FRESHMAN REPORT
Tucked into this corner of the news of Dartmouth's winter teams is a quick word about freshman basketball and hockey. Both teams are something to see. The freshman cagers stand 2-1 and rank among the best freshman teams in the East this winter. They opened the season by routing the Worcester Tech frosh, 131-76, to set an Alumni Gym court scoring record (the old mark was set by last year's freshman team in a 123-83 win over Yale). Then came a 91-72 verdict over Vermont, followed by a heralded encounter with the Harvard freshmen (considered perhaps the best freshman team in the East). When the dust had cleared from that one, the Harvards held the upper hand, 91-89, but the Little Indians unveiled a player who will be heard from frequently during coming years.
James Brown is a 6-1 guard from Long Island City, N. Y. Against Harvard he scored 43 points in a spectacular one-man performance that surpassed every known Dartmouth individual scoring record.
Bob McAteer, the first-year Dartmouth freshman coach who was an All-America performer seven years ago at LaSalle College, pointed to Brown's natural talents and then added one more when he said, "James does many things well but there's one thing he does best. He wins."
The hockey picture is equally bright despite an 8-3 loss at Harvard that came on the heels of three victories for the Little Indians. A total of 14 minutes of penalties in the first period didn't help at Harvard after the Little Indians had scored substantial wins over the touring Chicago Minor Hawks (7-2), the Norwich jayvees (12-2) and the Middlebury freshmen (17-0).
Coach Grant Standbrook has an outstanding array of skaters on hand this winter. The goalie, Pete Proulx, is a fluid performer from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (same hometown as Ken Davidson). The top defensive pair is another Sault Ste. Marie product named Jim Johnston and Jim Edgeworth from Wellesley, Mass. The first line on the attack includes Bill Berry from Edmonton, Alberta, and two boys from Massachusetts, Chet Homer from Wellesley and Dave Sullivan from West Newton.
