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Coach Bruce Munro told his players at practice yesterday that Harvard would revert to the familiar 5-3-2 alignment Monday, regardless of the outcome of today's encounter in New York...
...Munro deployed his teams in a 5-3-2 all of his previous 18 years at Harvard, but abandoned it with hesitation this fall to experiment with the three-back defense which is most common in the college ranks today...
...short preseason and an unsettled personnel situation have handicapped Munro's efforts to install the new style of play, and Wednesday's uninspired loss at Williams convinced the Crimson coach to halt the experiment...
...Munro, instead, is slowing down the Crimson attack and is counting on his players' skill to move the ball through the defenders. He hopes to avoid the diddling that has cost the Crimson shots, and direct their efforts toward the enemy goal...
Harvard doesn't have the Vic de Jongs, the John Griswolds, the faster-than-wind forwards; and Munro is probably right in sticking with the controlled play and short passing which are the Crimson's strong suits...