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Williams registered the first upset of the intercollegiate season Wednesday as the Ephs squeaked out a 5-4 victory over Penn, pre-season favorites for the national championship. The home court advantage gave Williams the necessary edge in an extremely close match. Harvard plays Penn at Philadelphia in February, but plays Williams at Hemenway so that if the home court remains a decisive factor, a three or even four-way fight for the national championship remains a possibility...
...Harvard squad has been shaping up well in its pre-season drills. The tentative starting lineup has 5-9 Matt Bozek as point man, 6-2 Dick Parsanko and 6-4 Greg Williams as wingmen, and 6-6 Brian Newmark and 6-4 Wayne Clapp as forwards...
Yale is defending champion, trying to become the first team in League history to put together back-to-back perfect seasons. Harvard has come from nowhere, a pre-season second division pick, to overcome eight opponents and force this showdown...
Reed began pre-season training this year expecting to start at end again, but Yovicsin had different plans for him. Harvard had great depth at end but lacked it at tackle, and Yovicsin's solution was to switch his tough-blocking end to the interior line...
...dumps about the switch at first," Reed said, "But the more I saw that it was in the best interests of the team, the better I felt." September 12 was the first day Reed practiced at tackle, and three days later he started at this position in a pre-season game...