"Our main trouble," said Yardling basketball coach Floyd Wilson, "is our weak defense; the boys are not quite aggressive enough. We have a lot of ability and potential." The potential has been shown in the four straight wins of the freshman basketball team; time will tell if there is sufficient ability to complete the season unbeaten.

Led by high-scoring Captain Bob Dolven, the Yardlings have beaten B.U. 75-57, Wesleyan 91-60, Brown 67-66, in overtime, and in their last outing they topped the tufts freshman 77-63.

Wilson expressed much satisfaction with the play of Jack Hamilton, who has earned himself a spot in the starting five with his hustel, and has become a "take-charge guy." Also rating special praise were Phil Haughey and Bill Schreiber, either of whom were among the starting five at the beginning of the season.

"One of the problems of a freshman basketball coach is to mold a team out of boys who come from all parts of the country and are not familiar with our so-called Eastern style of play. Schreiber and Hamilton have been slow in founding into form because they come from the Mid-West, where the emphasis was on the zone defense. Since we use the man-to-man exclusively, they have been weak on defense. Haughey, on the other hand, has had to regain his basketball legs which he lost in freshman football."

Bob Dolven, the captain, from Willmar, Minn. has what Wilson terms "probably the best touch on the ball of any freshman I've ever had." He has amassed a -point average with his terrific jump shot and his ability to drive equally well to the right or to the left.

Under the boards it has been Canty, in Arlington, Mass., and Haughey, of Bramingham, Mass., the big men of the squad. Both have a wide assortment of shots and are strong rebounders.

The playmakers are Hamilton, of Kala Kazoo Mich., Schreiber, of Wooster, Ohio and Dick Hurley, of nearby Belmont. They are all good competitors and hustlers, according to Wilson.

Strong in Shooting

Forwards Rod Long and Lou Lowenfels drew Wilson's praise for their excellent passing and accurate shooting. Lowenfels from New York, has a good set shot, while Long, from Winchester, Mass., hits well with his left-handed push shots.

Says Coach Wilson, "I think that the guys are strongest in their shooting; their average is something like 40%. It's generally conceded that any team that thinks 30% or better of their shots will win most of their games."

"I find it difficult to evaluate my teams this early in the season, but I will say this--although there is no real standout on the squad, all the boys have looked good. I don't think that we'll really know until we play Dartmouth and Yale exactly how good we are. If we do well against them, we will have arrived."