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Coach Bruce Munro did not start linkman Hardy, who has been ailing with a strep throat, and Penn controlled the midfield play from the beginning of the contest...
...first play of the game established the pattern for the rest of the match. Harvard grabbed the ball at midfield and drove towards the goal but the Providence defense pushed the attack into the corner. Even when the Crimson managed to get the ball into the middle, Providence's outstanding goalie repeatedly grabbed it before a score could be made...
Coach Malin's chief concern today is that his defense doesn't get lured up to midfield against M.I.T.'s customary "long clear" defense which clears shots with long kicks to midfield. Malin has been pleased with what he calls his players' "excellent teamwork" so far. Although there have been no prolific scorers, the team has had several consistent ballplayers...
Instead of the usual 5-3-2 formation which deploys 8 men on the attack, Munro's 4-2-4 gave high-scoring speedsters Peter Bogovich, Solomon Gomez, and Captain Scott Robertson more room to operate in, by sending only 6 men into the attacking zone. The passing and midfield play of "link" men Jaime Vargas and Richie Hardy proved to be the key to Harvard's domination of the game...
Gatto may have saved the day on the ensuing kickoff. Taking the ball at his own six, he sped 40 yards 'to give the Crimson safe field position. Domres had another chance late in the game, but his drive stalled at midfield--and Harvard had won its Ivy League opener...