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Three years ago, Lamar used nearly twenty backs, playing them equally. Both methods have proved unsatisfactory, but they are the only methods possible under the present circumstances...
...until Harvard becomes more selective in its recruiting, until it prunes the list of high school prospects to a figure that Lamar and his staff can humanly handle, the sad spectacle is bound to continue...
...Lamar, it seems, is faced with two possible alternatives. He can either choose the cream of the material he has and play them exclusively, or he can play everybody. Two years ago, he selected a backfield of Bill Kelly, Pete Varney, Richie Szaro, and Tom Miller and stayed with it for the entire season. A group of superb performers, Scotty Guild, Pat Coleman, and Skip Vaccarello, were all but overlooked. Only Guild is still playing football and he still hasn't gotten the chance he deserves...
...Lamar has been the freshman coach since 1945. He has coached under Harlow, Valpey, Jordan and Yovicsin, but only since Yovicsin's arrival in 1957 has he been faced with the multitudes of "All-Conference" candidates that besiege him season after season...
...bring Harvard football back to its feet after the most disastrous decade in its history, and a prerequisite was a drastically increased alumni recruiting program. The program has succeeded, but the burden of keeping the freshmen interested and of developing them into varsity material has fallen heavily on Lamar. He cannot be expected to do both, and the resulting dependence on the JV program, while fruitful, is frustrating for those who must wait three years to play. Mike Georges waited three years and finally got his chance while he was still interested. Some people, like Frank Champs, get tired...