Word: crosses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Holy Cross had outhustled the tiring Crimson ruggers a week earlier, so practices last week were geared to building stamina and an increased sense of timing and teamwork in the backfield. as well as cross-field coverage in the scrum. In the first half of the Brown game, the extra work paid off richly...
Yovicsin noted after the Holy Cross game that little mistakes had prevented long drives, but had not proved disastrous. As it had done in its first two games, however, B.U. took advantage of such mistakes. So Champi already had a mark against him, but mistakes have to be expected...
...most obvious failing of Crimson quarterbacking Saturday was the inability to put passes into the hands of receivers. This was also a problem against Holy Cross. Champi, who throws the javelin for the track team, has a strong arm and can be accurate, as his long pass to Pete Varney in the opening game demonstrated. But neither he nor Smith has been consistently accurate...
...there is certainly doubt as to whether the other Crimson quarterbacks are ready to fill the void. John O'Grady came in for a few plays against Holy Cross, and though it wasn't much of an opportunity to prove himself, it did not provide great reason for encouragement...
Harvard was able to get through the Holy Cross game successfully with a sluggish offense, but that same lackluster offensive play was not good enough Saturday, and the Crimson lost its first game since November, 1967, to Boston University...