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Harvard will have to stay healthy in order to repeat as undefeated Ivy League champions. Cornell, which finished fourth in the league last year, pulled a major upset on Tuesday by beating Hartwick, 1-0. Hartwick beat Harvard in the NCAA quarter-finals last year, 4-3, and in preseason rating, they were second in the country...
...same time, Restic realizes the necessity of tempering daring with equal doses of moderation and caution. His cautiousness is founded primarily in planning, in making allowances for each gamble he takes. When asked early in the preseason about his strategy, Restic said, "We want to play an exciting game, but if it's a question of being exciting versus winning, the exciting part goes. We want to win, and we want to win right away...
Minor injuries have plagued the Crimson during preseason work, but the only serious casualty is last year's leading pass receiver, junior Bill Craven, who pulled a hamstring on the first day of practice and then repulled when he tried to come back too soon. Craven could be out until the first Ivy League game against Columbia two weeks from now. Taking over for him is senior Denis Sullivan, who is taller (6'3") and just as fast as Craven...
...halfback, 1970 rushing leader Ted DeMars is atop a covey of talented runners, including senior Steve Harrison, juniors Vic Gatto and Chuck Krohn, and sophomore Nick Leone. Leone, along with Stoeckl and Bowens, has been the most impressive sophmore in preseason practice, according to Restic...
...defensive ends, the Crimson will go with sophmore Mitch Berger (a high school All-American) and veteran Mike McHugh. Junior Phil Robinson is just coming back from a virus which kept him out during preseason and he should figure into the starting picture soon...