Quintet Plays Wesleyan; Smith Hurt

Captain Ed Smith will probably not play tonight when the basketball team meets Wesleyan in the Indoor Athletic Building at 8:30 p.m. Smith, who will be replaced by John Stevenson, pulled a muscle in his right leg before the season started, and has been hampered by this injury in both of the team's games so far. He did not scrimmage yesterday in practice.

Even without the six-foot-six Smith, the locals should boat Wesleyan, a team which finished last year's season with a record of four wins and 11 losses. Visiting coach John Wood, who was an assistant, football and basketball coach here in 1937, '38, and '39, will probably start two seniors and three sophomores.

Co-captains Larry Seanlon and Steve May are both lettermen, and both stand six feet tall. Tallest man on the squad is six-three center Al Benson, senior letterman who may by second-string to sophomore Steve May.

Sophomore Bill Teachout and Bill Rack are the other probable starters. Teacheault is five-foot-seven, and Rack is three inches taller. One letterman, Jim Reap, will be on the Wesleyan bench, which is composed entirely of sophomores and juniors.

Except for Stevenson, Shepard will not start any now men. Both teams will use a man-to-man defense, and the visitors will depend on the fast break to a great extent.

The quintet enters tonight's game with a one and one record, beating M.I.T. (60-41) and losing to Brown (48-50).

In the freshman game, which starts at 6:30 p.m. Yardling coach Floyd Wilson will start his usual first team of Captain Bill Dennis and Ed Condon at guards, Ed Krinsky and Dan Steiner at forwards, and Ed Blodnick at center. The Varsity lineups: HARVARD  WESLEYAN Bramhall  f  Scanlon (C) Stevenson  f  Teachout Lionette  c  Benson or May Urdan  g  Stewart (C) Hickey  g  Rack