Nine Should Clobber Penn

Harvard's baseball team, virtually eliminated from Eastern League contention, will host Penn at 2 p.m. today at Splinter Stadium.

It should be an easy vctory for the Crimson. Penn is wallowing in last place in the EIBL. A recent publicity release from Philadelphia explained the Quakers' bad season in singularly uneuphemistic fashion: "The Red and Blue attack just fell apart with the pitching, hitting, and fielding all playing roles in the setbacks."

Penn's only reliable hitter is outfielder Chuck Shields, whose average is a shade above .200. First baseman Bruce Molloy has the power to belt the long ball, but he is inconsistent at the plate. The Quakers' pitching has been disastrous this spring.

Crimson Coach Norm Shepard will start either John Scott or Jim McCandlish against the Quakers. Earlier in the season Scott appeared to be the one reliable pitcher on the Harvard staff, but he has been hit hard in his last two outings. Dartmouth beat Scott, 5 to 4, on Wednesday, and Princeton shelled him, 8 to 0, last weekend.

But no matter whether Scott, McCandlish or my Aunt Minny is on the mound this afternoon, Harvard should whip the Quakers and even its EIBL mark at 3-3.