Freshman Nine Opens Here as '56 Lacrosse Goes to Mt. Hermon

The freshman baseball and lacrosse teams open their seasons this afternoon when the nine plays Governor Drummer here, and the ten takes on Mt. Hermon away.

Freshman baseball Coach Adolph W. Samborski '25 said that the squad has "good balance" and that the infield is the best he's had in the past three or four years. The squad has more depth than those of the past few seasons.

The schedule this year is tougher than last. Samborski was unwilling to predict the outcome since the team has been outdoors but three days.

Freshman lacrosse Coach Bob Pickett is fielding an experienced team though they have been playing together only two weeks. Two men on the attack played together in high school and a midfield pair teamed up before coming to Harvard.

With Easter, Rosen, and Lemon leading the Indians, they should be an easy second.

Choice of the Senators as a long shot for third is due to Griffith's realization that Latins can play "beisbol" as well as anyone else. Connie Marrero should be worth 25 games this year, and Jackie Jensen and Mickey Vernon can still hit.

The A's fourth, Chicago fifth, the Red Sex sixth, will win only new fans--even those by default. Detroit and the Browns, both Western teams, will fight it out for the cellar.

In the National, Joe Black and rookie Gene Mickins will finally give the Brooks the pitching to go with their hitting. The Giants' pitching has not improved this year--they should be eased out of second place by the Phils, the youngest and best balanced squad in the League, with Del Ennis and Richie Ashburn in the field, and Curt Simmons and Robin Roberts on the mound.

The Braves will have to play above their heads to take fourth, but the sheer exhuberance of new-found fans should lift them there. The Cards, who have come a long way since the prime of Brecheen and Slaughter, will take fifth. Pittsburg, Chicago, and Cincinnati, the other Western contributions, have nothing, and in decreasing order.