Eliot's stampeding Mastodons had to come from behind yesterday to drop Kirkland, 8 to 4, and gain a first-place tie with Winthrop in the intramural baseball league. Meanwhile, Winthrop edged Leverett in softball, 5 to 2, with Puritan Frank Bixler hurling shutout ball after surviving a two-run first inning.

Kirkland's flashy new uniforms failed to stop a five-run Elephant uprising in the bottom half of the sixth, after Charly Senay's towering triple to right with the sacks full of Deacons had put them out in front, 4 to 3. Eliot's third hurler of the day, Bill Foster, jughandled his way to a decision over Kirkland's ace rightbander Sam Bush, shelling him from the mound personally with a two-run double in the explosive sixth.

The lineups: Eliot--cf, Murphy; 1b, Crumrine; lf, Hubbell; c, Farmer; ss, Robb; 2b, Bartle; 3b, Shapers; rf, Cady; p, Cobb, Young, Foster. Kirkland--ss, Stevenson; 3b, Wintor; 1b, Rosinus; lf, Higgins; rf, Senay, Beard; cf, Glynn, McKittrick; c, Grunby; 2b, Zahn; p. Bush, Senay.

Winthrop--lf, McGiffert; 1b, Forster; p, Bixler; 2b, Ways; ss, Nicholson; c, Aloian; 3b, Welsh; cf, Wallace; rf, Ecob, Williams. Leverett--2b, Hollingshead; lf, Eder; 3b, Holober; 1b, Thorn; cf, Cameren; c, McKearney; p, Melahn; ss, Sears; rf, Culler.