In the closest contest of the afternoon, Adams downed Winthrop 6-5 yesterday in the opening round of the intramural basketball tournament. The Kirkland Leverett match resulted in a 18-11 win for Kirkland, while Lowell routed Brooks 18-5. In the fourth contest schedule, between Eliot and Dunster, the Dunster team failed to appear. Solomon W. Stern '35, who starred for Lowell, was the individual high scorer of the afternoon, with four goals to his credit.

The summaries: ADAMS  WINTHROP Donahue (captain), l.f.  r.f., Levy, (captain), Youdin Chiron, Feibelman, DeBlois, r.f.  l.f., Barrett, Crampton Hall, c.  c., Kane Huntington, l.g.  r.g., Howe DeBlois, Donahue, r.g.  l.g., Parsons, Day, Crampton

Score Adams 6, Winthrop 5. Goals Donahue 2, Feibelman, Levy, Howe, Fouls DeBlois. Referee Vahan Moushegian. Time two 20-minute periods. KIRKLAND  LEVERETT Merry, Lawn, l.f.  r.f., Maddox, Morin Donnelly, Winsauer, Andrews, r.f.  r.f., Reed Rogers, Farmer, Seder, c.  c., Wallace, Stevens, Jahn Powell, Engle, l.g.  r.g., Mangels, Lasinski, Cogswell (capt.) Buschmann (capt.), Keyes, Engle, r.g.  l.g., Jahn, Tyrrel

Score--Kirkland 18, Leverett 11. Goals Donnelly 2, Andrews 2, Merry 2, Rogers, Buschmann, Powell, Reed 2, Maddox, Wallace, Cogswell. Fouls--Reed. Referee--Vahan Moushegian. Time--two 20-minute periods.