Word: linkmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...four teams the Crimson linkmen will face are tough. There won't be any gimmes, to use a golfing term, especially in New Haven. But with a little luck, Harvard could have a national champion golf team...
...Harvard fullback line which took the worst physical bowling in the Penn game was bothered by minor injuries earlier in the week, but captain Ric Scott, Brian Fearnett, and Ric LaCivita are healthy enough to play. The Crimson linkmen Emmanuel Ekarna and Bahman Mossavar Rahmani are fully recovered from their various injuries...
This left Harvard with no replacements, and even some of the players in the game playing unfamiliar position. Wilmot pointed to the loss of the two halfbacks as key become the linkmen serve as the coordinates for the whole team...
With a 2-0 lead at halftime, and with the wind against them in the second half. Harvard pulled right inside Bent Hinze back behind the line to help the midfield. "The linkmen were getting tired, so we moved Bent back in the role of a feeder, and it worked pretty well," assistant coach Seamus Malin said. Both of Harvard's second half goals were, in fact, set up by the play of Hinze...
...scoring game, the big match-up will be between Hartwick's strong defense and Harvard's explosive forward line. But since both teams are accustomed to moving the ball with short. passing, the game will be won or lost at midfield. And injuries to three of the four regular linkmen put Harvard at a distinct disadvantage...