Jinx-Ridden Crimson

It has now been 11 long weeks since the Crimson basketball team has won a game any place but at home, but hope springs eternal in the human breast, and the Varsity five opposes Cornell at Ithaca this afternoon at 4 o'clock in an all-out attempt to end the only consistent note in an otherwise entirely inconsistent season.

Currently embedded in sixth place in the Ivy League, the Brownmen also have an opportunity to life themselves one place in the League ranking, for the Ithacans are in fifth position.

Cornell Beat Penn

The Big Red's major claim to fame this season is its defeat of Pennsylvania, the first in a series of three which the Quakers experienced in as many engagements. The Cornell five also holds one of the two victories chalked up by opposing teams over Harvard on the lucky boards of the Indoor Athletic Building. Other than these facts of interest, the Cayugan cagers present very little of a problem--except that they are at home, of course.

In this umpteenth attempt to break the jinx, Coach Earl Brown plans no lineup changes. Captain Hugh Hyde, who scored 30 points against Tufts Saturday night to set a new College scoring record, is at center, supported by forwards Dean Sennessey and George Dillon and guards like Fensler and Jack Torgan.

For the Big Red, two high scorers are the leading characters. Dick Giles, who netted 20 points the night Cornell defeated Harvard 49 to 34, is at one forward, with Bob Gallagher at the other. Roger Booze jumps center, and Captain Sam Hunter, the other point-producer of note, teams with Milt Coe at the guards.

Today's action an a foreign floor will bear weight on the Crimson's showing in two other away games to come--contests against Princeton and yale which conclude the Varsity's travels for the season.

Only Crimson casualty, whimsically enough, is Coach Earl Brown. The Varsity mentor, who always mixes it up with his boys in pre-practice games of "21" and the like, sprained his ankle on Monday and was using crutches yesterday at practice. Today should see him running the emotional gamut on his own two feet, thought.