HERRMANN ON MOUND AGAINST SPRINGFIELD

Starting its last week before the Yale series, the University nine is scheduled to oppose Springfield College on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock. On Saturday it will travel to Medford to tackle the Tufts nine, and on Tuesday of next week, the curtain will rise on another Yale series with the Eli Class Day festivities as its setting.

With such a prospect in front of it, the Crimson nine will be watched with interest this week by every college sport follower of the East. It was not long after the season started that it became apparent to some that a repetition of last year's two-game win for the Blue was well within the limits of possibility. As injury and defeat followed each other for Captain Hammond's nine, the odds mounted steadily on the Blue, and if the University is to take the New Haven field on Tuesday anything but the underdog, it will have to show a marked improvement in this week's games.

Pitching Problem Unsolved

One of the questions which is most perplexing in relation to the Yale series will be solved at least in part by this afternoon's game. The pitching problem for the two games next week remains as much an enigma as it was at the beginning of the season. Spalding seems to rate as the best Crimson hurler, as he was last year, but whether Coach Mahan will start him in the first game, hoping to get the edge at the start, or keep him for the second game, is largely a matter of speculation. The other starter will probably be either Herrmann or Toulmin, with the latter having the edge.

DeRham Will Make Debut

It had seemed that the line-up which started against Holy Cross on Saturday would be more or less of a permanent nature. With today's game, however, it is announced that DeRham will supersede Samborski behind the bat. DeRham, who has been playing on the Second team, has been working with the University squad since the Seconds were disbanded, and it is quite probable that Coach Mahan may use him this afternoon. He was used as a pinch hitter for Spalding in the last inning of Saturday's game, and when he dons the catcher's mask this afternoon, he will be the fourth Crimson backstop to be used this season.

Against the Springfield College nine no change in the infield is expected. Against Holy Cross, Keene filled the shortstop position handling eight chances with a single error and getting two hits out of four trips to the plate. If he can continue his hitting, and his fielding is almost sure to improve with a little more regular action, the infield problem caused by Howard's injury will probably have found its happiest solution.

This year's Springfield nine is reputed to be as strong as last year's victors over B. C. Last year, rain stopped in between the Springfield nine and the Crimson, but the visitors will have a 7 to 2 score of two years ago to revenge.