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Holy Cross had outhustled the tiring Crimson ruggers a week earlier, so practices last week were geared to building stamina and an increased sense of timing and teamwork in the backfield. as well as cross-field coverage in the scrum. In the first half of the Brown game, the extra work paid off richly...
...Crimson backfield was impressive. Its crisp passing and superb running from a steep formation kept Brown in defensive trouble, and even when scrum-half Phil Ordway was forced out of the game with a lacerated chin. it remained cohesive...
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...