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Penn's starting lineup boasts ten returning lettermen, including two of last season's All Ivy selections--right halfback Manual Kyprios and inside left Bob Finney, who tied Harvard's legendary Chris Ohiri for the Ivy scoring title last year. Finney, the Quakers' scoring leader again this year, and speedy sophomore inside Bob Dea are Penn's major offensive threats...
Yale (1-0-1) was supposed to run all over everybody in the league this year. They had fullback Chuck Mercein and 18 lettermen and they eradicated Lehigh 54-0 in their second game. But since the league season started, Yale hasn't looked so good. They had to scramble to beat Brown 15-8; they scored in the last minute to tie Columbia...
Princeton is the only team in the league to live up to its press notices. The Tigers are unbeaten and whipped two good teams, Dartmouth and Columbia. They, like Yale, have 18 lettermen. They, like Yale, have a good fullback, Cosmo Iacavazzi...
What sort of team do the Lions have? According to the Columbia Spectator, Coach Joe Molder feels "the team's success will depend almost exclusively on how much, and how fast the sophomores learn to play as a team with the returning lettermen. This team has much more talent than last season but will face the challenge of inexperience...
...Lions were the doormat of the Ivy League season last year with an 0-6-1 record, and lost most of their lettermen from that inept eleven. The only experienced players on the 1964 roster are All-Ivy halfback Steve Robinson and right wing Waldemar Schulz. In the team's first two games of the season Schulz broke the fibula in his right leg and Robinson dislocated a shoulder. (He has continued to play despite this handicap...