Track Team to Face Dartmouth; Key Injuries May Hurt Chances

The Crimson track team will attempt to regain the winning touch this afternoon against a tough Dartmouth squad at Hanover. In its second dual meet of the season, the varsity will have to overcome injuries to key men as it tries to reverse the trend of recent weeks.

After a weak showing in the K. of C. meet on Jan. 17, the Crimson turned in an other inauspicious performance last Saturday at the Millrose Games in New York. The mile relay quartet was again whipped by Yale, as the Elis broke the tape in a sensational 3:21.4.

Joel Landau failed even to make the finals in the hurdles, and University record holder Henry Abbot threw the shot well below his usual standard. But now exams are over, and the varsity can still recoup its losses.

Dartmouth has a predominantly sophomore squad, and coach Bill McCurdy said last night that the Crimson depth and experience should prove too much for the Big Green to handle. Despite leg injuries to miler Dyke Benjamin, middle-distance man Gus Schumacher, and jumper Greg Downes, the varsity is favored in almost every event.

The only races in doubt are the 600, in which Dartmouth's Pete Daley excels, and the dash, where the unbeaten Tony Zielman must be given an edge over Sandy Dodge. The opponents' Greg Millett is an even bet to defeat the Crimson's Tom Blodgett and Sam Halaby in the pole vault.

In the freshman meet, two-miller Tom Laris is, of course, a strong favorite after his K. of C. performance, but he is only one man, and, as McCurdy remarked, "he can't put the shot worth a darn, anyhow."