SPRING WRAP-UP
As the Class of 1971 convened for the final event of its undergraduate existence, the spring sports scene at Dartmouth had run its course on all but three fronts.
Dartmouth's heavyweight crew remained active to challenge for the intercollegiate rowing championship at Onondaga Lake in Syracuse on June 17-19, the same day that Bill Dinneen pursued national acclaim in hammer competition at the NCAA track and field championships at the University of Washington. Also remaining to be heard from is Marshall Gavre, the golf captain from Waukesha, Wis., who was scheduled to compete in the NCAA's at the Tucson National Golf Course in Arizona on June 21-26.
Otherwise, by comparison to a year ago, things have quieted in routine fashion.
In baseball, the Indians dropped two of their last three games by one run and finished with an 18-13 record. Outfielder Frank Mannarino from West Patterson, N. J., the captain-elect, led the Green in batting with a .354 average. He had 40 hits, including 15 doubles, and was second to third baseman Craig Conklin in runs batted in. Conklin had 24, Mannarino 23.
Captain and attackman Mike Diaz, the leading scorer with 33 points, and goalie Mitch Whiteley gained All-Ivy League honorable mention in lacrosse as the Indians finished with a 4-10 record.
Dartmouth's tennis team finished with a 12-7 record, the fourth winning effort in five seasons under Coach John Kenfield (the off year was a 9-9 performance).
The Indians had a 9-5 dual match record in golf as Gavre made the All- Ivy League team. He has been succeeded as captain by sophomore John Lundgren from Braintree, Mass.
The outdoor track team had a 4-5 record in dual action and placed sixth in the New England meet. Probably the outstanding individual performer of the spring season was Captain Bill Dinneen from Washington, D.C., who headed to the NCAA championships after winning the titles in the Heptagonal, New England, and IC4A meets.
Dinneen, at 6-3 and 270 pounds, turned to hammer throwing as a freshman. He had no background in athletics previously.
"Bill has come from the point of no- interest as a freshman to a position as the East's outstanding hammer thrower this spring," said Coach Ken Weinbel.
In addition to Mannarino and Lundgren, the other captains-elect for 1972 are Lloyd Ucko from Packanack Lake, N.J., and Brian Williams from St. Paul, Minn., in tennis; Steve Tifft from Wayne, Pa., and Bob Bassett from Fayetteville, N.Y., in lacrosse, and decathlon-high jump standout Tom Byron from Delmar, N.Y., in track.
Overall, the 1970-71 athletic calendar has seen the Indians play on a virtually even basis. In 16 varsity sports, Dartmouth teams won 108 times, lost 106, and tied four for a .505 won-lost percentage. That compares to a record of 119-90-0 in 1969-70.
Against Ivy League opponents, Dartmouth had a varisity record of 35-53-0.
