Word: scrum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still smarting from its opening loss to Holy Cross last weekend. Harvard's rugby squad hosts tough Brown tomorrow morning. and scrum-half Phil Ordway feels that if the Crimson does lose again, it won't be for the same reason...
Club president Dave Zucconi, a 35-year old Brown graduate. anchors a fast, elusive backfield which includes All-American fullback Bill Mullin. and Mike Diffily. another All-American, leads a rugged scrum. The Bruins trounced Newport. 28-0, last week, and the Brown "B" squad lost narrowly to the first Tufts fifteen...
...loss of No. 8 Ralph Harder and hooker Kip Holmes will hurt the scrum. so experienced wing forwards Gil Bettman and Hal Clark may have to make up the difference with consistent breakthroughs to the Bruin scrum-half. If they can delay Brown's fast backfield long enough for the scrum to cover. Harvard could...
Harvard's backfield is small, but extremely elusive and hard-running. The Brown Daily Herald, however, proclaims the Bruin backs as the best in the East, and the claim may have some validity. Unless the Crimson can integrate its timing in practice, and if the scrum has similar problems with pursuit, it could lose again...
...scrum is seasoned and technically refined, and should take considerable pressure off the backfield if the Crimson has early trouble unifying its formations. Sione Tupounia, last year's captain and massive No. ?, and hooker Tom Maycock have graduated. but there was enough depth behind them to keep the Crimson relatively strong there...