The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-07
LOSS OF DIAMOND STARS HITS GREENS
 CHANCES FOR TITLE
Newly Built Dartmouth Team Must Depend on Myllykyngas to Win Many Games
By WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball

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 Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball
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 Lexington, Va, April 7.-Testfng it's skill on southern training trip through Virginia and Maryland, the Dartmouth baseball team already has discovered that the loss of few key men can materially alter the prospects of mine. Only three of the men who won the Eastern Inter- collegiate Baseball League cham pionship for the Green last year are missing, but the play of Coach Charles M. ("Jef") Tesreau's forces thus far has revealed that the grade will be more difficult through the 1890 campaign.
 The graduation of Gunnar E. Holl- strom. leading pitcher in the league last year. and Bart J. McDonough, catcher and captain of the cham pion nine, robbed the Green in two- thirds trio of prize battery men. Lauri E. Myllykangas, 31. is the third. The further loss of Edward J. Jeremiah, 80, the third graduate and 1888 hitter at second base, cre- ated an infieId problem which has lot been helped by the probable in- capacity this year of Thomas F.. Eagan, '31, regular third baseman. suffered a painful leg injury in that sport. and has not yet fully recov- cred from it. Coacf. Tesreau fears that, at best, the fighting third base man will not be up to the form he has shown for two years.
 That is the gloomy side of the pie ture. The brighter aspect is that Myllykangas, who can do almost everything that comes up to be done on baseball field, will take one more fling for the Green.
 My1ly All-ROund Star
 Tn addition to setting the batting pace through most of last season and finishing high up with an aver age of .406, Myllykangas topped the league pitchers in percentage on a perfect record of four victories and ranked fourth in effectiveness with ar earned-run average of 3.05. He also tied with two other plays in led in runs batted in with fourteen. Mylly earned the all-league pitch ing berth on his averages.
 In the championship games, which come thick and fast once the ice is broken in the battle against Cornell at Hanover on April 25, Myllykangas will have the backing of a fine in- field and fas toutfield. The inner defense will include. from present in- dications, Henry l.. Barber, '32, first base: Edward c. Picken, '31, reg ular right fielder a year ago, second base; Captain Robert A. Rolfe, 31, shortstop. and Eagan. third base.
 Captain ROlfe, one of the most brilliant infielders ever developed in college ranks, will round out a ca- reer which has played big part in winning the only two baseball cham pionships ever taken by Dartmouth, the informal league triumph of 1929 and the official pennant Of 1880. In his sophomore year Rolfe hit .472 to season slumped to .275. On the basis of his proven ability. he should have a great year with the bat in the curernt campaign.
 With Captain Rolfe contributing fancy defense, the Dartmouth infield also will carry punch. Picken hit .S46 last year and Barber, south- paw, .314.
 Outficldcrs Shifted
 The loss of Bart McDonough may force Coach Tesreau to draft Harold Andres, '31, from the outfield to do duty behind the bat. This would pare the outfield veterans down to little Howard Harvey. '31, the speed boy who literally raced his way dnto q 1920 batting average last year by beating out infield bounders. This shortage of outfield talent will pro- vide an opportunity for Wilbur H.. Mack, '32. varsity reserve. and t<tn 1vsd yn Der As~<~~ kl~ freshman team. Andres may be saved for outfield duty if Kenneth Weeman. '33, also from the fresh- man team, proves capable behind the bat.
 Although the possession of Mylly- kangas gives Dartmouth a big initial advantage, the pitching worth of this slender right handler will be reduced by the crowded championship sched- ule the Green must face. In the thirteen days from May through May 20. Dartmouth will play six of it's ten championship engagements, four of them in the five days from the sixteenth through the twentieth. Another pair of games are punched on April 25 and 27, with only the opener at New Haven on April II and the finale at Philadelphia on June To uecentIy spaced.
 Tax on One Pitcher
 Such a schedule is no fit place for one-man pitching staff. Mylly probably will work in six of the ten games. Even if he should win six straight. somebody must be found to take at least two of the remaining four to enable Dartmouth to repeat. Coach Tesreau believes Arthur R. Boisseau, right handed, and Fred erick D. Prince, a southpaw, con- tributed by the freshman team, may solve the problem. The 1888 nine also sent up George D. Edwards and Way Thompson, both right handlers.
 Theodore J. Dabrowski, '31, and Benjamin Burch, '33. are being car ried as reserve infielders.
 Even with its important battery losses, Dartmouth at this stage must be classed as a pennant favorite, al- most certain to run one-two.
 exhibition game here yesterday. The regulars were even less successful yesterday, dropping an Il to 6 de- cfSiOn t0 Indiana no1is af TnHfou