Word: midfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Yale travels to Cambridge Saturday for the season finale for both teams, it will have an eye on a share of the league title. Only Brown and Cornell have beaten the Elis--a surprise since the Yale midfield was supposed to be a real weak point...
Yale will be a little more of a challenge since the Bulldogs topped Dartmouth, 7-5. Unfortunately, Brian Dowling plays baseball, and the Elis are weak at midfield. A team with sub par middies rarely does well. Yale is conforming to this rule, but reports indicate that the boys have a lot of spirit. Harvard plays Dartmouth Saturday, and the match against Yale is a week later at home...
Fortunately, the Crimson now appears to be picking up momentum after a slow start. A number of the injured players are back, and the sophomores have gained valuable experience. Another positive factor is the third midfield line of Charlie Scott, Bucky Hayes, and Ted Rumsey. These three saw limited action in early-season games, but Munro used them frequently in the Princeton game, and the strategy worked as the first two lines did not tire so much in the second half...
Much of the credit for the upset belongs to coach Bruce Munro, who notched his 150th victory, Munro made extensive use of his third midfield to rest the other two lines, and it worked well as the midfielders did not tire late in the game as they usually do. "The coach really played his cards right," Regan said...
Princeton coach Ferris Thomsen said. "The Harvard personnel is excellent. This year's Ivy League race is one of the most wide open ever." A major reason for his team's success has been the tough-checking midfield, which Thomsen considered the biggest question mark before the season started...