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Over at 50 Boylston St. yesterday, soccer coach J. Bruce Munro wasn't handing out the usual pre-season optimism. Last year his players were Ivy champions. This year he's predicting a tough struggle in which any of three teams could come out ahead of the Crimson...
Everything looked fine until about a week ago. Thirteen lettermen were scheduled to return--among them, nine of the eleven starters. The Crimson also boasted three All-Ivies in Chris Ohiri, Billy Ward, and captain Tony Davies. When Harvard Sports Information asked Munro about prospects earlier this month, he had to admit the Crimson looked like a hands-down winner...
...First, Munro learned that Billy Ward, the Jamaican center-half who was the backbone of last year's team, had decided to take the year off "to think things over." The Crimson had built its whole game on Ward, depending upon his astounding command of the field and his well-placed feeds to the wings. He was a master feinter and the crowds loved to watch him squeeze by a line of defenders. Anyway, he isn't back this season, and the Crimson will be hardpressed for a successor...
...practices began in earnest across from Soldiers Field this week, there were two more absentees: Ghanaians Emmanuel ("Mamma") Boye and Ebenezer Klufio. Both started last year, Boye at right half, Klufio at right wing. According to Munro, the boys, who plan engineering careers, are considering sitting out this season to keep up their grades. The search for replacements has started, but there are no experienced candidates around...
With Ward gone from the lineup, Munro cannot go ahead with his plan to move half-back Davies up to the attacking line. Davies has a hefty boot and hustles; he proved his value in the forward line when he came through with a crucial goal in the Yale game last year...