indian club shot above an 81, a fine showing after only one week of practice.

After losing to Maryland 9-2, the Green defeated Vermont 7-0 and in the triangular match almost upset Navy. The Midshipmen prevailed however, 5-2. Every match was decided in the last two holes.

The tennis team has caused a flurry of excitement here in Hanover with two exciting league victories over Army and Penn. Curt Anderson of Mamaroneck, N. Y. and Sven Karlen of Bronxville, N. Y. led the Indians over Army with victories in the singles and a win each in the doubles.

Playing number 3, Karlen, down 1-5, love-30, in the second set, after losing the first set 3-6, rallied to win the second set 7-5 before going on to win the third set and the match 6-2.

The Green lost to perennially tough Princeton 8-1 with junior captain Charlie Hoeveler winning the only match for the Indians over highly-ranked Tiger Ham Magill. Against Pennsylvania, which had soundly defeated the Green last year, Coach Wayne Van Voorhees's charges won 5-4 in the most exciting match of the season. The Indians won three singles matches, and the team of Anderson and Hoeveler won its doubles match. The result thus hinged on the performance of the doubles team of Karlen and sophomore Roger Gutner, a talented lefty from White Plains, N. Y.

The two men came through admirably for the Green, defeating their opponents 6-4, 7-5 to win the match. "It was a fine performance," said the elated Van Voorhees.

Previously the netmen had compiled a 2-3 slate on their spring sojourn.

And finally, the track team came out of winter hiberation to place a respectable tenth out of seventeen in the Boston College Relays. The team of Gordie Rule of Chandler, Ariz., Jim Season of Cleveland, Al Ott of Blue Bell, Pa., and Bill Kendall of Auburn, Me., made the best showing, placing second in a field of fifteen in the shuttle hurdle relay. The javelin team of Pete Fahey of Winchester, Mass., a member of the basketball squad in the winter, George Mcllrath of Muscatine, lowa, and Rick Worland of Wayne, N. J., also placed second. Perennial eastern power Manhattan finished first in the meet.

WATER, WATER EVERYWHEREDEPT. - Indian swimmers Brad Lindeblad of Hollywood, Fla. and Morgan Allsup of Bloomington, Ill., became the first competitors from Dartmouth in ten years to reach the finals of the AAU Swimming Championships, held in Brandon, Fla., early last month. Lindeblad finished fifth in the 100-yard freestyle, while freshman Allsup recorded a fourth in the 100-yard butterfly.

With the competition outdoors for the first time in the history of the AAU's, the temperature of the pool was so cold as to be described as "numbing" by several of the contestants. Furthermore, the rains fell during the final heats. "I don't think it'll be held outdoors again," said Lindeblad, who swam even with winner Steve Rerych and Yale Olympian Don Schollander for 75 yards, but then faded to fifth as the Indian star began to feel the effects of the cold water.

Allsup, who swam a leg in the frosh's 400-yard medley relay contest, a race in which the Indians finished in a tie for fourth, swam the 100-yard butterfly in 52.8 to finish in fourth place. Allsup was named Athlete of the Week by The Dartmouth for his performance that week. Other men on the medley squad were backstroker Al Peterson of Byram, Conn., backstroker Mike Harvey of Arlington, Va., and frosh Captain Terry Robinson of Rye, N. Y.

With the NCAA 1.6 controversy still unresolved, it is ironic that Dartmouth's new Spaulding Pool has been named the site of the 1968 NCAA Swimming Championships pending the approval of the NCAA executive committee.

Furthermore, Indian swim mentor Karl Michael was recently given the National Collegiate and Scholastic Swimming Trophy "in recognition of his great contribution to swimming as a competitive sport in the province of undergraduate and scholastic coaching." The award, voted by swimming coaches all over the country, recognizes Coach Michael as the Swimming Coach of the Year.

CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN DEPT. - J. Gunnar Malm of Naperville, Ill., has been elected to lead next year's Indian basketball squad. Malm, at 6'7", led the team in rebounding for the past two seasons and averaged 13 points a game last winter. Gunnar was also captain of his frosh basketball squad.

Also announced by Athletic Director Red Rolfe was the election of goalie Warren Cook of Williamstown, Mass., as next year's hockey captain. Cook was goalie in every one of the five Indian victories including the exciting 5-4 overtime win against Princeton, a game in which he made 44 saves.

COACHES CORNER - Basketball coach Doggie Julian, who retires after next season, was standing behind the batting cage watching Coach Lupien and his baseball players go through an early season workout. "I was a catcher in college," said Julian to his longtime confrere, "because one day my coach came over to me and said, 'we need a catcher, how bout trying the position.' And so I became the team's catcher."

Lupien, trying to hide a grin, turned to Doggie and asked "Who was your coach, Lincoln?"

Julian, not satisfied to let Lupien have the last word, replied, "Yes, and Jefferson Davis was our shortstop!"

MILESTONES — Versatile Grant Standbrook of Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been named assistant coach at Dartmouth in three sports: soccer, hockey, and lacrosse. Standbrook, 28, will assist with the freshman teams beginning in September.

Another appointment announced by the DCAC is that of Richard Baldwin as Director of Dartmouth Sports Information beginning this June. Baldwin, currently running the publicity department at St. Lawrence, succeeds Ernie Roberts who has returned to the Boston Globe as sports editor of its afternoon edition.

