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Hockey Varsity Wins Against Dartmouth, Posts 7-1 Score

The hockey team piled up a 7-1 over Dartmouth Saturday night, as capacity crowd watched the Crimson into a commanding position in Ivy League title race.

Stu Forbes and Dave Morse contributed two goals apiece to the team's win in 13 starts.

Dartmouth's passes clicked effectively the first half-period of Saturday's , and the Indians even forced Crimson goalie Bob Bland to make a glove on a clear shot from 15 feet out. after Dave Morse scored from just front of the cage on a perfect pass by Dwinell, the Green played about more minutes of good hockey sliding downhill fast.

The lone Indian tally came shortly Morse's goal in the first period. Dartmouth failed to get off a shot during a two-minute Crimson penalty; and Harvard returned to full strength, another penalty put the Indians a man short themselves. Working with four men up one at defense, the Crimson brought puck to the Dartmouth blue line, there Dave Grannis fed a pass to Dwinell. The Crimson forward slipped between two Green defenders and scored varsity's second goal.

The Crimson--currently ranked second in the East--will play its next game tonight against Boston University at p.m. In Watson Rink. No ticket application is necessary.

Three goals in the second period broke game wide open. Stu Forbes made first, as Tim Taylor and Gerry combined to feed him a pass at wing, about 20 feet from the goal. later, Dave Johnston trailed a crimson three-on-two play, picked up the after Dartmouth's defense broke up attack, and fired a hard, low shot past Bill Edgar. Dean Alpine had an on the goal. Only 42 seconds after face-off, Morse scored his second goal the evening on a pass by Bill Beckett. almost added another to Crimson total when he faked his around a lone Dartmouth defense- for a clear shot at the cage, but the blocked his shot.

Tom Heintzman scored Harvard's sixth at 4:02 of the third period, shooting his own rebound after a pass from Howell. Stu Forbes added the seventh on a slap shot from just inside the blue line, midway between the boards. Grannis had an assist on the play.

Dartmouth's only bright moment after the opening of the game came when over-lapping third-period penalties gave the Indians a two-man advantage on the Crimson for almost a minute. The Big Green put a fresh team on the ice and mounted a convincing attack for about 20 seconds, until a Dartmouth shot bounced off Dave Johnston's shin pad into center ice. Before the Indians could overhaul him, Johnston raced into the Dartmouth zone and fired a shot that missed by inches.

Dartmouth got off no more shots during the penalty.

For the game, Bland had 17 saves to Edgar's 29.

In other hockey over the weekend, the freshmen defeated Dartmouth 4 to 1 and the J.V.'s boat the Penn varsity, 10 to 2

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