VARSITY NINE SWAMPS B. U. IN PRACTICE GAME

In a final warm-up before heading down the coast to meet Army, Princeton, and Columbia over the weekend, the Varsity baseball nine took easy measure of B. U. yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field.

Although no official tabulation was kept, the home Varsity crossed the plate about eight times while the visitors were limited to four runs, all when Jack Farley was on the mound. But Joe Phelan, the Crimson starter, and Warren Berg proved more than capable of leashing the Terries.

B. U.'s chief weakness was their pitching. At least half the Harvard tallies were precipitated by walks and during the first two innings the visiting starter presented free bases on balls to eight Crimson hitters.

The Terriers did not successfully place a man on first until the third stanza with Phelan pitching down his second-inning opponents, one, two, three. Phelan then worked himself out of a tight situation in the third by pivoting a double play with the bases loaded and only one away.

Ed Buckley's triple in the second half of the third was the Crimson's best hit of the day. After fouling off several, the centerfielder walloped a long, high hit to center, sending in Ned Fitzgibbons from third.

Second sacker Bart Harvey accumulated two bingles and put on a show of smooth baserunning which drew praise from Coach Floyd Stahl. Catcher Paul Delahoyde's handling of the pitchers was also an exceptional feature of the informal contest.