Big Green Teams

Every team plays its best game of the season against Dartmouth," said Jake Crouthamel after Chapter Six of the current trial by Saturday.

Dartmouth's coach was wondering what the next chapter of his first season would hold in store (most of the first six had proven to be as devilish as Stephen Vincent Benet's tale about a guy named Webster ).

His Indians, rivaling Columbia for the patent to yet another version of "How to Create Cardiac Arrest Without Really Trying," had just overtaken Yale, 17-15, with Ted Perry's 40-yard field goal with 53 seconds left in the game.

Hardly so dramatic as the week before at Harvard when Perry had kicked a 46-yarder with two seconds left in the game to pull Dartmouth from the jaws of a futile tie and produce a 16-13 win.

More dramatic, though, than the week before that when he had poked a 33-yarder against Brown that proved to be the margin of victory in a 10-7 decision against a Bruin team that has come to be known as "the best winless football team in Ivy League annals."

That victory over Yale marked Dartmouth's sixth of the season and 15th in a row over two seasons. It brought the Indians abreast of Dartmouth teams of 1924-26 and 1961-63 which had also built strings of 15 straight.

Everyone should have known then that it was the end of the line.

But no one cared to concede the fact. There really wasn't conspicuous pressure permeating Dartmouth's practice sessions prior to the Columbia game.

Crouthamel sensed, though, that his team was leading a charmed life.

"Beating Dartmouth is a feather in any team's cap," he said. "Every team we play is at an emotional peak. They all want to knock off the champ. This is a strange team, one that you can never really measure emotionally. It's unrealistic to presume that Dartmouth can maintain the emotional edge for every game. It's just not possible."

He was thinking back to the aftermath of the Brown and Yale games.

"Len Jardine (the Brown coach) said after our game that it was the best his team had played in his five years there," said Crouthamel.

"Carm Cozza said the same thing after we had beaten Yale."

As he prepared for Columbia, Crouthamel said, "Frank Navarro will probably say the same thing after we play Columbia."

Which is what Navarro did.

Every piece of mail that Navarro sent to his players last summer bore the mark of a big rubber stamp: "55-0" was the emblazoned message.

That's the score Dartmouth had built against the Lions last year, a team that was basically unchanged and which had played six games to a 3-3 record with none decided by more than three points.

After beating Harvard by three and Yale by two, Crouthamel was only halfjesting when he told Dartmouth's weekly quarterback luncheon crowd, "If there's a way to beat Columbia by one point, we'll probably find it."

The Indians made it look like a runaway at Baker Field as Tim Copper broke a punt return 54 yards for a quick touchdown. But before the half was done, Dartmouth trailed 21-14, and then it was 28-14 midway through the third period.

Then the comeback engineered by junior quarterback Steve Stetson who passed for two touchdowns plus a two-point conversion. Perry kicked after the fourth Dartmouth score and, 10, the Indians led, 29-28. There was only one thing wrong. Where Perry had done his thing in the final seconds at Harvard and against Yale, Columbia still had time, nearly seven minutes to be precise.

The teams exchanged punts and then Don Jackson, who will probably rank as the Ivy League's best quarterback for this season and next, went to work. He moved Columbia to Dartmouth's 17.

The Indians' luck was fast fading. They nearly pulled it out only to have an interception slip through the hands of Bob Bialas, the talented rover back.

Columbia had one more play and used Dartmouth's weapon—the toe.

It belonged to Paul Kaliades, also an impressive linebacker, who kicked a 34-yarder with 48 seconds left to make it 31-29 for the Lions.

In the last 43 seconds, Stetson completed four of five passes. The last one was a screen left to halfback Chuck Thomas but as the sturdy junior reached Columbia's 27—clearly within range for Perry to try again—the clock showed zero.

Time had run out on the Indians.

"Those who win by the toe seem destined to lose by the toe," said Crouthamel. "Now I know how Harvard and Yale felt."

He thought of a dozen plays that could have made the difference. But it was for naught. "That's the horror of losing a close one," he said. "When you're beaten by 20 points, one play doesn't make much difference."

