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Near the end of the third period, inside Tadgh Sweeney, who played a bruising game in the sloppy weather, removed Caldwell from the fray with a crashing charge on the Penn goal...
Munro's new lineup worked out perfectly. Hedreen, of course, was instrumental in the triumph with his scoring and play-making at center. Sweeney gave the varsity the hard-charging inside it needed to team with scrappy John Mudd, and Ekpebu, at his old haunt, left wing, dazzled the Quakers with his dribbling and speed afoot...
Munro has juggled his starting line after the encouraging results of his experimenting against Wesleyan Thursday. Today, Larry Ekpebu will go back to his old position, wing, where he terrorized Ivy defenses last fall. John Hedreen will move to center forward, and Tadgh Sweeney will open at inside, a position which Munro feels will allow him to use his size and brawn to greater advantage...
Coach Bruce Munro had a fine time experimenting with his offensive lineup and approach. He alternated Larry Ekpebu and John Hedreen at center forward and gave wings Sweeney and Dick McIntosh trials at inside. With Ekpebu at center, the team used a charging offense--Ekpebu hung back on defense and tried to run passes right down the middle. Hedreen served more as a pivot man, feeding the rest of the line...
Wesleyan held the Crimson scoreless until 19:50 of the second period, when Cardinal goalie Dick Dubanoski dropped a shot by Ekpebu, and Sweeney pushed the ball into the empty nets for his first score of the season...