Nine Whips Holy Cross, 5-2; Greeley, Johnson Top Hitting

Power and pitching overcame prestige and polish yesterday as underdog Harvard whipped NCAA baseball champion Holy Cross, 5 to 2, at Soldiers Field.

Captain Russ Johnson and Walt Greeley sparked the batting power. Each slammed a double and single. John Arnold, who went almost all the way, and Bob Ward, who relieved him in the ninth, provided tight pitching, limiting the Crusaders to five hits. The win was the varsity's fourth straight.

It was close, though, until the eighth inning, when Harvard batted around, scoring three runs on four hits. Holy Cross had taken an early 1 to 0 lead in the third inning, but the Crimson tied the count in the fifth, and held a slim 2 to 1 margin in the sixth inning.

Greeley led off the eighth with a hard double that landed in deep left-centerfield, despite a strong crosswind. Dick Clasby walked, and Johnson loaded the bases by beating out a neat sacrifice bunt which the Holy Cross infield didn't have time to play.

Bob Gremp then rapped a single between first and second, to score Clasby and Greeley. Johnson hustled home on Arnold's line single into rightfield.

Crusaders Rally

Holy Cross rallied in the ninth, how- ever. Jack Hetherton drew a walk, Bob Johnson singled, and relief pitcher Ron Perry slammed a single to left, scoring Johnson. Crimson coach Stuffy McInnis removed Arnold at this point, and sent in Bob Ward who retired the side on a pop-out, a fly to right, and a ground-out.

The Crusaders broke scoring ice in the third inning. Starter Jack Lonergan led off with a walk, advanced to second on Paul Brisette's neat sacrifice bunt, and scored when Gene Schiller smashed a hard single over shortstop. Two force outs ended the inning, however.

Krinsky's Texas League single in the fourth, followed by Arnold's sacrifice and Dick Scheer's single off third baseman Bob Johnson's glove, tied the score.

Fielding Quashes Threat

The Crimson moved into the lead in the next inning, when Russ Johnson doubled to deep centerfield, and Don Butters singled over second to score Johnson.

Harvard threatened in the first inning when Scheer led off with a walk, and Greeley singled him to second. Clasby sacrificed both runners along, and Johnson smashed a line drive to first. Crusader first sacker Fran Dyson reached high to pick off the smash for the second out, and then beat Greeley back to first for the side-retiring double-play.

Sharp fielding again pulled Holy Cross out of possible trouble in the seventh. Krinsky reached first on an error by Dyson. He was out at second on an attempted sacrifice, and a fast short-to-second-to-first double-play on Scheer's grounder ended the inning