Bruce Wayne and his faithful ward Dick Grayson never had it so good.

The Batman and Robin of television fame may have had a grand old time in the city of Gotham, but there's no way they enjoyed themselves more than the Harvard men's basketball team's most visible freshmen.

Tagged "the dynamic duo" by a sportswriter after their disappointing debut in the squad's season-opening victory over Merrimack, Kyle Dodson (a/k/a Robin) and Bill Mohler (he's Batman) are a pair of very happy campers.

"I love Harvard--it's a real nice place," says Robin--er, Dodson, a 6-ft., 4-in., 205-lb., fast-moving forward.

"I've actually entirely forgotten what high school was like," adds Mohler, a 6-ft., 8-in., 225-lb, center/forward. "It seems like I've been a freshman forever."

In those three eternal months be two have emerged as the members of the Class of '88 most likely to see action on Coach Frank McLaughlin's squad this winter.

But they probably won't be appearing for very long stretches, at least until later in the season. "We're cautious with freshmen," says McLaughlin, "because you don't want to break them.

"They're as good as we've had, as far as freshmen are concerned," adds the eighth-year mentor.

Another very good ex-Yardling agrees. "Right now it's hard to be a freshman," says senior Co-Captain Joe Carrabino, who was an Ivy League Rookie of the Year in his youth.

"I was thinking back to when I was a freshman," he recalls. "It's hard to be relied upon, but they're handling it well."

"They're doing a good job of adjusting," agrees senior Co Captain Bob Ferry, also a former Ivy Rookie of the Year.

They also seem to be making a good time of adjusting. After a less-than-stellar mutual debut, the two spelled each other in the first half of Sunday's victory over St. Michael's.

Dodson scored his first varsity points, then yielded to Mohler, who committed a pair of nervous turnovers but also blocked a couple of shots.

"I was really excited," says Mohler. "I was scared to shoot--I was afraid I'd throw it over the backboard."

That's not a problem he's used to having. As a senior at St. Albans, in Washington, D.C., the current Weld resident averaged 15 points and 13 rebounds while leading his squad to a league championship.