QUINTET FAVORED AGAINST YALE HERE TODAY; VENGEFUL PUCKMEN TO BATTLE AT NEW HAVEN

Much enheartened by their fine showing against Princeton Wednesday, the Varsity skaters take the ice at New Haven tonight in an effort to avenge the 4 to 2 defeat handed them last weekend by the Elis.

Should the Crimson succeed in its mission to the South, and it would seem to have a very good chance of so doing, it will have picked itself off the floor and climbed into a triple tie for second place in the League standings. That is, it will be a triple tie if unbeaten Dartmouth continues its streak against Princeton tonight, a thing which appears almost a certainly.

Crimson Lines Superior

Anyone who came away from last weekend's game with the Blue, left with the opinion that Harvard had outplayed but not outscored Yale. For at least two thirds of the game the Crimson held the upper hand, yielding only at the end when all-out efforts to break a 2 to 2 deadlock backfired and gave the Elis an easy goal.

The Crimson lines looked for superior to the Blues, and even the third line stood up well against the Eli first stringers, Since then this trio has broken out in a scoring rash, which would indicate that the Yale defense is going to have three instead of two Harvard waves to worry about tonight.

Defense on Upswing

Against Princeton the team's defense improved too. The old tendency to get the puck down into the enemy's zone and then to lose it to him, setting up a break down the ice with a clear shot at the goal was noticeably lacking, and Dan Stuckey, whose four unassisted goals won the first League game for Princeton, had to content himself to an assist on Wednesday.

This new-found tendency of making the opposition work for his shots at the net, as well as the continued excellence of Ab Fenn in the nets, would indicate that the Crimson will be a plenty hard team for the Elis to beat, even on their own ice, and with the support that the home team receives at New Haven, that is a not inconsiderable advantage.

No Changes Planned

Because of their fine showing against the Tigers, the team will play exactly the same as on Wednesday night. Coach John Chase plans no changes, and during the week has been working to make things a little tougher for Yale's Cord Meyer in the goal.

Gordy McGrath, sixth in the League scoring race, centers the first line with Juniors Dick Harding and Caleb Loring on the wings. As usual Captain Greely Summers and Johnny Paine, the fourth forward on the ice, will form the defense in front of goalie Fenn