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...first serious assault on the UMass goal line came seconds before the close of the half. Quarterback Mike Bassett officiently brought the football from the opposition 40 yard line to the one yard strip in six plays, the two most important being passes for 19 and 11 yards to halfback Scott Harsh barger...
Once in sight of the goal line, however, Mass stiffened and Harvard hesitated. Second team fullback Stan Yastrzemski investigated seeming openings at left and right guard without success. Then halfback Walter Grant, on a play called in from the bench, carried into right tackie, but could not find the opening. Finally, fullback Bill Grana, now back in the game, took the ball on what was supposed to be an end run but ended up in a blind alley at right tackle. The virginity of its end zone unimpaired, the Mass team left the field engulfed in an appreciative roar from...
UMass's habit of using a lot of backfield motion, shifts to new formations, and other tricks compound the defensive difficulties. Halfback Fred Lewis, a 210-pound cannonball with speed, presents the defense with plenty of problems no matter what the formation. His particular specialty is the end run, a play which is fraught with touchdown potential every time it is called...
Whelchel, Lewis, halfback Phil DeRose, and fullback Mike Ross work behind a two-unit line with both bulk and speed. Last week at Maine Fusia used both lines interchangeably, and seemed equally satisfied with both...
With Bilodeau playing on defense for most of the afternoon, Harvard probably will not try much in the way of passing from the halfback position. Don't be surprised to see Mike Bassett at least cock his arm now and then, however, Bassett, for all the stories to the contrary, is not too bad when he actually throws, and he is supposedly gaining confidence in this part of his game...