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...rest of last season Ost brought desperately needed stability to a sometimes porous Crimson defense. Playing in front of sweeper and captain Jim Langton, Ost proved himself not with desperation runs and sliding tackles but with careful, contained play. Using his head on the soccer field--both physically and mentally--Ost looked to be one of the mainstays of the Harvard defense for the next two years...
However, with his April 28 signing of an amateur contract with the professional Stoners, Ost lost his Harvard eligibility. He gained entrance into a league which may not be the NASL but is still populated by the likes of English second and third division players and Eddie Firmani, former coach of the Cosmos. The ASL is no bush league...
...Ronnie Ost is comfortable in that league. Despite a bruised knee which resulted from the unfortunate incident described above, Ost started most of the Allentown teams' games last year at center forward, center half, or right fullback. He recovered from a sprained ankle in time to enter the playoffs at center forward--matched up against the Columbus Magic's 6-ft., 4-in. central defender Daniel Mamman--a tribute to Ost's strength and toughness...
...March, Ost will sign a second contract with the Stoners, this one a professional, professional contract. From that point on, presumably, the drinks will...
...Ost will be flying to various ASL cities to join the Stoners each weekend when their season begins in the spring. He will be rejoining what he calls "an emotionally tight" team, all but two of whom have gone through the American college system. "You had to watch your step on the team; if you did something wrong, you'd never hear the end of it," Ost says. Naturally enough, he took a lot of abuse, or "stick" as the team called it, for running into the post. One of the more literate members of the team made...