'53 Quintet Easily Sets Down Tufts In Opener, 60-36

The freshman basketball team, operating this year under a new coach, Floyd Wilson, outdistanced a weak Tufts '53 squad Saturday night at the Indoor Athletic Building to win their first game, 60 to 36.

Tufts got away to a four-point lead with two baskets early in the game, but Harvard took the lead in the middle of the first period. After that, the game was never close, the Crimson expanding a five-point half-time lead into a runaway in the closing minutes.

The summary: HARVARD (60)   G  F  P Myers, lf  3  1  7 Briggs  1  1  3 Collias  0  0  0 Judson, rf  2  0  4 Canepa  2  1  5 Bair  1  0  2 Lionette, c  0  0  0 Kenney  0  0  0 Nichols  4  5  13 Lemay, lg  5  3  13 Hansen  1  1  8 Pouill  0  0  0 Urdan rg  5  0  10 Greene  0  0  0 Stonestreet  0  0  0 Totals  24  12  60