The sun., 1916-11-23
DARTMOUTH FACES
FOOTBALL PROBLEM
Geographical Location and
Major Strength Develop
Many Barriers.
TEN REGULARS WILL GO
NJ DANIEL.

mouth football team finished its season
with . to tie with West Virginia
The windup left Frank Cavanaugh's
eleven with a record OF nve victories
two defeats and two lies. In view Of the
fine material available at Hanover this
was not quite satisfactory.
For the frst time In twenty-nine years
the Big Green team completed Its cam.
paign at home--and therein lies the
crux OF Its football problem. Secluded
among the White Mountains Of New
Hampshire. far from any big city. with
comparatively no outside following upon
which to draw for its games. Dartmouth
Is severely handicapped. It has grown
to the stature Of giant In the football
environment Of a pIgmy.
Dartmouth's remarkable progress on
the gridiron has forced Its old rivals
Williams. Amherst. Vermont and even
Hnrvard--to excuse themselves from its
company. In its remote situation Dart
mouth Is finding II extremely hard to
line up a new ret OF opponents and In
consequence Ia forced to play schedules
that do not develop the eleven along the
proper lines.
A LspsideA Schedule.
Analysis Of this seasons record will
bring that out. Here are the scores:
Dartmouth -. New Hampshire 0. at Han
over
Dartmouth 80. Boston Colisse 9. as Hanover
Dartmouth q. Lebanon Valley 0. at Han
:, Dartmouth Sc. Massachusetts Assies 0. q,
Hanover
Georgetown TO- Dartmouth o. At Haverhiil
Princeton :. Dartmouth 3. at Princeton.
Dartmouth Is. Syracuse 10. al Spring Eheld.
Dartmouth T. Pennsylvania !. at Philadel-
Dartmouth I. Wee, virginia :. at Hanover.
Dartmouth ?os. opponents ~.
The first four games aroused no trepi-
dalton In tho Dartmouth camp. They
were easy contests. but not because
Dartmouth was seeking the easiest kind
Of opposition. Even for one OF its trial
horses It had to 20 all the way to Ann.
Vile. Pa. for Lebanon Valley. whereas
Norwich or some other team right at It's
door might have given the Green q
The games with New Hampshire and
Boston were all right In their positions
but the third contest should have brought
some eleven like Rutgers 10 Hanover
Likewise the fourth game should have
been a real battle In order to put the
team on edge for Georgetown. Having
been fed on lambs. Dartmouth was In nc
frame of mind for a lion at Haverhill
and suffered form reversal.
should Conciliate Brown.
Any schedule that calls for a big team
playing the first four games at home
and the next four OF foreign fields Is
manifestly lopsided and not for the best
interests OF the progress OF the eleven
or football At the institution.
II may be that Dartmouth itself is In
part to blame for this situation. On the
resumption Of relations with Brown the
Providence eleven asked for game
Dartmouth replied that Brown could
have the contest IL II would come up to
Hanover for the second game OF the
season. Brown rightly declined. As
things turned out this year Brown IL
now In the position to dictate. and Dart.
mouth cannot afYord TO pass up a chance
to meet rival OF the Bears calibre and
station. They should get together In 2
hurry They are natural rivals and they
need each other.
Brown will have more offers OF bis
games for next season than II will be
able 10 handle. Pittsburg does not desire
to meet the Bruonians this season. but
II Il ready to tackle them In 1917
Brown may also get In ahead Of Dart
mouth for tho proposed game with the
University OF Washington at the Pole
Grounds next year.
Like Princeton. Dartmouth will lose
most OF It's regulars by graduation next
June. Ten Green veterans-Capt. Ger.
rish. Duhamel and Thielscher OF tn,
backneld and Baxter. Cotton. Emery
Gle. Merrill, Trier and TYLER played
their last game last Saturday. Dusos
soft. the end Neely and YounEstrom
guards. and Cannell. quarterback. re-
main
However. Dartmouth this season hat
a freshman team that was second onl,
to the whale combination OF the Har
ward cubs. Robertson. former Worcester
Academy star. is sure to prove a sensa
tion on the Hanover varsity next year.
While on the subject OF freshman
teams II might be remarked that Har
| ward claims the first year title--and ",
are inclined to concede II to W!ngat,
Rollinss cubs Arnold Horween, brothe,
I Of the Harvard varsity back. is star o.
the Harvard fresh. He weighs 49,
pounds and is said 10 he better than hi.
more illustrious brother. II took on ar
average Of three Yale freshmen to stoI
Horween last Saturday.
Along the line the Harvard freshmen
had more beef than even the Syracus'
varsity. Hadley, a behemoth Of ?5'
pounds. Is expected to prove another
Cumnock
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