Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then, Columbia discovered their star forward, Fred Sock, who moves like a "whistling chaser" firecracker, would be marked one-on-one by Matt Bowyer. Throughout the game, the Lions could not buy a break from the refs. And on top of all that, there was this guy Nelson...
...through a boring first half, the play had wandered back and forth and was somewhat sloppy. Ho hum, Crimson goalie Fred Herold had made three or four great saves, but that was to be expected of the talented junior. Chris Saunders was moving the ball well behind the Harvard forward line, but few solid scoring chances developed. The crisp passing game Ford would like to see from his players had, for the most part, turned a bit soggy...
Midfielder-forward Nelson would have no part of that. With less than five minutes remaining in the lackluster half, Nelson picked up a loose ball at midfield and slipped between two Columbia midfielders. With Ford screaming "work left!" from the sidelines, Nelson pinpointed a pass down the left wing to a sprinting Lyman Bullard, who had been ineffective through the first 40 minutes. No one, including the Columbia fullbacks and goalie, seemed to see Mike Lohrer sprinting towards the goalmouth from the right wing...
...Nelson was eager to fatten up the Crimson lead. Two-thirds of the way through the period, he leapt high for a head ball and then the ensuing rebound. The second header bounded away, but Nelson charged forward as a Columbia midfielder was winding up to kick, took the sailing ball on his torso and burst upfield...
...freedom, and it was important for me to say how I feel." Ebert says he believes Davis is not a racist--"the worst you could call him is insensitive," he says--and he doesn't doubt that there are other individuals who agree with Davis. They won't come forward, Ebert says, because it is difficult to separate a legitimate concern from a racial statement. Ebert says that he penned a forceful response because Davis's comments had led so many patients to refuse black doctors. As for Davis's contention that he is arguing about minimal standards...