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...last-ditch drive in the game's closing minutes provided Crimson football with its most exciting moments of the year. Two Bartolet passes covered 85 yards, and when Bert Messenbaugh hauled in Bartolet's second touchdown pitch of the day, even the writers in the press box, who rarely get excited about anything, were on their feet...
...with Bartolet at quarterback, the Crimson mounted its first real moving from the Harvard 20 to Princeton six, before Armstrong on a third down play and Scott for the home team. Armstrong's runs of thirteen, nine and twelve , and a 27-yard pass play from Bartolet, and to Messenbaugh, who lateraled to Boyda, covered most of the yardage...
...starting line--ends Bob Boyda and Bert Messenbaugh, tackles Bob Pillsbury and Eric Nelson, guards Terry Lenzner and Bill Swinford, and center Jon Christensen--is at least the equal of Penn's. Swinford, especially, has been a standout. At 180 lbs., he will be the smallest lineman on the field today, but chances are he will contribute strongly to the Crimson cause...
Everybody knows how Maclntyre lofted a perfect 20-yard pass to end Bert Messenbaugh in the third period to win the game. His fine punting--a 33-yarder that rolled dead on the Dartmouth three, and two 52-yard efforts--held the Indians at bay all afternoon. Perhaps all Maclntyre really needed was to get mad sooner; as Vic Johnson, Boston Herald cartoonist, observed, "The moral of the story is: Never rouse the ire of a MacIntyre...
Another player who looked happy in the post-game celebration was junior and Pete Hart, who finally broke into the lineup after being sidelined by as injured hand. Hart performed well in his few minutes of action, but may have a tough time replacing Messenbaugh among the starters now that the Okia-homan has begun to shine...