The Crimson harriers, trying to recover from the disappointment of a tie Saturday with Cornell, run against a talented Providence team at 4 p. m. this afternoon in Franklin Park.

Providence, like Cornell, has a group of three men which should give most of the Harvard team trouble, but behind those three there is little depth.

In a triangular meet with B. U. and Northeastern, the Friars' William Speak and sophomore Dennis Swart finished one-two ahead of Northeastern's Phil Butterworth. In the Crimson's first race, Butterworth. In the Crimson's first race, Butterworth. In the Crimson's first race, in which it beat the Huskies, 19-44, three Harvard harriers finished in front of Butterworth.

But one of the three was Mike Koerner, who subsequently injured his right foot and is no longer able to run his hardest. So Harvard's top three now are Tom Spengler, who is today's favorite, Bob Seals, and John Quirk, Providence's number three man is Tom Aman.

These six should stage an interesting battle, but the Crimson is likely to take most of the positions behind them unless Providence produces surprising depth as Cornell did Saturday.

The Friars have compiled a 5-2-1 record. losing only to Manhattan College and Northeastern, 23-45.

Crimson coach Bill McCurdy, who put his team through a moderate workout yesterday, hopes his team makes a fast start in today's race. Harvard went out quickly Saturday, but it may have turned out to be a handicap in the middle of the race.

The Crimson has won 11 of the 14 meets the two teams have had and has not lost since 1966.