Last year, coach Bill McCurdy freely predicted that his team was going to lose the Holy Cross meet. It was kind of a shame. When the clash with the mighty Crusaders rolled around, the varsity sweated and strained and just did manage to eke out en 82-27 victory.

Now McCurdy is at it again. He reportedly is looking forward to tonight B.U. meet with undisguised apprehension. But, despite his forebodings, the Crimson must be rated a heavy favorite to defeat the Terriers this evening at 6:45 p.m. in Briggs Cage.

If John Thomas were in top form, this meet might be a turkey of a slightly different color, for Thomas would be a threat in the high jump, broad jump, dash, hurdles, and mile relay. But Thomas is suffering from an ankle injury, and was third in the high jump against Brown Friday.

Terrier Art Freeman should give the Crimson's Mark Mullin his annual Scare Freeman lost to Dave Farley of Brown by inches in 1 4:17 mile last week. B.U. should also offer strong opposition in the 600, the shot put, the pole vault, and the dash.

Poor McCurdy. In a terribly discouraging workout last Saturday in the Cage, Ed Hamlin ran a 9:16.7 two-mile, which is seven seconds under the track record Mullin was second in 9:17.3, and Eddie Meehan third in 9:24.1. If Hamlin's tendon trouble is not serious, these three should score quite a few points tonight.

The varsity's biggest worry will be saving itself for an easy meet Wednesday with M.I.T., and a real battle Saturday with a tough Manhattan team. Three triumphs in a single week is a lot to ask of any track squad.