Yardling Quintet Wins First Two Contests With Team Play

After two overwhelming victories over M.I.T. and Tufts, the freshman basketball team is making coach Bruce Munro seem like an expert prophet. At the beginning of the season, Munro warned that his team had no individual stars, but functioned well as a close unit.

He said that if the players worked together and ran the patterns, the Yardlings could be very good. So far almost everyone on the squad has made some contribution, and the team is working as a very efficient machine.

The top scorer has been Lenny Strauss, a lanky 6 ft., 2 in. forward, who gained All-State recognition in Missouri last year. Strauss is averaging 16 1/2 points per game, mostly on rebounds and short jump shots.

Barry Dym, a strong 6 ft., 1 in. guard (he played end at Valley Stream North High School), is averaging 14 1/2 points per game playing in the backcourt. Dym scores consistently on long, left-handed jump shots and slashing drives.

Captain Sid Davis

A third man who has hit double figures in both games is the captain, Sid Davis, from Clinton, Tenn. Davis is the sparkplug of the team--running the offense from his guard post, dribbling the opposition crazy, and scoring on drives and jump shots.

The three tallest men on the club, Bob Inman, Frank Martin, and Mike Crichton, who, at 6 ft., 8 in., is three inches taller than the others, have all come through with fine performances.

Besides Davis, Inman, Dym, and Crichton the starting team lists Ben Crabtree' a powerful cornerman from North Dakota, who was also an All-State selection in high school.