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This week Yovicsin may still be worried, but prospects are considerably brighter at the weak positions. One reason is the long-predicted but only recent switch of sophomore quarterback Ric Zimmerman to cornerback...
Zimmerman, at 6-2 198 pounds, is a hard runner and poised passer, but he was also the top cornerback on last year's freshman team. With Jerry Beasley out for at least half the season with a shoulder injury from the Holy Cross game and Buzz Baker just recovering from a bad knee problem, Harvard was hurting for depth at cornerback...
...likely to be trying it today against a Harvard defensive backfield that contains some total strangers to varsity pass defense. Dave Poe, number one offensive and defensive halfback, is hurt. Either cornerback Jerry Mechling will be shifted back to safety, where he played last year, or Yovicsin will gamble with sophomore Bobby Leo in Poe's place...