Behind the five-hit pitching of Brendon Reilly, the Varsity baseball team set back Northeastern yesterday afternoon, 5 to 1, at Huntington Field, Brookline, in the first contest of a busy, three-game weekend for the Crimson.

Coach Adolph Samborski's squad returns to Soldiers Field today for a 4 o'clock joust with the University of Connecticut, and will meet a traditionally powerful Holy Cross nine at Fitton Field, Worcester, at 2 o'clock tomorrow. Righthander Jack Wallace will start against the U-Conns, and Red Connolly will be thrown against his former colleagues at Worcester tomorrow.

Unearned Crimson Run

Hitless for five innings, the Crimson picked up an unearned run in the first inning yesterday. Successive wild throws by the Northeastern shortstop and third-baseman on balls hit by the first two Varsity batters, Captain Jack Forte and John Caulfield, put the Samborski team in the lead.

Bob Bagwell, Husky righthander, finally ran into grief in the sixth, when the Crimson reached him for three hits and four runs. Forte walked to open the inning, and Caulfield sacrificed him to second. Billy Fitz then delivered the first Varsity safety, a single to right field, scoring Forte.

Three More Runs

A fielder's choice, successive singles by Len Lunder and Saul Mariaschin and another Northeastern error accounted for the last three Crimson runs.

Meanwhile, Reilly had overcome lapses of control--he walked seven men--to keep the Huskies scoreless, and missed a shutout only because he threw wildly to first in the ninth inning.

With one out, Carroll walked for Northeastern. Matthews hit back to the box, but Reilly's error advanced the runners to second and third. A ground ball brought Carroll home.