GOLF

Bill Johnson is a golf coach who doesn't like to lose—and for the past four years he's been a happy coach.

When the 1972 season began, his sophomore-dominated team was having its problems. The weather was inhibiting practice, the players were untested.

The Green lost its first four matches. In the Eastern Intercollegiates at Yale, things began to turn around. Dartmouth's score was much better than in 1971 but the team's standing (18th) wasn't.

Still, things were looking up and as Johnson watched his team take a sixstroke victory from Harvard (a team that had been 27 strokes ahead of Dartmouth three days before at the EIGA tourney), he said, "This is the key match for us. If we win today, we shouldn't lose again this year."

There are two matches remaining but Dartmouth, once 0-4, now stands 5-5.

The chance finally to play regularly has made the difference. With sophomores Paul Dixon and Steve Bell plus Captain John Lundgren and George Bayrd, both juniors, Johnson has put together a lineup that has begun to score with the consistency that comes only with steady play. Coming along quickly, too, is freshman Eric McLeod, who Johnson feels has the poise and understanding of the game to rival Ken Kotowski, the leader of the past two years.

Scott Anderson (left) with 26 goals and43 points has been the mainstay of thelacrosse team's improved attack.