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This newspaper has not exactly championed the cause of John Yovicsin as coach of the Harvard football team. I believe that more could be done with the talent that finds its way to Cambridge, and I think Adolph Samborski is wise to talk about the "program" with this year's seniors. But I also feel that Yovicsin, as an individual, is being stepped on by some Harvard officials who don't like the fact that he was hired as a special assistant at Suffok Downs race track...
...Yovicsin was in Washington last night to address alumni, and efforts to contact him by telephone were unsuccessful...
While Harvard has been mulling over Yovicsin's new job. Samborski has been conducting interviews with seniors on the football team and though Samborski characterized the discussions as "routine," sources have said that such activity is more intense than usual this fall...
...most common suspicion is that Harvard is trying to determine from the seniors if the many criticisms leveled at Yovicsin and the football program during the dismal fall are justified...
Among the faults attributed to Yovicsin by his critics are lack of imagination, lack of communication with his players, and a reluctance to use sophomores in varsity games...