Nineteen Hoopsters Report For Practice

Nineteen aspiring hoopmen reported to Coach Earl Brown yesterday afternoon in the Indoor Athletic Building for the first afternoon practice session of the 1941-42 basketball season. The squad has been working out at night for the past three weeks, and was pared down to 19 from an original turnout of close to 30 players.

Coach Brown in his first year as Crimson hoop mentor faces one of the toughest schedules in Harvard basketball history. The first game is only two weeks off--December 5 with M. I. T. and shortly after that the team leaves for the West, where it plays a five game Christmas holiday schedule including Notre Dame, Illinois, Bradley, Michigan State, and Detroit.

Brown is building around a nuclous of five returning Senior lettermen: Captain Bud Finegan, Ed Buckley, Joe Romano, Ed Rothschild, and Bill Webber. He also will count heavily on three Sophomores: Don Lutze, Chick Lutz, and George Burditt.