Just because the University of Connecticut in a relatively small institution without hyper-thyroid press agents, let not Crimson football rooter hold the roseate opinion that Harvard will have everything its own way on Soldiers Field thin Saturday. Although there has not yet been devised any infallible method of judging a team's strength before it has played a game, reports emanating from Storrs, Conn., habitat of the U-Conn-Huskies, as the Crimson's first opponent, likes to be called, seem to indicate that the men from the Nutmeg State should enter the Stadium on at least even terms with the Harlowmen.

A glance at the roster of the club and its past record tells the story. In the past three years, Connecticut has won 20 of its 24 games. No less than 28 letter-winners of previous seasons have returned to the squad, coached by J. O. Christian, and at least one of them, former fullback Walt Trojanowski, made national headlines last season.

For those unfamiliar with the Trojanowski record, let it be stated that the 193-pound Bridgeport resident tallied 22 touchdowns to lead every scorer in the country last fall with 132 points. Walt has been shifted from his fullback position to left-half this year, but his high-scoring abilities will undoubtedly fit into the plans of the Husky coaches wherever he plays.

Performing in Trojanowski's former spot at fullback will be rugged Bill Mole, a 205-pound bruiser who is expected to handle the Connecticut punting duties. Albie Jorgenson, son of he president of the University of Connecticut, and co-captain of the squad, is the probable starter at quarterback, with Ruse Hunter or Charley Revelli at wingback. All five backs mentioned are returning lettermen, and there are at least three good passers among the quintet.

In addition to the veteran backs the Huskies have on tap, there-is an experienced line up front. Six of the probable seven starters on the forward wall are also former letter-winners, which means that almost every member of the team facing Dick Harlow's charges when festivities get under way on Saturday has had at least one year of training under Christian's single wing system. The same cannot be said of the Crimson starting lineup, no matter what form it takes on Saturday, and the Harlow system is known from Ogunquit to San Diego as a course on the graduate student level.

A pair of brothers, both well over 200 pounds, feature the Husky line. They are Milt Dropo, 220-pound center, and Walt Dropo, a massive end of some six feet five inches who weighs in at 200. On the other flank will be Charley Christensen, a speedy 18-year-old who played regularly last fall. That the Huskies pack beef as well as experience on their line a brought out by the fact that only one tentative starter--co captain Charlie Molloy, a guard--is under 220 Pounds. The tackles are AI Yukma and John Brink, with Stedman Herman teaming with Molloy at guard.

These are all names with which the average football follower is totally unfamiliar (except, of course, for Trojanowski) and arguments will undoubtedly be heard that the Connecticut squad is merely a good small team which has built up an excellent record against mediocre elevens of its own size. Amateur prognosticators can turn out copy by the reams on such introspective discussion, but all question and hypotheses can better wait until Saturday afternoon, when an estimated 15,000 experts will be on hand to see for themselves.

At any rate, the Crimson's first real post-war eleven gets its unveiling Saturday against an experienced team which has built up a very impressive record, and which boasts last year's highest-scoring back. It will be an excellent opportunity to evaluate properly the strength of Harlow's squad, as well as a chance to discover whether the Huskies are as good as their record seems to indicate. It should be a hell of a ball game.