GOLF

What a difference a week makes. Especially in golf. "It seemed like our season had barely begun, with no thanks to the weather, and suddenly we were headed for the Easterns, said Coach Bill Johnson.

Dartmouth's golfers were defending champs in the EIGA tourney. This time they finished 14th, 16 strokes behind co-champs Yale and Penn State.

At the Eastern tourney, only one Dartmouth golfer, Captain Marsh Gavre, was able to break 80 in the abbreviated 18-hole tournament. Gavre, now headed for the NCAA tournament in Arizona, had a 75, one stroke behind medalist Chase Sanderson of Yale.

"We simply weren't able to get enough good weather for good practice," said Johnson. "Look what happened a week later."

What happened was that Brown, seven strokes better than Dartmouth in the Easterns, came to Hanover and was a seven-stroke loser to the Indians.

Where one Indian golfer broke 80 at the Easterns, five did it at home against the Bruins. Senior Clair Grant set the pace with a 71 and Brown, also shooting exclusively in the 70s, wasn't really close.

The dual season found the Indians with a 7-3 record heading into the final pair of triangular matches. It's been perplexing for Johnson & Company from a weather standpoint but, on the whole, a good season.

Formal dedication of Red Rolfe Field took place May 1 between games of thedoubleheader with Harvard. The Class of 1931 presented a plaque honoringRobert A. (Red) Rolfe '3l and will dedicate it at another ceremony June 16during the 40th reunion of the class. Principals at the May 1 presentation were(l to r) class president Charles Gristede '31, Mrs. Isabel Rolfe, and Director ofAthletics Seaver Peters '54, who accepted the plaque and read a letter fromthe New York Yankees, for whom Red Rolfe starred.