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...success of the Crimson this Fall can be summed up in one word--sophomores. Harvard lost 32 lettermen from last year's squad, including the entire starting offensive backfield, and Restic must find bodies to fill the vacancies left by graduation. Last Fall's freshman team, a team which compiled a 4-2 record, is the only place the Crimson coach has to look...
...compensate for his crumbling protection, Whittier has been forced to abandon his accustomed game plan. As he scrambles around in his own backfield, he's had to make some hasty improvisations in his offensive stance. And as each play brings the eager tacklers closer, Whittier digs deeper and deeper into his bag of trick plays in an attempt to elude the pursuit. But Whittier, as crafty a veteran as he is, is running out of tricks...
Nahigian, who led Providence to the NCAA Division I baseball finals last weekend before the Friars lost out to Harvard, will handle the Crimson linebackers. The defensive backfield will be Nahigian's secondary concern...
Coach Joe Restic said yesterday, "I thought McHugh was a shoo-in for the first team; he a spent every game in the other team's backfield mothering the quarterback. I'm thoroughly displeased find most disappointed for Mike," he said...
...these hopes were dashed on Saturday morning. November 22. Sixteen players including the entire defensive backfield and most of the defensive line, had contracted gonorrhea from three cheerleaders at a party in Providence six weeks before THE game reported an Extra edition of the Yale Daily News, had been canceled. Yale had forfeited...