Varsity Nine Meets Cornell Today

The Crimson will have to face the good right arm of Cornell's Billy DeGraaf today, for the second time this year, when the varsity nine travels to Ithaca for its most important ball game to date.

DeGraaf, cornell's ace T-formation quarterback and leading pitcher, will start for the Big Red today against the best on Coach Norm Shepard's pitching staff: Captain Ken Rossano. Rossano has been down with the grippe ever since the Princeton game, but he is considered well enough now by Shepard to start.

The Princeton debacle puts the varsity in a ticklish position. In order to stay in any kind of contention for the EIBL, they must win today's game and then go on to beat such teams as Dartmouth and Yale.

Anemic Hitting

DeGraaf has won three and lost one game so far this year, his one defeat being a 3 to 2 decision at the hands of a strong Yale team which he lost in the ninth inning on a scratch infield single. Cornell's chief problem at the moment is the same as the varsity's: anemic hitting. Their only consistent batter is a Hawaiian first baseman by the name of Jim Shigikane who is the leading hitter on the team.

Shepard's chief lament at the moment is that Dick Fisher, the team's leading hitter, may be out for the rest of the season with a pulled muscle in his leg. Fisher's leg has refused to respond to treatment and gives no visible sign of improving before the end of the season.

Tommy Bergentino seems to have temporarily won the third base derby as he will take over the hot corner today from Stu Lavine. The rest of the lineup is unchanged.