Freshman Teams Sparkle; Three Squads Undefeated

The freshman teams have been clicking along at a rapid pace this winter. Every team but fencing has a winning record and three teams, track, squash, and wrestling, have gone undefeated. Moreover, each coach feels that this year's freshmen will be able to contribute to the Varsity squads next winter.

BASKETBALL

Coach George Harrington calls his team "the best Harvard freshman basketball team in several years." The Yardlings have earned a 10-3 overall mark and stand 2-1 in Ivy play--with losses to Holy Cross, Brown, and Boston College.

Leading scorer and captain Chris Galaghor, who has averaged 16.6 points a game, and forward Barth Royer, averaging 16.1 a game, are the two players that have demonstrated great Varsity potential.

The remaining positions on the squad are filled by the alternating centers Paul Waickowski, 6.9, and Jim Bailey, 6-6 and guards Jan Halverson and Joel Markowski. The sixth man duties are split between Bob Kanuth and Dan Martell.

WRESTLING

Another exceptional squad is the wrestling team. Its members have fought to gain a 6-0-1 record, including an impressive 24-16 victory over Springfield, one of the East's strongest teams. The chief Varsity prospect is Danny Naylor, who may be the best 130 pounder to have entered Harvard in a decade. Coach Johnny Lee feels that Naylor could move into varsity competition immediately. Two other wrestlers with varsity potential are Tom Bussing at 160 and Howard Chatterton at 167.

TRACK

Although the freshman track team has few individual standouts. Coach Bill McCurdy says that this squad is going to give the varsity considerable help next year. So far the freshmen have a 6-0 dual meet record and have tallied two impressive wins in both the Greater Boston and the Big Three meets.

The team's main contribution to the varsity will be in the field events. Both Pete Lazarus and Dennis Voytovich have cleared 13 feet in the pole vault and Dick Benka, Charles Ajootian, and Bruce Hedendal comprise a powerful trio in the weight throw and shot-put. Benka leads the shot-put with consistent heaves of over 50 feet, while Ajootion tops the weight throw with a 48-3 effort.

SWIMMING

The swimming team appears to be a typical Harvard freshman tank squad. Although it has a reputable 5-2 mark, the two losses were to Ivy foes Dartmouth, 32-63, and Princeton, 44-51.

The major fault with the team is that it lacks vital freestyle depth. Nevertheless, the team does contain some varsity material in divers Bill Murphy and Tim Mahoney, freestylers Bill Swisher and John Bragg, and individual medleyist Dan Thompson.

FENCING

The fencing team suffers from a lack of experience. Despite a 2-3 record, Coach Edo Marion believes that the team has possibilities "if the boys will stay with it." The prime aspirants to varsity positions are Ron Winfield (sabre), Mike Kapetan (epee), and Andrew Szass (foil). Freshman Records   W  L  T Basketball  10  3 Fencing  2  3 Hockey  14  2 Squash  10  0 Swimming  5  2 Track  6  0 Wrestling  6  0