Lacrosse Team Defeats M.I.T. in Opening Game

The warm Cambridge sun shined brightly on the Harvard Iscroase team yesterday. After having suffered four stunning losses on its spring tour, the Harvard stickmen came back to victory by defeating an sager M.I.T. team 7-5. Both teams played a hard game in this annual opener which is the Big Game for the Engineers but ordinarily considered by Harvard little more than a warm-up before facing the stiff Ivy League competition.

Ahead From The Start

Harvard established the edge over M.I.T. in the first quarter. M.I.T. scored in the first three minutes of play. Midway up through the quarter the score was evened up by Harvard attackman Dick Ames's charging drive to the nets from mid-field. Later in the quarter M.I.T. returned with another goal only to be met by two more Harvard goals executed by third mid-fielders Craig Stapleton and Milke Leahy. Ahead by a score of 3-2 at the end of the opening quarter, it was Harvard's game from then on out.

Goals by Keith Hutchinson and Jan Bollinger in the second quarter gave Harvard a safe 5-2 end-of-half margin.

M.I.T. fought hard to capture the lead in the second half. The Engineers showed an improved offense and were more skillful in maintaining control of the ball. Nevertheless, it was apparent throughout that the Crimson was the better team.

The Harvard attack was particularly impressive. In addition to scoring two unassisted goals, attackman. Dick Ames performed quite well in rescuing the ball without knocking it out of bounds. Sophomore Keith Hutchinson looked good on the crease. Large and fast, Hutchinson made an exciting goal in the second period by salvaging a so-called "garbage" ball.

Defense Steady

The Harvard defense did a steady and competent job with outstanding play by sophomore Dave Davis, who looked like a charging locomotive on the field. He did a good job of clearing the ball and once he gained control--as the Engineers soon learned--there was no stopping him.

Peter Fine, the goalie, made several spectacular saves as well as playing good defensive ball.

The game will be televised tonight on WGBH-TV (Channel 2).