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...addition to Ohiri, the Crimson has lost three other outstanding players from the 1962 squad--inside left John Thorndike, fullback Lou Williams, and center-half Onwechekwa Okigwe, who was ruled ineligible two weeks...
First, Munro learned that Billy Ward, the Jamaican center-half who was the backbone of last year's team, had decided to take the year off "to think things over." The Crimson had built its whole game on Ward, depending upon his astounding command of the field and his well-placed feeds to the wings. He was a master feinter and the crowds loved to watch him squeeze by a line of defenders. Anyway, he isn't back this season, and the Crimson will be hardpressed for a successor...
Soon after, he put Harvard ahead 4 to 1. Taking a long, pin-point pass from center-half Ward, Ohiri dribbled around a fullback to the left of the goal, streaked in, and put a fast ground shot past the diving goalie into the far corner...
...roughness of the game and the strict Ivy League ruling on substitutes (only five allowed) put a real strain on both coaches' manpower as the game progressed. Bill Rapp, the varsity center-half, suffered a deep cut in his cheek midway through the second period, but was able to return soon after the half, while Penn lost the services of its outside-left Bob Simonof, who broke his ankle in the second quarter...
...Crimson defense, which customarily collapses in the late periods, was unusually strong throughout. Captain Grey Hodnett, alternating between center-half and center-forward, was the big difference in defensive play. Chris Provenson turned in his best performance of the year at left full-back, while right full-back Don Beaver contributed his usual good play...