Word: wesleyanism
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However, even more disastrous to Harvard is the possible loss of captain Charlie Thomas, who is listed by coach Bruce Munro as a very doubtful starter. Last year's Ivy League scoring champion stepped on a ball during the Wesleyan match and tore some connective tissue in his lower leg. Thomas was still unable to run Friday morning when the squad boarded the plane to Ithaca...
...team did get one bit of good luck as X-Rays of linkman Emanuel Ekama's severely bruised foot proved negative. Used sparingly against Wesleyan, Ekama is a probable starter today...
...first ten minutes it looked as if Wesleyan had a chance for an upset. They gained an early lead on a penalty shot, and their fast, well-drilled backs were controlling the middle of the field and picking off Harvard's through passes...
During the game Wesleyan tried several different defensive alignments, and at this point they shifted it into a 4-3-3 formation. Rather than meet the Harvard attack at midfield, the Wesleyan defense played back, hoping that the additional men in the penalty area would negate the finesse of the Harvard forwards...
Harvard got its fourth goal early in the third period on Wilmot's penalty shot, and Wesleyan's spirit was completely broken when Shep Messing thwarted two excellent scoring opportunities, one of them a break-away...