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Still smarting from its opening loss to Holy Cross last weekend. Harvard's rugby squad hosts tough Brown tomorrow morning. and scrum-half Phil Ordway feels that if the Crimson does lose again, it won't be for the same reason...
Part of Harvard's problem last Saturday was lack of cross-field coverage by the forwards. a deficiency which the Crimson has cleared up in practice sessions this week. The backfield, which suffered from lack of precision and timing, has been coordinating with increasing skill...
...Harvard is in shape. and its technique has improved noticeably in drills. But Brown has always been a tough opponent for the Crimson-one which it has not beaten in its last three attempts. And the Bruins lost only four men from the fifteen that was generally considered second only to Yale in the East last spring...
...Harvard's backfield. at least in terms of talent. is a match for the Bruins. The crucial factors will be timing and teamwork, areas which the Crimson has sharpened greatly during the past week. Ordway. a two-year veteran at scrumhalf. will be passing to deceptive Mario Small at fly. and Greg Sandomisrsky will team with Verdi DiSesa at the wing three-quarters. Jamie Plunkett and Bucky Hayes will play on the wings. and All-American Joe Daly will be at fallback...
...most revealing aspect of the Crimson is the deep almost physical attachment most Crimeds have for the building at 14 Plympton Street, for the other people who help put the paper out, and for the integrily of the paper. The attachment is not less amazing if you consider the less than elegant decor of the building, the often bizarrely heterogeneous natures of the dozens of students who make up the Crimson , and the inescapable hard work that goes into...