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Baseball Team Opens Season Against BC Away Tomorrow

The varsity baseball team will open its season at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Boston College. It will be the final game in the scheduled three game "City Series" the first two of which were postponed.

According to the starting lineups, the Eagles should be the strongest of the Boston teams. Coach Freddy McGuire has six lettermen from last year's club on the starting nine, including Gerry Levinson, the right-handed hurlder who was his top pitcher last season.

Although Ed Clasby, veteran third baseman who injured his leg in a football game against Penn State, will not be ready, Coach McGuire has switched Len Ceglarski to third from the outfield. Ceglarski will hit second and will be followed by second baseman Fran Harrington, who led the team with 386 last year.

Ira Godin will probably be Stuffy McInnis' choice for the mound. Godin, who set a new Ivy League record with 86 strikeouts last season, fanned four batters Saturday before the game was rained out.

The only shift in the Crimson lineup will put Captain John Caulfield on first, replacing Jim Kenary who aggravated his injured knee Friday. Bernie Akillian, who moves into Caulfield's outfield spot,

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The probable lineups:

Foynes, rf; Caulfield, 1b; White, ss; Moffle, cf; Crosby, c; Akillan, rf; Huntington, 3b; Cavanaugh, 2b; Godin, p.

BC: Collins, cf; Ceglarski, 3b; Harrington, 2b; Fitzgibbons, c; Fitzgerald, lf; Collins, 1b; Hewes, ss; Ryan, rf; Levinson, p.

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