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After two and a half years of sitting on the bench, watching star halfbacks like Bobby Leo and Vic Gatto and just-a-little-betters like Will Stargel and Ray Horn-blower do the playing, Marshall Goldberg will get his chance Saturday...
Injuries have partially hobbled half-backs Gatto and Hornblower, and, according to offensive backfield coach Pat Stark, Goldberg will be alternating for the two, who started against Penn last week...
Stark says that Hornblower will probably start, but Goldberg should see at least as much action. Zimmerman, then, will be working with a fairly light and swift backfield (if Gatto's slight ankle injury doesn't slow him down too much...
...Hornblower will start at halfback in place of Will Stargel, and Gus Crim starts at fullback instead of Gary Strandemo. Hornblower and Crim were both in the backfield with Gatto when the Crimson exploded for 21 points in the fourth quarter against Dartmouth...
...Crimson has been installed as the betting favorite, but there are many doubting Thomases around who say Harvard's ground attack is feeble (and totally dependent on Vic Gatto's health), its air game erratic, and its big scores the results of opponents' mistakes. But Harvard plays for those mistakes. The question is whether Dartmouth, the best coached team in the East, will make...