Word: backfields
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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...
Part of Harvard's problem last Saturday was lack of cross-field coverage by the forwards. a deficiency which the Crimson has cleared up in practice sessions this week. The backfield, which suffered from lack of precision and timing, has been coordinating with increasing skill...
Club president Dave Zucconi, a 35-year old Brown graduate. anchors a fast, elusive backfield which includes All-American fullback Bill Mullin. and Mike Diffily. another All-American, leads a rugged scrum. The Bruins trounced Newport. 28-0, last week, and the Brown "B" squad lost narrowly to the first Tufts fifteen...
...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...