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Diamond in the Rough

Before there was Red Rolfe Field, the Green doubled as Dartmouth’s ballpark.

May/June 2002
Big Picture
Diamond in the Rough

Before there was Red Rolfe Field, the Green doubled as Dartmouth’s ballpark.

May/June 2002

Before there was Red Kojfe Field, the Green doubled as Dartmouth's ballpark. When Amherst' for. this;ga'me'in 1890, the two schools already had been rivafg for 24 years,. In fact their initial game, in 1866, was Dartmouths'-first intercollegiate sports contest. The good guys lost in a 40-10 thrashing, but baseball on the Green endured as a>rite of spring for three decades.


PHOTO CREDIT?: JAMES YANKAUER '38