Soccer Eleven To Play Scans In Scrimmage

Upwards of 60 thin-clad soccer players descend every afternoon on the Business School Field and in amongst them Coach James MacDonald is building a team with a scoring punch. With the largest soccer squad in Harvard history Mac is having his troubles but spirit is not one of them.

This year the emphasis is on condition, a commodity never acquired last year, and every day before practice the squad does calisthenics and a few laps around the Field. "Why the team is running as though it were midseason instead of the first week," Mac commented.

First Test Saturday

Mac will have a chance to see how good his team is at this stage of the season when the Crimson scrimmages the Worcester Scandinavians, a semipro outfit from out Holy Cross way. Well-acquainted with the tricks of the soccer profession, the Scans are probably as tough opponents as the booters face all year.

All the regulars from last year who were counted on to form the nucleus of this fall's team have returned and a couple of newcomers have appeared who must be counted in. Mike Scully, the best Freshman fullback last year, is skipping crew this fall and therefore is back to strengthen the squad in what appears to be its weakest position.

Yardlings Have Experience

While MacDonald is bringing order out of his Varsity squad, Freshman coach "Poley" Guyda is engaged in organizing about 35 Yardlings who desire to spend the fall at the pastime of association football. "Of course, it's too early to be sure of anything," Guyda said yesterday, "but I think we've got a pretty fair squad with experienced men at most of the positions. But the hardest thing about Freshman teams is to get the players working like a team."

Yesterday MacDonald ran the Varsity through an hour and a half of scrimmage and found that his first-string line was clicking.