Experience should prove the difference this afternoon when the strongly favored squash team meets Cornell in its first Ivy League match at 3 p.m. in Hemenway Gymnasium. The Crimson will have virtually all of its top nine men in action against a team that is relatively new to squash.

Through the first five of Larry Sears, Charlie Hamm, Gerry Emmet, Henry Cortesi and Pete Lund, the lineup will remain unchanged, but sixth man Charlie Poletti will probably be forced out of action by an ear infection. Ed Wadsworth, Fred Vinton and John Davis will move up to the sixth, seventh and eighth positions, while Wally Stimson will fill the ninth spot if Poletti is unable to play. Vinton topped Davis by one point in a trial match yesterday to take over eighth position.

The varsity also will face an inexperienced University of Connecticut nine Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Hemenway, a match that Coach Jack Barnaby deems "not too much to worry about." Barnaby said that the Crimson's depth will permit him to rest a player "if there is any question about his health." TheUConns are also new to squash, but Barnaby plans to start his top nine men.

The next crucial match for the varsity will be against Williams, next Wednesday, at Williamstown. Barnaby rates the Williams team as the strongest the varsity has yet to face. The Crimson easily captured its first two intercollegiate contests, downing a rugged Army squad, 8 to 1, and shutting out M.I.T., 9 to 0.