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...Harvard has a weakness it will be on the wing defense where it lost two fullbacks and one halfback. The Crimson may be susceptible to a sudden opposition breakaway on a clearing pass to the wing, but the strength of Wilmot and Messing in the penalty area and the scoring potential of the offense will offset any one goal mistake...
...Crimson lost three starting backs as a result of last weekend's Holy Cross game. Halfback Steve Harrison and cornerback Steve Golden are out for at least three weeks, while quarterback Eric Crone will not see action for the next two Saturdays...
Harrison's absence will mean that Rich Gatto will be shifted from right to left halfback. Sophomore speedster Nick Leone will start at right half and Ted DeMars will once again be standing in for Hall at fullback for the Northeastern game...
Some things, however, don't change. Penn, which may finally have put together a respectable squad after two years of disappointment, put down Lehigh for the 52nd consecutive year. Yale, still dangerous with halfback Dick Jauron, rubbed out Connecticut for the 21 time in 23 attempts. And Dartmouth, although decimated by graduation and working with a new coach, rumbled past Massachusetts, 31-7, for its tenth straight victory. The Ivy power structure--built around Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton and Yale--is basically intact, with the addition of Cornell this year to make things interesting...
...halfback, 1970 rushing leader Ted DeMars is atop a covey of talented runners, including senior Steve Harrison, juniors Vic Gatto and Chuck Krohn, and sophomore Nick Leone. Leone, along with Stoeckl and Bowens, has been the most impressive sophmore in preseason practice, according to Restic...