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What in particular disturbs those people opposed to the present ban is that under the present system, Ivy coaches are forced to pick their teams in a ridiculously short period of about two weeks. Pre-season drills in the Ivy League cannot begin before September 1, leaving approximately three weeks for the coach to condition the players and pick first and second teams on which to focus attention for the first game. And those players on the top of the heap by the first game usually stay there; the coach must dwell on refining team coordination once the season...
Players who develop late -- especially sophomores in their first varsity season -- often waste away holding a dummy and awaiting next fall's pre-season practice for another chance. It is no surprise, then, that many sophomores and JV players on last year's squad would welcome the opportunity to gain additional instruction and to prove themselves during the spring...
...Columbia, Yale upset Brown, and Cornell, an 11-point loser to the crimson in the Downeast Classic, defeat highly-regarded Pennsylvania. These results mainly presage a tight race for second place behind Princeton, but they also indicate that the Crimson will be pressed to avoid the eighth-place finish pre-season polls predicted...
Welland may skate two new defensemen in the tourney with the hopes of strengthening the rear guard. Bob McCoy, injured since pre-season when he was hit in the face with a puck, will probably be ready to go against R.P.I. In addition, the Crimson coach may use a junior who has played very little in organized hockey. Gene Daly played in the House league this fall and has practiced with the varsity recently. Welland lust might give Daly a shot at breaking into one of the regular defensive pairs...
Each of the upstate teams has been a traditional powerhouse on the ice and each is a prime threat to the Crimson's hopes of leading the East this season. Coach Cooney Weiland's sextet, in a pre-season coaches' poll, was ranked no better than sixth in this part of the country, but the team's depth gives Crimson followers reason to hope for victories over some of the big teams that it nearly caught...