Word: yovicsins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...knew before the season started that one of our big problems would be the offensive line." Coach John Yovicsin admitted. "At five of the seven positions we were counting on inexperienced players. We were hoping they would develop, and they have quite a bit, but you can't expect to go through the tough Ivy League schedule with that inexperience and win all your games. As a matter of fact. I think we've done pretty well, considering this...
Gunn who was on the JV last year, and Zukerman. who took a year off from school, are typical of the inexperience Yovicsin was talking about. Gunn has been starting at center all fall but ran into trouble last Saturday. Part of it came from a bad back and part from a 6-2 220-pound Princeton middle guard named Lee Hitchner...
Experiencing similar trouble was another of Yovicsin's cases-in-point, left tackle Peterson. Like Gunn. JV graduate Peterson has worked unstintingly this year, according to Yovicsin, but he was just no match for a defender with the size, speed, and savvy of Princeton's Paul Savidge. The Tiger captain handled Peterson easily, but Yovicsin and his staff are sticking with the junior because his understudy, sophomore Bob Brooks, has even less experience...
...Dockery, who saw action on the offense and defense before Yovicsin adopted the platoon system this season, have been boosted for offensive duties against Princeton Saturday. With Leo sidelined, the experts figure one of the two safeties will fill in. Yovvy isn't talking. The protagonists aren't quite so discreet...
Calderwood and Dullea were the starting ends when the season began, but Yovicsin replaced them with Cook and Lord for Dartmouth. Now, after Lord dropped two passes in the fourth quarter against Penn. Yovicsin may be considering a move back to the slower, but more experienced end combination...