Two surprises in 1963 freshman winter sports were the basketball and hockey teams. A winning Harvard basketball team is unusual, and one that wins nine and loses only three, as did this year's freshman squad, is extraordinary. The hockey team finished the season with an 11-6-1 mark, a big improvement over the 7-7-3 record of last year.

The basketball team's record could as easily have been 11-1 as 9-3. Two of the losses were two point squeakers to Boston College which could have gone either way. In the second B.C. game, the score was tied with 30 seconds remaining and Harvard in possession of the ball. But a bad pass gave B.C. the ball, a bucket, and the game.

The only other defeat was a 25 point shellacking at the hands of a strong Brown quintet. Coach Bruce Munro said, however, that the Brown beating was "somewhat excusable." He explained that the game came right after semester exams and the squad was tired and out of practice.

Barry Williams, a 6 ft., 5 in. postman, and backcourt aces Keith Sediesek and Bill Fegley were the big guns for the ball club. Williams, especially, should bolster the varsity next year. However, with Merle McClung and Bob Inman returning to the post spots, he may have trouble moving into the starting line-up.

Although the freshman hockey team lost six of its games and tied one, only the tie came in Ivy League competition. Jeorge Gonzales scored a goal in the final seconds of the Brown contest to give Harvard a 1-1 tie, and thus preserve an undefeated record against Ivy League foes.