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Coach John Yovicsin didn't plan such a one-sided romp. In fact he put in the second, third and fourth string teams to keep things charitable. However, these reinforcements scored 27 points, three more than the first string...
...with Columbia tomorrow, and it is likely that he'll change his mind from week to week. He always has. It is likely that by November, many superb players will have seen scant action. There will be mass discontent, a considerable degree of attrition when the squad reports to Yovicsin next year, and a lingering bitterness in several athletes towards Harvard's entire football program...
Lamar has been the freshman coach since 1945. He has coached under Harlow, Valpey, Jordan and Yovicsin, but only since Yovicsin's arrival in 1957 has he been faced with the multitudes of "All-Conference" candidates that besiege him season after season...
...Yovicsin's system was designed to bring Harvard football back to its feet after the most disastrous decade in its history, and a prerequisite was a drastically increased alumni recruiting program. The program has succeeded, but the burden of keeping the freshmen interested and of developing them into varsity material has fallen heavily on Lamar. He cannot be expected to do both, and the resulting dependence on the JV program, while fruitful, is frustrating for those who must wait three years to play. Mike Georges waited three years and finally got his chance while he was still interested. Some people...
...entire Holy Cross football team has hepatitis, and Crimson coach John Yovicsin is quickly trying to find replacements for the starters he lost in the game with Boston University. But other college teams are faced with similar problems this week...