SOCCER

If football is solid with seniors, Dartmouth's soccer team is knee-deep in sophomores.

"As many as seven sophomores could be starters," said George Beim at the start of his third season as choreographer for the Green booters. "We know we can score goals but we have to wait and see how well we stand up defensively."

The sophomores arrive from a frosh team that was 9-0 last fall and outscored the opposition, 38-1. The guy who did most of the scoring was Frank Gallo, a forward from St. Louis (where the nation's best scholastic soccer is played) who set a frosh record with 19 points (14 goals).

"Obviously, much depends on our record," said Beim, "but if we do reasonably well, Frank should be a legitimate All-America candidate this fall."

The veterans are sparse but those on hand are going to help. Co-captain Bob Jordan (son of the Alumni Fund's Cliff Jordan '45) is a three-year regular at halfback, and Jeff Badmington, a junior, is the hub of the defense. CoCaptain John Grossman and goalie Rex Holsapple provide the remaining experience.

"We're young and aggressive," said Beim. "We have a half-dozen people with scoring ability (Keith Mierez and David Coles, two sophs, will help Gallo most) but success depends on how quickly the sophomores progress."

This team should be much better than the 2-8-1 array in 1971 and the picture against Ivy League opposition should be improved. Still, miracles may be needed for the Green to penetrate the upper echelons of the Ivy standings. Dartmouth is better but Penn, Harvard, Brown and Cornell are, too.

Two leading quarterbacks for the Greenare senior Steve Stetson (left) of Laconia, N. H., and sophomore Tom Snickenberger,6-5 tall, from Ithaca, N. Y.