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...strongest point of the varsity's game was the defense, which, especially during the first half, skillfully broke up most of the Club attacks. The Crimson defensemen got only mediocre support from the midfield players, however, and as a result the Club was able to keep the ball in Harvard territory for the majority of the game...
...probable starting lineup for the Crimson will include captain Mac Hyde, Jim Gale and Tim Draper at midfield; John Baldwin, Tom Crump and Jim Herscot on defense; and Jerry Cotter, Mike Shaw and Dick Pille on attack. Dick Mackin-non will play in the goal...
...personal foul penalty helped stop the Yale attack after the kickoff, and the teams exchanged midfield fumbles. The Yale end dumped Simourian for a 14-yard loss on his 30 at the end of the period...
Yale kicked off, a long, spiralling kick that carried to Harvard's goal line. A lineman caught it and darted for the near sideline. A deafening crescendo of agonied yells sped the runner past the midfield stripe, behind a series of crushing blocks. Two tackles clung to him but he would not stop. Finally, crushed under a mountain of Yale muscle, he lateraled a pass between the legs of a tackler, and a teammate gathered the ball into his arms for the last twenty yards and the first of Harvard's nine touchdowns...
Later in the same period, after Penn had intercepted a Simouran pass at midfield, the Quakers moved in eight plays for a score. The touchdown was a 20-yard pass from Ross to end Dick Schaefer all alone in the end zone. Actually, Ross' bootleg execution fooled the whole defense, allowing Schaefer to get beyond both Simourian and Joslin...