Down the drain went the win streak, ironically swept away by a team that hadn't beaten Dartmouth in a decade but which had shown it was not to be taken lightly after falling to Cornell, 24-21, on a fourth-period field goal.

It was the first time that the juniors, who dominate this Dartmouth team, had tasted defeat in a Green jersey. For the seniors, and there are only eleven of them on the squad, it was the first loss since the horrendous trek to Princeton in 1969.

For the first time in three seasons, Dartmouth wasn't in first place in the Ivy League standings. Cornell, unbeat- en and roaring along on the shoulders of All-America tailback Ed Marinaro, held the top spot. And the Big Red was next.

Jack Musick, who learned his football under Bob Blackman, had a 7-0 record as he brought Cornell to Memorial Field. This is a team that is considered Cornell's best since 1949 when the Red visited Hanover with a similar record and went away a 16-7 loser.

In a way, albeit a disappointing lesson, it was probably fortunate that Columbia had beaten Dartmouth.

"Sometimes you have to be reminded that things can't always go right," said Crouthamel. "It was time to fight for our lives. Pride and determination have meant a lot to Dartmouth football teams and we needed it most against Cornell."

The Indians had it. Plenty of it. The game plan that unfolded before a crowd of 20,800 and a regional ABC television audience went exactly as Crouthamel had hoped.

"We felt the burden of defensing Marinaro rested in good measure with our offense," he said.

"He can't hurt us if he's on the bench and we have the ball. We wanted to score early and force Cornell to play catch-up. If we could control the ball, we felt we could reduce Marinaro's effectiveness. He's a truly great running back and, as Jerry Berndt (Dartmouth's frosh coach who scouted Cornell) said, if we stop Cornell in the first half, it will then be a case of stopping Marinaro in the second half.

That's the way it worked.

The architect of Cornell's destruction was Stetson, making his first start since the 1970 opener when he filled in for injured Jim Chasey. Through the season he had been an efficient back-up to senior Bill Pollock, but Crouthamel and his staff felt it was the right time to give the junior from Laconia, N. H., a chance to start.

He directed the Indians within range for Perry to kick a 27-yard field goal midway through the first period. When Marinaro fumbled the ball at Cornell's 13 moments later, defensive back Jack Manning pounced on it and in five plays Stetson wedged over from the one. That was the second play of the second period. Halfway through the period, linebacker Bob Soltess picked off a bobbled Cornell pass and Stetson guided a 73-yard drive that bore fruit when halfback Brendan O'Neill plunged the final yard.

"In my wildest dreams, I never felt we'd lead 17-0 at the half," said Crouthamel.

But Cornell was not dead. Indeed not Mr. Marinaro. When the Red blocked Jack Thomas' punt early in the third period, Marinaro carried nine straight times and covered 35 yards for Cornell's first score. Then midway through the period, Marinaro showed his classiest form as he hurtled past defenders and raced 46 yards for another score. Dartmouth's lead was down to three points.

Then came the turning point. Soph0 more halfback Doug Lind returned th kickoff 35 yards to Dartmouth's 47 and Stetson picked Cornell apart with passes and used the running of sophomore Rick Klupchak, fullback Stu Simms and O'Neill effectively.

He passed to split end Tyrone Byrd (coming on fast as one of the Ivy's ton receivers) for a 19-yard gain and ultimately picked Byrd out between two Cornell defenders on a nine-yard scoring pass.

Now it was 24-14 as Perry converted And that's the way it ended.

Marinaro carried the ball 44 times for 177 yards (he had gained 122 and 60 in his previous encounters with Dartmouth) but when Cornell was forced to use him almost exclusively in its comeback bid, the writing was on the wall.

"They might have scored another but there wasn't time for them to stay on the ground and score twice," said Crouthamel.

It was an exceptional win, one of the finest in Dartmouth football history. With their backs to the wall, the Indians produced their finest game of the season—when it counted most.

The win knotted Cornell and Dartmouth for the Ivy lead and Crouthamel couldn't find enough praise for every man who had played for the Green on that chilling afternoon.

Simms and O'Neill ran as they haven't before. Klupchak, taking Stetson's offerings on a scissors play to Cornell's weak side, averaged seven yards per carry (Marinaro averaged four). Joe Leslie, a solid candidate for All-East honors, led a line that opened devastating holes in the Cornell defense.

