NINE FACES LIONS AT SOLDIERS FIELD

Yesterday the idle Crimson baseball warriors dropped down into a first place tie with Dartmouth as a result of the Indians' 9 to 3 victory over Yale at Hanover, but this afternoon at three o'clock Tom Healey goes to the mound in an effort to send the Stahlmen back into the League lead in a return game with Columbia at Soldiers Field.

Coach Andy Coakley's Lions have won but one of their three League games. First of all, they granted the Crimson a welcome 11 to 3 win in New York last month in the League curtain-raiser for the Stahlmen, and then they went on to split a twin bill with Dartmouth. Pitching has been the chief dilemma for the Morningsiders, because most of their flingers are sadly lacking in experience.

Dowd to Pitch

Hector Dowd is slated to get the call for starting hurling duties against the Crimson today with Johnny Desmond as his battery-mate. Bill Cerny, victim of the tenth-inning splurge on April 15 which netted Harvard eight runs, and George Smith are ready to do relief work if Dowd fails to go the route.

For the Crimson, Healey may not travel the full nine innings if Johns, Lupien, and some of the other "big stick" boys can put the game on ice early, because it is essential that Big Tom be well rested for the all-important game at Hanover Saturday. Slim Curtiss is first in line for relief duty.

Bob Gannett, veteran fly-shagger, is still unable to play, and this sends Rud Hoye, Bill Tully, and Joe Soltz into the outer gardens. Sophomore Gene Lovett may possibly break into the starting lineup in place of Soltz. Otherwise, the lineup will remain the same as the one which took the field against Princeton and Cornell.

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Watch the water fountain this afternoon because Tom Healey rates as the number one Crimson water-drinker. He never misses a chance for a drink after an inning and usually gets one before and after. HARVARD  COLUMBIA Johns, 2b  rf, Stoltz Hoye, cf  1b, Stickel Grondahl, 3b  cf, Radvilas Lupien, 1b  3b, Lambert Soltz or Lovett, lf  ss, Luckman Tully, rf  lf, Pill Fulton, c  c, Desmond Keyes, ss  2b, Murphy Healey, p  p, Dowd