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Twenty-four lettermen, including eight defensive starters, are gone: Vic Gatto, one of the greatest halfbacks in Harvard History, is gone. So are regular quarterback George Lalich and three-quarters of the Crimson's talented defensive backfield. But the Crimson's high-scoring offense of last year has indirectly produced what may be this year's strength--experienced reserves who can step into staring positions. Harvard's explosiveness early in its games last fall often produced sizeable half-time leads, and Yovicsin took advantage of them to give second and third team players prolonged and valuable game-time. The reserves...
Captain John Cramer, cornerback Rick Frisbie and linebacker Gary Farnetti are the only starters returning on defense, but Yovicsin has four other proven lettermen--Seniors Rick Berne Ed Sadler, Dale Neal, and Neil Hurley--that he can use with the utmost confidence. Berne and Sadler, who between them saw 221 minutes of action as reserves last season, can ably handle the two defensive tackle spots, getting back-up strength from junior larry Kram, a JV performer last year...
...employ two different backfields of first-string quality. Senior Ray Hornblower, Gatto's shifty running mate last year, may team with sophomore Steve Harrison, a hard-running halfback who scored 48 points for the freshmen last fall, to form one of the most dangerous pairs in the East. Senior lettermen John Ballantyne and Jim Reynolds, who confirmed their quality with fine second-half performances as juniors, are definitely capable of strong backup support, and juniors Richie Szaro, Scotty Guild, Skip Vaccarello, are all talented performers, Szaro, one of the most heralded prospects in Harvard history two seasons ago, has been...
Penn has been fiercely recruiting in all sports for several years, and last fall the program had a visibly rejuvenating effect on Quaker football. The Red and Blue were undefeated when they met Harvard in late October, and they lost only to the Crimson and Yale, 18-of-25 lettermen return, including quarterback Bernie Zbrzenj so Penn will be a contender, but when they last won the Ivy title, in 1959, they had a ground attack. They don't this year...
Dartmouth has only four lettermen returning from last year's squad which tied for sixth in the E.I.T.A. and lost 8-1 to the Crimson. While the Indians have won 10 of 15 matches this spring their performances against teams Harvard has soundly whipped casts them decisively as underdogs...