The Dartmouth defense was equal to its challenge, too. Bialas was exemplary in upholding the standard set by his All-America predecessor, Murry Bowden. Linebacker Wayne Young and a horde of defensive linemen, especially tackles Josh Holloway and Tom Tarazevits, contained Marinaro and didn't let the rest of Cornell's attackers do a thing.

And that's the way it's gone to this point—the eve of the finale at Princeton.

The opportunity for an eighth Ivy League championship (perhaps shared) is at hand. In this Dartmouth team there is cause for justified pride.

In the aftermath of the Yale game, one Yale player said to Young, the cocaptain of this group, "Dartmouth has to be the worst 6-0 team I've ever seen."

And whether they finish 8-1 or 7-2 isn't really critical, although the former would be much more tasteful. What natters is that this team has played to its maximum capability. And who could ask for more than that?

OTHER FALL SPORTS

Dartmouth's cross-country team posted a 5-3 dual meet record, losing to Harvard (26-29) and to Northeastern ,17-29) in two frustrating races but then came back with a fifth-place finish in the Heptagonal meet in New York City. The Heps finish was Dartmouth's best since 1954 and was warming for Coach Ken Weinbel as the Indians placed ahead of Harvard.

Three days later, Dartmouth took fourth place in the New England championships, an event in which the Indians were defending champs. "We had five runners bunched near the top in the New Englands," said Weinbel, "but one tired and it was costly."

Captain-elect Tom Shiland placed third in the New Englands while Steve Shirey was Dartmouth's leader in the Heps as he finished 19th. Shiland succeeds Eric Potter as Dartmouth's running leader. Potter, bothered through the season with an ankle injury, soothed a disappointing fall by placing 25th in the New Englands.

The top freshman runner (the frosh ran with the varsity this fall) was Chris Peisch from Burlington, Vt.

In soccer, it's been a dismal season for Coach George Beim who has watched injury after injury decimate his squad. The Indians took a 2-7-1 record to the finale at Princeton, still looking for their first Ivy League win.

Dartmouth lost its first six Ivy games after a 2-1-1 mark against nonleague opposition. Perhaps the most frustrating factor of the season is that the Indians have a legitimate All-America in Captain Rich Gifford, the fullback from Schenectady, .N. Y.,. who won't get all the recognition he deserves due to the Indians' record (a factor in selecting All-Americas in soccer).

But smile, George, the freshmen are coming.

Cancellation of three final games with Yale, Boston College and Princeton left Dartmouth's jayvee football team with a 2-1 record. The wins were over Army (19-13) and Harvard (120). The loss was to Connecticut (1310).

FRESHMAN SPORTS

Led by quarterback Tom Snickenberger from Ithaca, N. Y„ and linbacker Jim Conterato from Geneva, III., the Dartmouth freshman football team posted a 4-2 record this fall. Dartmouth's freshman "B" team swept to a 4-0 record.

The wins for Coach Jerry Berndt's "A" frosh were over Holy Cross, Harvard, Boston University, and New Hampshire, while the losses were to Yale (probably the Ivy League's strongest frosh team this fall) and to undefeated Boston College. It was the first time since 1967 that B.C. had beaten Dartmouth's frosh but it was convincing, 48-8.

A hearty cast of running backs led by James Cobb (Stamford, Conn.) and Jeff Barndt (Quakertown, Pa.) also included Buzz Cmaylo (Verona, N. Y.), John Souba (Sioux Falls, S. D.) and Rich Chebookjian (Waltham, Mass.). Snickenberger, Joe Cummiskey (Staten Island, N. Y.) and Rhett Lewis (Lancaster, S. C.) all look to be betterthan-average quarterbacks and worked with some solid receivers, particularly Mark McAleenan (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Alex Kandabarow (Vineland, N. J.) Defensively, Conterato and linebacker Steve Campbell (Brewer, Me.) look like standouts. The question mark will be the development of offensive and defensive linemen.

Put the "A" and "B" records together and it looks like 8-2. There should be some help for Dartmouth's varsity somewhere in the pack of '75s.

