With a .500 record behind them of two deefats and one victory in their Bermude trip and a win over Queens last Saturday, the Crimson ruggers face a heavy team from the New York Rugby Club here at 3 o'clock Saturday.

Recruiting the mainstays of his team from some of the former leading Eastern football teams and from some of the best British rugby teams, Coach Sidney Cabot hopes to present a strong front when he gets his men whipped into form.

Leader of the British contingent is Nap Hardenbergh, president and captain of the club and star forward. A graduate of Cambridge University, Hardenbergh is listed as an All-American soccer player.

John Harkness, last year's intercollegiate 175-pound wrestling champion, now at law school; Austin Scott, former president of the club, Phil Strong, treasurer of the Club; George Ditz, former captain of the Stanford University Rugby Club; Fred Smith, former Princeton rugger; Johnny Castle of Yale; and Paul Counihan are the other ranking forwards.

Among the star rugger backs are Dave Cowell, former Yale gridiron great, who scored against Queens Saturday; Bill Waters and Henry Kidder, also scorers in the Queens game; Bob Wesselhoeft, secretary of the Club; Henry Goff and Olf Osgood, formerly on the Princeton Rugby team.

Run according to the strict amateur rules of the Eastern Rugby Association, the Harvard Rugby Club is in no way connected with the H. A. A. The players are recruited from Freshmen as well as post-graduates. Team rules forbid salaried coaches and substitutions during a game.