Quincy House Leads Race For Soccer Championship

While Yugoslavians and Nigerians dominate varsity and J.V. soccer at Harvard, the House teams are playing a strictly American brand of the sport.

Names like Bogovich and Vargas do not appear on the roster of the intramural squads, and though this may hurt the quality of the game, it does not diminish the enthusiasm of the players.

The informality of the rules governing the House soccer league enables all persons associated with a House to play. Tutors and graduate students often lead their teams.

The race for the championship has been tight all year. Quincy, now in first place, started the year by edging defending champion Eliot, 1-0, on a disputed goal in the last quarter. Quincy remains undefeated with a 5-0-2 record. Its defense has been the key to its success all year, holding on to ties or one goal victories in many crucial games.

Eliot Bounces Back

Eliot started its year by losing two straight games but bounced back to amass a 4-2-0 record. This includes a 3-0 defeat of Lowell behind a three-goal scoring spree of English tutor turned left wing. Donald A. Blocth. The Eliot game was Lowell's only defeat of the year and left them in second place with a 4-1-2 record.

Yesterday the top two teams met to decide the championship, but they failed to decide anything. A last minute goal by Lowells left inside senior, Reed Witherby, preserved a 1-1 tie and postponed decision on the championship until next week.

Quincy plays eighth place Winthrop next week and, barring an upset, should win the title. Winthrop has an 0-4-1 record and is not expected to give the undefeated Quincy team opposition.

Also yesterday, Eliot defeated Dudley, 4-1, with Bloch turning in another three-goal performance. Eliot thus stays alive in the race for second place. It goes against a tough fifth-place Kirkland team next week.

Kirkland, 2-2-2, is being pushed from behind by sixth-place Leverett with a 2-2-1 record.

Thus, in the topsy-turvy world of House soccer, next week will prove to be decisive. Quincy should emerge the victor, but upsets in this league are not unusual.