Varsity Sextet Trounces Dartmouth, De fends Beanpot Tonight

HANOVER, N.H., Feb. 5--For a limited time, perhaps two hours, and in one place--Dartmouth's Davis Rink--there wasn't any Carnival spirit here yesterday morning. There and then the Crimson hockey team was methodically beating Dartmouth for the second time this season, 10 to 1.

The varsity's impressive win marked several things: it was the twelfth straight over the Indians in Ivy League competition; it was the twenty-second straight League game with only one loss; and, most important, it brought the Crimson's season record up to 7-7. It had been 3-7 after Christmas vacation.

The varsity hockey team will face Boston University at 9 p.m. tonight at the Garden in the opening round of its defense of the Beanpot Championship. B.U. gave the Crimson its first defeat of the season on Dec. 9 in overtime, 4 to 3. Northeastern and Boston College play at 7 p.m.

The varsity's lead was only 2 to 0 at the end of the first period, and up to this point Dartmouth still had a chance to show that it's near-upset of Boston College had been no fluke. But sophomore Bob Owen, playing his best game to date, started a flood of five Crimson goals in the second period with his backhander at 0:36.

Defenseman Mario Celi scored two of the five, both unassisted, to add a brilliant offensive touch to his fine defensive play. On his first he intercepted a Dartmouth pass at mid-ice and raced past the defense to tally at 7:02 on a 15-foot backhand shot.

Frequent Interceptions

The Crimson dominated every phase of the game, but its superiority was most marked in pass-making. The Indians began passing more hurriedly and more inaccurately as they fell behind, enabling the varsity to intercept quite often. The Crimson's own pass work was often superb. Cleary, who scored three goals, engaged in some fine play-making with Guttu, as did Owen with center Dan Ullyot, particularly when they were killing penalties.