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This newspaper has not exactly championed the cause of John Yovicsin as coach of the Harvard football team. I believe that more could be done with the talent that finds its way to Cambridge, and I think Adolph Samborski is wise to talk about the "program" with this year's seniors. But I also feel that Yovicsin, as an individual, is being stepped on by some Harvard officials who don't like the fact that he was hired as a special assistant at Suffok Downs race track...
Yovicsin's job is to lure various organizations to Suffolk Downs and to persuade them to entertain friends and visitors there. Unless one frowns on business, and I doubt that Harvard officials do, this position is certainly above reproach. But our football coach will probably come in contact with some gamblers, and perhaps Harvard fears that in a moment of weakness he will fall prey to their evil instincts...
...only is it a travesty that Harvard should offer him a choice between the two, but it would be disgraceful if the University seized upon this opportunity to send Yovicsin on his way, thereby ridding Harvard of a coach who has not measured up to its expectations on the field. Such a suggestion will obviously receive no documentation from Harvard officials, but is a reasonable conjecture nevertheless. There are indications that Yovicsin has agreed to quit Suffolk Downs before starting work there, so Harvard will not have the chance to kiss him goodbye because of a refusal to resign from...
Varsity soccer coach Bruce Munro said he was not pleased with the choices. "Everybody I've talked to thought we should have had more first-team selections. This was probably the best soccer team Harvard's ever had." he said...
...goals by Desmond and Thomson, both third-line skaters, showed that Yardling coach Bill Cleary can expect good play from three se?? of forwards. "Everybody played well today; before, only one line looked good at a time," Cleary said after the game...