McCandlish Will Pitch for Harvard Against Weak Yale Nine Tomorrow

Harvard's varsity baseball team will meet Yale in Splinter Stadium at 3 p.m. tomorrow, and the Crimson probably rates a slight favorite to notch its fifth EIBL victory of the season.

Neither team has been setting the world on fire this year. Harvard has an unimposing 7-9 overall record and is 4-1 in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League. The Bulldogs have a 2-4 League mark.

Yale's starting pitcher tomorrow will probably be Don Raymond, a converted outfielder who performed excellently in his first two League games of the season. In 18 innings of pitching, Raymond gave up just 12 hits, struck out eleven, and yielded one earned run, for an earned run average of 0.50 in EIBL competition.

The Elis' main problem this season has been inconsistent hitting, but they do have a few players who are dangerous at the plate. The best of the bunch is diminutive first sacker Bob Bartlett, who hit .357 last season and has been batting almost as torridly this year. Infielder Robin Cody has a .429 batting average in EIBL competition, and Jed Devine's average is also near the .300 level.

Harvard's team has been following a feast-or-famine pattern for most of the year. In a three-game winning streak the Crimson exploded for 35 runs and collected 46 hits, then was shut out by Army, 1 to 0. The team's most reliable hitter has been first baseman Joe O'Donnell; his average in the EIBL is .409.

Jim McCandlish, who has gradually developed into the most reliable pitcher on the squad, will start the game for Coach Norm Shepard's forces. McCandlish has scarcely had a bad performance all season. Last Saturday he duelled Army's brilliant Barry DeBolt for ten innings and yielded only nine hits, before giving up a cheap run in the last frame. If McCandlish is at his best tomorrow, Harvard should climb a notch in the EIBL standings.