Harvard's varsity nine today confidently enters its most difficult weekend of the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League season. The optimistic Crimson faces league-leading Dartmouth at 3 p.m. at Soldiers Field, while tomorrow the Bulldogs of Yale arrive for a 2:30 p.m. match.

"We're going to win both ball games," coach Loyal Park said. "We have a great hitting team and if we can get the pitching to match it, no one is going to beat us. Of course we're the underdogs, but that's only because we've had a few bad breaks," Park said.

Dartmouth is the only undefeated team in the EIBL, and Yale trails the Indians and Cornell with a 4-2-1 record. In retrospect, Harvard could be a contestant for the league title if it weren't for two bad first innings. Two home runs in the first against Army and a seven-run explosion at Brown cost the Crimson the league race.

Outside the EIBL, Harvard went undefeated to win the Greater Boston League championship. In its finest game of the season, the Crimson beat B.U. 5-4 and Springfield 6-2. Yale lost to Springfield earlier in the year 8-5, while the Terriers easily demolished Dartmouth 5-0.

Nickens Starts

Starting pitcher against the Indians will be lefthander J. C. Nickens. The sophomore hurler has not pitched in ten days, but his last outing was a two-hit eight-inning relief appearance.

Captain John Ignacio enters these final league games still leading the EIBL hitting standings with a 571 average. Last evening, the senior left fielder was honored with Harvard's Jack Fadden Award for the greatest sports achievement despite physical adversities. Ignacio overcame an operation for a football injury.

Dartmouth will be extremely anxious to win this game because previously undefeated Cornell was upset by Army 5-3 on Tuesday. A victory would move the Indians within one game of the league title.

On Saturday, Yale will have to face fast ball specialist Bob Kalinoski. Kalinoski has been the surprise of the season, compiling a team-leading 1.27 ERA and allowing just 20 hits in 30 innings.

Yale's McNerney

Much of the credit for Yale's success goes to sophomore hurler Jim McNerney. Against Princeton last weekend he pitched a seven-hitter to boost his league record to 3-1.

Yale should be the favorite in a close match, but coach Park, defensive backfield coach for the football team, knows about Yale upsets. He may have a believer in the Bulldog's second baseman--Brian Dowling returns to the shadows of Soldiers Stadium.