Harvard and Yale Vie for 250th Time In Baseball Today

Harvard and Yale have been playing each other in baseball since 1868(Yale leads the series 127-122-1), and the tradition is there. But unlike the football rivalry, the excitement is not. Despite the slim Eli edge in the series, Harvard is catching up fast as the Crimson has won the last nine contests, a streak that goes back to 1966.

Loyal Park's hardball heroes should make it 11 in a row today as the two venerable institutions go at it in a doubleheader in New Haven. Yale has managed only a single win north of the Mason-Dixon line, boasting a 2-11 overall record prior to yesterday's game with Dartmouth.

Eli coach Ken McKenzie (the first pitcher on the Mets to have a winning record--5-4 in 1962) has his work cut out for him if he wants to duplicate last year's third place finish in the EIBL. His squad has lost five league contests, dropping doubleheaders to Penn and Princeton and a single game to Navy.

MacKenzie's pitching staff was responsible for Yale's surge to third in the EIBL last season, but this year his mound corps is thin, as graduation claimed his five top starters, including ace Bob Corcoran who signed with the Cards. His only experienced hurler is righty Don Gallagher, who was 3-4 last year. To add to MacKenzie's woes, none of his returning lettermen batted over .300 last year.