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...powerful running attack and excellent end play brought Yale the Ivy League championship this afternoon in the stadium as the Elis defeated Harvard for the 42nd time. Dean Loucks directed the Eli attack expertly, calling on Al Ward, Dennis McGill, and Steve Ackerman for hard rushing, while ends Vern Loucks and Paul Lopata excelled on offense and defense...
...Elis swept quickly for a touchdown on eight plays with a two-yard plunge by Dennis McGill capping the drive at 7:04. Ackerman had opened the drive by running off left tackle to the 49, and then Dean Loucks passed to Vern Loucks on the 23. Two incomplete passes followed, and then Dean Loucks hit McGill with a flat pass, and he went out on the 11. Ackerman ran five, and then McGill went to the two before crashing over. Vern Loucks kicked the point...
Harvard got nowhere with the next kickoff, and Matt Botsford quick-kicked into the end zone on the third down from his 39. Ackerman fumbled on the first Yale play and Marv Lebovitz recovered on the 19, but the Yale line stiffened and forced Harvard back to the 27 before taking the ball on downs...
McGill ran 27 yards to the Crimson 46 and then Ackerman went 30 more to the 16. But Dean Loucks fumbled three plays later on a jarring tackle by Lebovitz, and Harvard had the ball on the 30 at the quarter...
...Ackerman, troubled the last two years with broken collarbones, is very healthy this year, as proven by his 42 points. He is the fullback, and is used mainly on the fourth down three-yard plunges. Ward, who tied the Yale touchdown record with eleven last season, has six so far and leads the team in rushing with 590 yards. McGill's average of 6.6 yards per carry is the best, however...