Meanwhile, over on the other side of Chase Field, Dartmouth's frosh soccer team creamed everything in sight, winning nine without a loss. It was the first undefeated season for the Indian frosh since 1953. Coach Dudley Hendrick's forces beat two of the Ivy League's best frosh teams, Brown (1-0) and Harvard (4-0) and rolled up 38 goals while allowing only one.

Co-Captains Frank Gallo (St. Louis, Mo.) and Dave Coles (Southampton, Pa.) were joined by center forward Keith Mierez (Hartford, Conn.) in devastating everything in sight. Gallo set a freshman scoring record with 14 goals and five assists. Meirez had 10 goals and five assists. In the goal, Mark Porto (Westwood, N. J.) gained eight shutouts. The only goal came in a 9-1 romp over the Norwich frosh.

GREEN JOTTINGS

Offensive tackle Joe Leslie, the 6-5, 240-pound senior from Tucson, Ariz., has been selected to play in the North-South Shrine game in the Orange Bowl at Miami, Fla., on December 27. A three-time pick to the weekly ECAC all-star team, Leslie follows the footsteps of Willie Bogan to the North-South game. Bogan, now a Rhodes Scholar, was a standout in the 1970 Shrine classic.

Tony Lupien, Harvard '39 and coach of Dartmouth's baseball team since 1957, has been inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. He is one of two men in Harvard history to captain two Crimson teams. Lupien was Harvard's baseball captain in 1938 and basketball captain in 1938-39.

BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Last winter was a frustrating one for Dartmouth's basketball team. The Indians, coming off a winning record in 1969-70, dipped to a 10-16 record.

That mark should improve this fall, although the going will be as tough as last year. The Indians return nine lettermen and have some capable sophomores led by guard Bill Raynor, but there's one persisting problem: the opposition hasn't lost much either.

Topping the returnees is Paul Erland. the 6-5 forward from Nashville, Tenn. who is the defending Ivy League scoring champ. Erland has a two-yei. average of 22.8 points. He'll have help from guard-forward James Bro»r (New York, -N. Y.) and center Jim Masker (Vernon, Conn.). Brown gained All-Ivy mention, while Erlanc made the first team last season.

A key to it all could be Captain Gary Dicovitsky, a tough defender who isa steadying influence. He and Raynor (who averaged 24.6 points as a fres man) may work the backcourt while Brown floats up front with Erland.

It's another team that has only three seniors (Erland, Masker, Dicovitsky) and could be a surprise. The challenge is tough, though; Harvard, Penn atlt Princeton are very good.

HOCKEY PREVIEW

There are eleven lettermen returning to Grant Standbrook's 1971-72 hockey team that finished 9-15 in Standbrook's first season.

As with basketball, however, the task is tough because the Ivy League race will probably focus on Cornell, Harvard Brown, and Penn. It's a tough line to break into but the Indians might surprise.

Captain Mike Turner, from Melrose, Mass., sets the pace and is a durable center who worked with two lines last winter. He was Dartmouth's top scorer in a season that saw the Indians show much improvement in power play situations. Dana Johnson, Dave Walkom, and Steve Arndt will help Turner along with Dave Sullivan and Fred Riggall.

Defensively, Don Anderson and Jake Johnston return and will get a lot of assistance from Paul Dixon, last year's frosh captain and the best of the new faces. Bill Dunbar may be the best forward while Howie Hampton should help the defense.

Peter Proulx, the regular as a sophomore last year, returns to the goal and if Dartmouth's checking game shapes up the Indians should have an improved record.

Winter Schedules

BASKETBALL—Dec. 1, Connecticut; 6, Vermont away; 8, Harvard; 18, Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden; 27-30, Far West Classic at Portland, Ore.; Jan. 3, Stanford away; 7, Pennsylvania away; 8, Princeton away; 12 Boston College; 15, Springfield away; 18, Harvard away; 29, St. John's; Feb. 4, Princeton; 5, Pennsylvania; 11, Brown away; 12, Yale away; 15, Holy Cross away; 18, Columbia; 19, Cornell; 25, Yale; 26, Brown; 29, New Hampshire; March 3, Cornell away; 4, Columbia away.

