FRESHMAN FOOTBALL

If Dartmouth's varsity met with disappointment, the Indian freshmen eased the pain considerably as they romped through the Holy Cross frosh 44-12, to wrap up their first undefeated season since 1960.

Spurred by an exciting quarterback, Steve Stetson from Laconia, N. H., who passed for 779 yards and five touchdowns and scored six touchdowns himself, the Little Indians sailed through seven opponents. They scored 198 points, allowed 38 and drove for 2649 yards while allowing only 916.

Charlie Box from Rockford, Ill., and Chuck Thomas from Centerville, Ohio, were the halfbacks who did most of the damage (when Stetson didn't). Close behind them were Steve Webster and Steve Whitehead. Stetson had good targets on the flanks in Sam Watkins from Des Moines, lowa, and Gregg Brown from Claremont, Calif., who caught 14 and 12 passes respectively. Thomas also caught six passes, including two for touchdowns and captured the scoring title with 48 points. Not far behind him was soccer-style kicking standout Ted Perry from Weston, Mass., who looks like an immediate challenger for the assortment of records Pete Donovan has compiled. Perry made 22 of 25 conversion tries and added five of eight field goals.

The freshmen have been generally rated the best yearling group in New England this fall and the monstrous defensive unit has done much to make the claim valid.

They come in various heights and weights - from 6-6 and 260 pounds to a routine (but very devastating) 6-1, 215. They answer to names like Fred Radke, Tom Tarazevits, Tom Ryan, Josh Holloway, Gary Overfelt, Doug Jaeger, and John Leibert and they have shown they know how to play the game. Jaeger, a linebacker from Mapleton, Minn., is the 1969 freshman captain.

When Bob Blackman mentioned that he was looking forward to 1970 with some anticipation, these men are some of the big reasons why.