RUGBY MEN TO FACE CORNELL

Sid Cabot's veteran and star-studded rugby team will make its season's bow against the Cornell fifteen this afternoon on Soldiers Field and will try to sustain its two years undefeated record another year. But whether or not the rugby club can retain its Eastern Rugby Union crown is still a doubtful problem in Coach Cabot's mind.

The bulk of last year's team will be back, nevertheless the crack kicking of Dave Caldwell and the drive of Sheldon Diets will be lacking, and the loss is a vital one. Another cause for worry is the fact that the ruggers have had only two practices outside of the Cage this spring. That means that the team will have lacked sufficient training in open field kicking. Hence it all boils down to the fact that victory will rely mainly on the team's experience from last season.

The Crimson scrum will be heavy and hard driving with hulking Wally De Witt, Johnny Harkness, and Stanford's Tom Killefer as examples of the strength in the forward wall. The backs are fast and most of them have worked together for three springs. Former girdiron captain Bobbie Green and Marsh Holleb can be expected to show plenty of shifty and speedy maneuvering in the afternoon's workout, ably supported by "battering ram" Muddy Waters, who is on the last leg of a colorful five years of Harvard rugby. To add to the star-studded lineup, Tommy Mountain, a Princeton football great, will do his share of kicking and running.