Powerful, Balanced Sextet Faces Star-Studded Northeastern Squad

The varsity hockey team, after a weekend that left it a hair's breadth from leadership among Eastern sextets, meets Northeastern tonight in the feature attraction of the pre-christmas schedule in Greater Boston. Game time at Watson Rink is 8 p.m.

It will be a match of the Crimson's depth and balance against the Huskies' great individual stars, including a speedy, high-scoring first line. Coach Cooney Welland's squad lost by one-goal margins last weekend to strong Clarkson and younger St. Lawrence, but its performances indicate that, even in early season form, the varsity can take on any outfit the East.

Welland Shifts Lineup

Although most of his regulars are equally talented, Welland yesterday announced two surprising lineup changes for the game tonight. Jim Dwinell, a center in his third season at Harvard and high scorer last year, will be taken off the forward line and tried at defense. A crafty playmaker, Dwinell will, now have to stay back on offense and team with Harry Powell, considered the Crimson's top defenseman.

Howell's former mate, Dave Crosby, will return to left wing, where he skated last year, on a line with Crocker Snow and center Stew Forbes. The rest of the lineups will remain as they were in the first three games, although Bob Bland's starting position in the goal is being challenged by Godfrey , who just might see action one of these days.

The Crimson and Northeastern have both been miserly with the goals thus far (with the exception of Clarkson's surprising six-goal splurge), but the Huskies are basically an offensive outfit, according to their coach. Jim Bell's northeastern sextet is potentially the best in the school's history and already the big threat locally. Each coach expects a tough battle and calls a victory essential.

Time used to be when opponents could concentrate on captain Art Chisholm and contain the Huskies on the ice. But Chisholm, the star of New England hockey this season, now terms effectively with two linemates who take over when their center is covered. Seniors Larry Weissbach and Gerry Cronin have been playing good hockey but have been overshadowed by Chisholm's seven-goal output in Northeastern's three wins.

"Five-Man Line"

Bell has really a five-man line when the first-stringers are on the ice; defensemen Tom Casey and Dean Webb skate like towards in a weave pattern that has baffled opponents. When the second team takes over, big Phil Johnston and John Palmer play the conventional defensive game in the rear guard.

The system apparently pays off-Northeastern has beaten Yale (4-0), Boston University (5-1), and Brown (4-1), all strong hockey clubs. Some of this success is due to the gentleman who has let only two out of 55 shots get past him, sophomore goalie John Bishop.

With Bishop blocking the shots, Cronin setting up the plays, and Chisholm scoring the goals, Northeastern has become a new power in the area. There is reason to believe that the Huskies will go close to the top in 1960-61, unless the varsity can stop them tonight.

Yesterday afternoon at Waltson Rink the freshman defeated Arlington High School, 5 to 2. At Newton Heights the junior varsity sextet tied Boston College, 2 to 2.

The Crimson and Northeastern have both been miserly with the goals thus far (with the exception of Clarkson's surprising six-goal splurge), but the Huskies are basically an offensive outfit, according to their coach. Jim Bell's northeastern sextet is potentially the best in the school's history and already the big threat locally. Each coach expects a tough battle and calls a victory essential.

Time used to be when opponents could concentrate on captain Art Chisholm and contain the Huskies on the ice. But Chisholm, the star of New England hockey this season, now terms effectively with two linemates who take over when their center is covered. Seniors Larry Weissbach and Gerry Cronin have been playing good hockey but have been overshadowed by Chisholm's seven-goal output in Northeastern's three wins.

"Five-Man Line"

Bell has really a five-man line when the first-stringers are on the ice; defensemen Tom Casey and Dean Webb skate like towards in a weave pattern that has baffled opponents. When the second team takes over, big Phil Johnston and John Palmer play the conventional defensive game in the rear guard.

The system apparently pays off-Northeastern has beaten Yale (4-0), Boston University (5-1), and Brown (4-1), all strong hockey clubs. Some of this success is due to the gentleman who has let only two out of 55 shots get past him, sophomore goalie John Bishop.

With Bishop blocking the shots, Cronin setting up the plays, and Chisholm scoring the goals, Northeastern has become a new power in the area. There is reason to believe that the Huskies will go close to the top in 1960-61, unless the varsity can stop them tonight.

Yesterday afternoon at Waltson Rink the freshman defeated Arlington High School, 5 to 2. At Newton Heights the junior varsity sextet tied Boston College, 2 to 2.