The odds on the Varsity hockey team's picking up its first win of the season aren't particularly heartening for Crimson supporters, in spite of the fact that Williams, a member of the "Little Three," matches shots with the Hoddermen this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in Williamstown.

The reason for the pessimism concerning this afternoon's encounter rests on world-shattering affairs which occurred early last month, when the Ephs, accorded little chance of presenting even a favorable exhibition against the mighty Yale puckmen, met the Elis at New Haven. To the amazement of everyone, they rammed home enough goals in the last period to wrest a 5 to 3 decision from the startled Blues, who apparently thought that a victory over Minnesota, Western champs, was practically fool proof insurance against troubled times back in the East.