Word: squad
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...varsity soccer team will try to preserve its undefeated record this afternoon when it faces a solid Williams squad here at 2 p.m. The Ephmen are probably as good a team as the Crimson will meet all season, and a victory, especially during the mid-week doldrums, is far from a foregone conclusion...
Williams' coach, Clarence Chafee, usually a close-mouthed sort, allowed earlier this fall that his squad was "one of the best in years." This can only mean that the Ephs are loaded. Their halfback line, led by Ben Field and Jim Fox, returns intact from last season, and all the Ephmen are big, rough operatives who play a hard-running, straight-ahead type of game...
...varsity cross country team absorbed one of the worst shellackings in recent history Saturday at Franklin Park. With the large total of 51 points, the Crimson tied Cornell for second behind a strong Brown squad which ran up only 18, three above the minimum...
...Terriers caught coach Bruce Munro's squad thinking about Saturday's Ivy League game with Cornell and completely dominated play in the first two periods. B.U.'s extremely aggressive defense, led by fullback A1 Sozio and halfback Bob Hartshorn, consistently beat the Crimson forwards to the ball and controlled the middle of the field...
Morale is always a problem for Munro at this stage of the season. The squad is never really "up" for contests with non-Ivy schools, but a defeat by one of its non-League opponents can send team spirit dropping. Amherst has always been a tough opponent, and the Lord Jeffs will be aiming for another upset today...