Freshman Five Has Slow Start

It's been a long, hard year so far for the Yardling basketball team. Harvard's freshman quintet has a record of no wins and five losses. The closest they have come to a win was a 68-65 loss to M.I.T.

This year's team is the first in several years not to have a winning record. Most recent Yardling hoop teams have won nine or ten of their thirteen games.

The disappointing record may be due partially to a late start this fall. Practice was to have begun the week after football season. President Kennedy's death delayed it, however, and practices didn't begin until just a week before the first game. Manager Stuart Graham summed up the problem saying, "They just haven't had time to get used to playing together."

A bright spot in the midst of all the gloom is the team's captain, Gene Dressler. Against Dartmouth last week Dressler accounted for over half of the Yardlings' total score by putting in 36 points. Throughout the year he has consistently been the team's high scorer.