Outcome of Golf Matches Uncertain; Annual Pushovers Could Be Tough

Tufts, Amherst, and M.I.T. would normally be pushovers for the golf team, but this year Harvard could have some trouble beating them.

At least the Crimson will have a full team. On Saturday, the squad was beaten by Navy, six to one, and had to forfeit the number seven match because there was no one to play it.

But fielding seven men won't necessarily be enough to knock off Tufts and Amherst in a three-way match this afternoon. The Jumbos' lead-off man is Bill Carroll, a junior who was a medalist in the Greater Bostons last year. The rest of the team will be less formidable but promises to be better than last year's squad that Harvard dumped, four and one-half to two and one-half.

The Lord Jeffs are usually a solid team with good depth. Although Harvard crushed them in 1965, Coach Cooney Weiland says he fears Amherst far more than he does the other two teams. M.L.T. is usually the easiest squad on Harvard's schedule, and Weiland isn't worrying about Friday's match with the Engineers.

Harvard's main problem will be Harvard. Chuck Hawkins and Steve Bergman have both been sick recently and have missed several practices. Brian McGuinn, who faces Carroll in the number one match today, was spraying his drives in the Navy contest, and the rest of his game is still a big question mark.

The Myopia Hunt Club, where Harvard usually plays home matches, is closed. So the teams will play both contests at the Milton Hoosic Golf Course, a nine-hole layout where Weiland is club professional.