Team Closes Fall at 3-2; Spring Outlook Promising

Love for the sport is all that keeps the Harvard Ruby Club going. As an unofficial athletic activity, it confronts obstacles recognized teams never face. The College gives the Club no support except the use of a field (which the players feel is a very poor one at that). Practices are not compulsory, and therefore poorly attended. The team plays anyway, even without practice, and only when 15 men do not appear is the match cancelled.

Another problem this fall was sticking to the arranged schedule; two of the teams scheduled to play Harvard here (Fordham and Brown) never arrived.

This fall regulars in the scrum included Bill Pfeiffer, who did especially well in the lineouts, Ed Quattlebaum, Duane Aid-rich, a good hooker despite lack of experience, Lee freshman, Doug Hall, and Chuck Strozier. Sometime scrumhalf Ray Vickers, tough Bruce Caputo, speedy Gage McAgee, the elusive runner John Dickinson, and Mike Burbank, who was best on defense, stood out among the backs.

Excellent Season Ahead

Captain and scrumhalf Richard Carey feels the Rugby Club has an excellent season ahead. A number of underclassmen, new to the game this fall, will form an effective nucleus for the spring as well as for next year.

Fall rugger is never as good as in the spring. Practice begins several weeks after school starts, and there is usually insufficient preparation for the first match. This spring, however, practice in Briggs Cage will begin during February and will be followed by several matches in Bermuda over spring vacation.

Many who prefer the gridiron in the fall return to the rugby field in the spring, so Harvard should come up with a fifteen par excellence. Rugby Club president Jeff Pochop, Mike Furley, and Gene Skowronski will all be immeasurable assets.