Soccer Varsity Will Meet Lion Squad in New York

The revived varsity soccer team will meet Columbia this morning at New York City, as the Crimson tests its new-found hopes for a shot at the Ivy League title.

The Lions and the visitors will be out to avenge a scoreless tie that frustrated both squads last season.

This year the game will be for keeps. Columbia is now officially in the Ivy soccer loop for the first time.

Coach John Molder of Columbia rates his team as an improved, well-balanced outfit. He respects the Crimson, he said last night, but looks for a repetition of last year's tight game. The Lions have lost this fall to Yale and Princeton, and have beaten Fordham.

Unlike Molder, Crimson mentor Bruce Munro has problems on the physical condition of his players. Among the question roarks are fullback Sandy Cortesi, wing Sam Rodd, and wing Chris Martin--all victims of recent disabilities.

At least Corteal, sophomore successor to all-Ivy Lanny Keyes and the defensive leader of the team, and Rodd are expected to play, but their degree of recovery may hold the key to the Crimson's successes.

In the goal for the Crimson will be Bob Forbush, whose steady performances in the Williams encounter and in half of the Cornell game limited the opposition to a goal each. At the opposite end of the field will be the Lions' Stewart Witt, the goalie who shut out the strong 1959 Crimson unit.

Forbush is backed by a fine sophomore prospect, John Adams, who contributed some fancy saves in the Ivy opener at Ithaca last weekend.