Stan Priddy's freshman hockey squad took its fourth out of five yesterday afternoon in an unexciting 5 to 6 game with Andover.

The game was played in the Arena at Lynn because of a lack of Andover ice. Other activity scheduled for the Lynn icehouse forced the teams to cut the contest down to 12 minute periods, possibly accounting for the low scoring. To date, the freshmen have made a practice of wearing down opponents and pouring on the big scoring thrust toward the end of the game.

The first casualty of the '53 skaters' season came in the pre-game practice when second-string defenseman George Chase brought a broken nose out of a collision with goalie Andy Casner. Chase was taken to Stillman Infirmary, but received a quick release.

The game was one of the slowest of the year, aside from a whirlwind start to the second period when Jim O'Brien took a Walt-Greeley pass in front of the nets and scored in the 19th second of the stanza. The one-sided story is best told by a comparison of saves--24 for Ed Smith of Andover and 11 for Corning.

The Harvard lineup:

Hubbard, lw; Greeley, c; French, rw; Kierstead, ld; O'Brien, rd; Corning, g.

Scoring: First period--Kierstead (Hubbard), 6:35: second period--O'Brien (Gresley), 0:19; third period--Hubbard (Simonds), 6:15.