KIRKLAND WINS IN BASEBALL, CREW

In a last hapless spurt for the Straus Trophy, Kirkland led the other House crews on the river Friday and took the House baseball championship on Soldiers Field. A double-header split with Dudley gave the Deacons the baseball laurels.

The Deacons lost their only contest of the season in this twin bill when Mike DeLeo pitched the Commuters to a 12 to 4 win. Kirkland came through in the second game, necessary to the championship, behind the twirling and hitting of Mort Mendelsohn, 4 to 1. Mike DeLeo tried to pitch the second tussle for Dudley but the Deacon swatters, sparked by Manny Holman's homer, piled up an undestroyed lead.

The Kirkland crew stroked by Ed Stern came in first, followed by Eliot, Adams, and Leverett in the river races. Bob Edmunds, Bob Shuman, Ed McKearney, Harlan Hanson, Gardener Champlin, Bill Porell. Bill Anthony, and Albert Alsen completed the winning boating.