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...Bruce Munro's psychology as much as his coaching brought about the surprisingly spirited play of the boosters. After watching his "first" team bumble through two games. Munro reshuffled his whole lineup before the Williams game, and started seven former substitutes. The resulting shock to members of the former "first" line made them play inspired ball when they went in as a until towards the end of the first period. As a result, they stayed in, and the rest of the team caught fire...
...victory over B.U.--Harvard's "blue" (or first line), has looked lazy and unaggressive. In contrast, the "white" or (second line) showed a lot of hustle in the B.U. game, and by keeping on the pressure in this week's practices has earned itself a right to start. Munro says that he "will go along with the guys with the hustle, even if they aren't as skillful as the blue team...
...records show that hustle and not skill has brought results, however. Against the Terriers the "white" line scored four of the six goals and the two lines played for approximately an even amount of time. Both lines have a tendency to pass too much and shoot too little, but Munro has been working on half-field practice all week in an effort to correct this...
Juan Vollenweider, Frank Davies, Ed Seaga, Johnny Beer, and Steve Joyce are now the first line for the Crimson. Munro has been shuffing players all week, but he finally took the B.U. game second line intact and promoted it. The old first-string is expected to see plenty of action, however...
This is the first time Williams has played the Crimson in soccer since Munro became coach and introduced his "English" style of short-passing play. The Ephmen use a more aggressive hit-and-run style...