A WAH HOO WAH FOR - Spring, the loveliest season of the year here in Hanover. With the warm temperatures students drag out hibernating softballs, frisbees, and skateboards. The Intramural Department estimates that about a thousand students will be participating in intramural athletics this term. With competition in Softball, soccer, and wrestling in particular, the Intramural Department, headed by Seaver Peters '55 and Will Volz, plays an integral role in the sports program of Dartmouth College.

PETER J. GOLENBOCK '67

Sports Briefs...

Milt Piepul, who spent 11 years at Dartmouth as backfield coach under Earl Brown and Tuss McLaughry, 1944-55, and then spent a like number of years as backfield coach at Brown, has left the Ivy League to be offensive backfield coach and chief assistant to Head Coach Mel Massucco at Holy Cross.

Castleton Farm's noted trotter, Dartmouth, whose exploits were reported in this section about a year ago, was voted 1965's "Aged Trotter of the Year." He won easily with 71 votes to Speedy Scot's 50 and Speedy Rodney's 37. Dartmouth, who has now been retired to stud with total winnings of $427,655, last year won 10 of his 14 starts, including The Titan at Historic where he equalled a world record and set a new record for the stake His victories also included the Realization, the Hilltop Trot, and the Founders Plate with which he wound up his racing career. Dartmouth was named for the College because his Princeton owner's daughter had a Dartmouth boyfriend as her house guest at naming time.

Former Dartmouth track star Tom Laris '62, running for the New York A. C., finished a surprising 7th in the Boston Marathon on April 19. He was the second American to finish, four Japanese and one Canadian being in the first six.

Sports Schedule

BASEBALL - May 3, Brown; 5, Middlebury; 7, Columbia; 10, Harvard; 12, Amherst; 13, St. Michael's; 18, Pennsylvania; 20, Williams at Williamstown; 21, Army at West Point; 24, New Hampshire at Keene; 27, New Hampshire; 30, Vermont; June 1, Holy Cross.

TRACK — May 7, Brown; 14, Heptagonals at New Haven; 18, Springfield at Springfield; 27-28, Intercollegiates at New York.

LACROSSE — May 7, Harvard at Cambridge; 11, Williams at Williamstown; 14, Princeton; 18, New Hampshire at Durham; 21, Massachusetts; 28, Cornell at Ithaca.

TENNIS - May 4, Harvard; 7, Columbia; 11, Brown at Providence; 13-14, New England Intercollegiates at Hartford; 18, Middlebury; 21, Williams away; 29, Cornell.

GOLF — May 3, St. Michael's at Winooski Park; 4, Amherst; 7-9, Eastern Intercollegiates at Ithaca; 17, Harvard; 19, Middlebury; 21, Williams; 26, Springfield at Springfield.

CREW — Heavyweight: May 7, Wisconsin-M.I.T.; 14, E.A.R.C. at Worcester.

Lightweight: May 7, Cornell at Ithaca; 14, E.A.R.C. at Worcester.

Results Through April 20

BASEBALL: Southern Trip: Randolph-Macon 2, Dartmouth 1; North Carolina State 4, Dartmouth 3; North Carolina State 4, Dartmouth 3; Dartmouth 8, Duke 7; Dartmouth 5, Duke 1; Dartmouth 11, Old Dominion 5; Dartmouth 7, Old Dominion 0; Georgetown 4, Dartmouth 1; Georgetown 15, Dartmouth 10; Dartmouth 12, Maryland 11; Navy 6, Dartmouth 4; Boston College 7, Dartmouth 5.

LACROSSE: University of Baltimore 6, Dartmouth 5; Dartmouth 19, Holy Cross 2; Brown 11, Dartmouth 10.

TENNIS: North Carolina 8, Dartmouth 1; Maryland 5, Dartmouth 4; Navy 5, Dartmouth 4; Dartmouth 7, Army 2; Princeton 8, Dartmouth 1; Dartmouth 5, Penn 4.

GOLF: North Carolina State 22½, Dartmouth 1½ North Carolina 30, Dartmouth 3; Duke 31, Dartmouth 2; Dartmouth 4½, George Washington 2½ Maryland 9, Dartmouth 2; Navy 5, Dartmouth 2; Dartmouth 7, Vermont 0; Dartmouth 6, Worcester Poly 1; Holy Cross 4½, Dartmouth 2½.

TRACK: Boston College Relays, Dartmouth 10th among 17 teams; Dartmouth 101, Boston University 53.

A quartet of rugged defensemen on the Dartmouth lacrosse team includes (I to r)Bill Calhoun '67, captain of next fall's football team; Bob MacLeod '67, one of thestar ends on the football team; Captain Chuck Vernon '66; and Tom Clarke '66, whowas captain of the undefeated, championship Big Green eleven last fall.

SPORTS EDITOR this month is Peter J.Golenbock '67 of Stamford, Conn., whois co-sports editor of The Dartmouth and campus correspondent for The New York Times. A member of the varsitybasketball squad last year, he was oneof the top intramural scorers this year.

Karl Michael '29, who last year completed 25 years as Dartmouth swimmingcoach, has been chosen as 1966 Swimming Coach of the Year. The honor wasvoted by his coaching colleagues all overthe country, who chose him for the National Collegiate and Scholastic Swimming Trophy "in recognition of his greatcontribution to swimming as a competitive sport in the province of undergraduate and scholastic coaching."