Slick Crusader Five Hands Varsity Campaign's First Setback 61 to 40

A smooth-working, alert Holy Cross basketbll quintet had entirely too many guns for the Varsity quintet last night, when the Crusaders handed Coach Bill Barclay's forces their first defeat of the season, 61 to 40, before 6,500 spectators at the Boston Garden.

The Crimson five showed definite improvement over the opening performance against M.I.T. Saturday night, but the Worcester club, sparked by George Kaftan, a talented center, moved out to a big lead after 10 minutes of the first half and had little trouble in maintaining its advantage.

Kaftan Shines

It was a close game for the first eight-and-a-half minutes, when the Varsity trailed 11 to 9, but the Holy Cross club came on with a spirited offensive spurt of five quick baskets for a commanding lead. Besides Kaftan, whose work beneath both baskets was the finest play of the evening, the victors had in guard Ken Haggerty a set-shot specialist who caged five two-pointers in the second half from outside the foul circle.

Crimson Surge Fizzies

Trailing 28 to 19 at the half, the Barclaymen tried to make up the deficit in the opening minutes of the second period, moving to within six points of the Crusaders, but Haggerty found his eye, the Varsity defense went into another fatal eclipse, and the Holy Cross club notched ten more points without allowing Harvard to score. A tired Crimson five was unable to threaten thereafter.

For the Varsity, George Hauptfuhrer turned in a good performance, snatching most of the few rebounds the Crimson was able to retrieve from either backboard, and accounting for 14 points on offense. Otherwise, it was just a case of too much ability--the Crusaders guarded closely and well, caged seven of ten foul shots, and merely outran an obviously fatigued Harvard squad in the second half.

Foul Shooting Weak

It may have been stagefright, but the Varsity was able to make good only six of 16 attempts from the foul line, and none of the Crimson cagers was in particularly good shooting form

The summary:   G  F  P Page, rf  3  0  6 Harford  1  0  2 Noble, lf  1  1  3 Gantt  0  2  2 Hauptfuhrer, c  6  2  14 Mariaschin, rg  3  1  7 Davis, lg  3  0  6 Henry  0  0  0   --  --  -- Totals  17  6  40

In the opening contest of last night's double-header, Georgetown buried Boston College, 70 to 47, with Elmore "the Great" Morgenthaler, the Eagles' seven-foot center, notching 20 points in his patented giraffe-like fashion.

In the opening contest of last night's double-header, Georgetown buried Boston College, 70 to 47, with Elmore "the Great" Morgenthaler, the Eagles' seven-foot center, notching 20 points in his patented giraffe-like fashion.