FOOTBALL REVIEW
Jake Crouthamel takes over Dartmouth's football team this year, succeeding Bob Blackman who last fall capped a 16-year tenure in Hanover by directing the Indians to their third undefeated season in nine years plus the Ivy League championship and the Lambert Trophy.
Blackman, obviously, is no easy act to follow. However, Crouthamel is hardly unfamiliar with Dartmouth football. He played for Blackman (1957-59) and has been a member of the Dartmouth staff for the past six seasons.
There will be changes in Dartmouth's style of play, primarily on offense, but for the most part the Indians will present their typical brand of football in 1971—balanced and imaginative.
Twenty-six of 47 lettermen have graduated from the 1970 team which was the most dominating in Ivy League history. The principal losses are All American rover back Murry Bowden on defense and two-time All-Ivy quarterback Jim Chasey.
The top returnees are fullback Stu Simms and middle linebacker Wayne Young, as co-captains and two-year starters.
The other seniors expected to be in the limelight are 250-pound offensive tackle Joe Leslie and halfback Brendan O'Neill plus defensive backs Jack Manning and Tim Copper, the latter a great punt-kickoff return threat.
The senior with the biggest shoes to fill is Bill Pollock, heir-apparent to Chasey at quarterback.
The corps of juniors is significant and perhaps the key to Dartmouth' hopes for success this fall. Defensively, end Fred Radke, tackles Josh Holloway. Jim Ryan and Tom Tarazevits, and linebacker Doug Jaeger will all be like!; starters. Radke could be All-East.
Offensively, Chuck Thomas and Alex Turner should prove to be exciting halfbacks while Dan Bierwagen and Bob Norton are top interior line prospects.
Among the sophomores, halfbacks Ben Bridges and Rick Klupchak are inmost promising, while Dave Johnson, a defensive end, and linebacker Pat Stone also should help.
A key to Dartmouth's attack is the availability of kicker Ted Perry, outstanding as a freshman but missing academic reasons last fall.
The Indians have a new coach and a lot of new faces but a reasonable amount of experience (21 returning lettermen), size and speed. Bob Blackman's first year at Dartmouth found the Indians with a 3-6 record. Jake Crouthamel's first season should be better than that.
Here is the 1971 football schedule: Sept. 25 at Massachusetts. Oct. 2 Ha. Cross; 9 Pennsylvania; 16 at Brown; 23 at Harvard; 30 Yale. Nov. a Columbia; 13 Cornell; 20 at Princeton.
