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Twenty-four lettermen, including eight defensive starters, are gone: Vic Gatto, one of the greatest halfbacks in Harvard History, is gone. So are regular quarterback George Lalich and three-quarters of the Crimson's talented defensive backfield. But the Crimson's high-scoring offense of last year has indirectly produced what may be this year's strength--experienced reserves who can step into staring positions. Harvard's explosiveness early in its games last fall often produced sizeable half-time leads, and Yovicsin took advantage of them to give second and third team players prolonged and valuable game-time. The reserves...
...counted upon to move in at one spot, is sidelined for the season while he recuperates from a knee operation. The four other leading candidates--juniors Fred Mattucci, Dick Manny, and Walter Johnson, and sophomore Ron Suduiko--have but 32 minutes of varisty time among them, and unless backfield coach Loyal Park can make them into a solid unit, Harvard will have trouble where it has rarely experienced it before...
Yale should be the favorite in a close match, but coach Park, defensive backfield coach for the football team, knows about Yale upsets. He may have a believer in the Bulldog's second baseman--Brian Dowling returns to the shadows of Soldiers Stadium...
Richard Lasse, athletic director and head football coach at Curry College, will become offensive end coach. A former Patriot and Syracuse star, Lasse will replace Thomas G. Stephens, a former Curry College coach and Patriot. Stephens will move into the offensive backfield to fill the vacancy left by Pat Stark, who has accept the head coaching job at the University of Rochester...
Yovicsin will move Tom Stephens from offensive end coach into Stark's old position as backfield coach, and Bob Yates from associate freshman coach into Fazio's old position as defensive line coach. Both Stephens and Yates are graduates of Syracuse, and former members of the Boston Patriots. Stephens played as an offensive end for the Pats, but was a back during his college career. Both of them joined the Harvard staff last year...