RHODE ISLAND NINE TO ENGAGE HARVARD

The University baseball team will engage in its twenty-first game this afternoon when it meets the Rhode Island State nine on Soldiers Field. The contest is scheduled to start at 3 o'clock.

The marked batting slump which the Harvard diamond forces have taken during the last few clashes has caused Coach F. G. Mitchell to try out several different combinations in an attempt to build up a more powerful offensive. The left and right field assignments have been quite undecided of late, and tomorrow's game will most probably find two newcomers to these parts on the field. E. R. Todd '29, a regular on the second University team who was recently promoted to the field squad, is likely to alternate with A. G. Whitney '29 in the left field region, usually covered by W. S. Hardier '30. F. B. Cutts '28, one of the leading members of the Harvard pitching staff, will be given a workout in right field. He has been hitting consistently in the last few engagements.

R. C. Sullivan '28 and J. N. Barbee '28, who have both been nursing sore arms for the last few weeks, were able to join the squad in a light workout during the last practice session. Both players are expected to be fit for action by the end of the week. Sullivan will probably fill his regular berth at shortstop in the Notre Dame game Saturday. If he does, G. E. Donaghy '29 will be shifted to the hot corner. Barbee, it was reported, may receive the call for mound duty against the westerners.