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Holy Cross had outhustled the tiring Crimson ruggers a week earlier, so practices last week were geared to building stamina and an increased sense of timing and teamwork in the backfield. as well as cross-field coverage in the scrum. In the first half of the Brown game, the extra work paid off richly...
...Crimson backfield was impressive. Its crisp passing and superb running from a steep formation kept Brown in defensive trouble, and even when scrum-half Phil Ordway was forced out of the game with a lacerated chin. it remained cohesive...
Both Frank Champi and Dave Smith can direct a running attack, but Champi must be more impressive than he was against Holy Cross. But the backfield has awesome potential. and ends Pete Varney and Bruce Freeman rank with any in the East. so if Harvard can control the ball, and run effectively against B.U.'s veteran line. it should...
...Harvard's backfield. at least in terms of talent. is a match for the Bruins. The crucial factors will be timing and teamwork, areas which the Crimson has sharpened greatly during the past week. Ordway. a two-year veteran at scrumhalf. will be passing to deceptive Mario Small at fly. and Greg Sandomisrsky will team with Verdi DiSesa at the wing three-quarters. Jamie Plunkett and Bucky Hayes will play on the wings. and All-American Joe Daly will be at fallback...
...loss of No. 8 Ralph Harder and hooker Kip Holmes will hurt the scrum. so experienced wing forwards Gil Bettman and Hal Clark may have to make up the difference with consistent breakthroughs to the Bruin scrum-half. If they can delay Brown's fast backfield long enough for the scrum to cover. Harvard could...