HOCKEY—Dec. 1, Norwich Univ.; 4, Clarkson away; 8, Middlebury away; 18, Bowdoin, 28-29, Great Lakes Invitational at Detroit; 31, St. Louis away; Jan. 5, Yale away; 8, Princeton; 11, Harvard; 15, Brown away; 19, Boston University; 22, Pennsylvania away; 26, St. Lawrence; 29, Cornell away; Feb. 5, Cornell; 10, Boston College away; 12, tale; 16, Harvard away; 19, Pennsylvania; 21, Boston College; 26, Brown; March 1, North- eastern; 4, Princeton away.

SWIMMING—Dec. 1, Wesleyan away; 4, Williams; Jan. 8, Harvard; 15, Navy; 22, Springfield; Feb. 5, Princeton away; 11, Colgate away; 12, Army away; 19, Yale; 26, Cornell; March 4, Pennsylvania away; 9-11, eastern Intercollegiates at Yale.

TRACK—Jan. 15, Colgate; 19, Vermont; 27, Massachusetts; 29, Boston AA Meet; Feb. 2, Boston University; 5, Yale away; 11, Rhode Island; 19 Brown; 26, Heptagonals at Cornell; March 3-4, Intercollegiates at Princeton.

SQUASH-Dec. 1. M.I.T. away; 4, Williams; Jan. 8. Harvard; 22, Pennsylvania away; 29, Army;Feb.5. Princeton away; 8, Rochester; 12, Yale; 19, USSRA at Buffalo; 23, Amherst 26, Cornell; March 3-4, Intercollegiates at West Point.

WRESJLING—Dec. 1, New Hampshire; 4, at Albany with Union and Williams; Jan. 8, at Connecticut with Tufts; 15, Brown; 22, at Union with Hobart and Springfield; 29, Williams; Feb. 1, Wesleyan away; 5, Holy Cross away; 8, Massachusetts away; 12, Worcester Tech; 19, at Boston University with Boston College; 25-26, NEIWA Tournament at Central Connecticut; March 9-11, NCAA Meet at Princeton.

SKIING—Feb. 10-12, Dartmouth Carnival; 17-19, Williams Carnival; 24-26, Middlebury Carnival; March 2-4, St. Lawrence Carnival (EISA Championships); 16-18, NCAA Championships at Winter Park, Colo.

Administration Interns

Ten undergraduates are getting an administrator's-eye view of how the College functions under an internship program instituted this fall. The pro- gram is being financed by a grant from the Breitmayer Foundation of Marion, Mass., with a $1000 stipend going to each intern. The students have been assigned to specific administrative offices, where they will help in the day-to-day operation.

Three students—Jeffrey B. Wallace '72 of Bethesda, Md., Louis A. Fantin '72 of Trenton, N. J., and Steven C. Morelli '73, of Tulsa, Okla.—have been assigned to the treasurer and budget officer. Each will work for one term of the academic year.

Other students and their assignments are: Charles W. Leer Jr. '72 of Minneapolis, Minn., summer programs; Laurence Alan Shepard '73 of Bruns-wick, Maine, financial aid; Timothy C. Hale '72 of Englewood, Ohio, office of the Dean of the Faculty; David J. Gustin '72 of West Roxbury, Mass., educational research; Frank E. Sullivan '72 of South Bend, Ind., development; Dennis L. Warner '72 of Jerseyville, 111., office of the Comptroller; and Samuel B. Porter '73 of Chicago, office of the Provost.

Quarterback Steve Stetson (11) turned in a great performance in the 24-14 victoryover Cornell, completing 8 of 15 passes, one for a touchdown, and plunging overfor the first of Dartmouth's three touchdowns.

Although gaining 177 yards and scoring two touchdowns, Cornell's Ed Marinarofound Dartmouth's defense the toughest of the season. On this play he was stoppedby tackle Kevin O'Shea (89) and end Josh Holloway (93).

With two seconds remaining at Harvard, Ted Perry's field goal begins ...

and sails between the uprights for Dartmouth's dramatic 16-13 victory.

Quarterback Bill Pollock points to oneof Dartmouth's biggest scoring weaponsthis season, the foot of Ed Perry.