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Paul Halas, an unsuccessful quarterback candidate two years ago, lettered last season as a reserve safety. This time around, he has the job to himself. He came through against Columbia, picking off two Lion passes. "He was on top of every situation," defensive backfield coach Larry Glueck said yesterday...
...rolled to a 12-0 halftime lead, taking advantage of the sloppy Crimson backfield play. Only Albala's running dropkick near game's end saved Harvard from the big doughnut...
Yale took over from there and on the strength of the running of the backfield trio of Pagliari, Southworth and Hatem, drove deep into Harvard territory before a missed field goal attempt gave Harvard the ball at its own 20 with 46 seconds...
After trouncing the Big Red, Columbia's powder keg offense seems ready to erupt after remaining quiescent throughout midseason. Folowing the first three games of the season against Harvard, Lafayette and Penn, the backfield had churned for 667 yards, and Columbia was running ninth in the voting for the Lambert Trophy...
Harvard dominated in certain areas in the A game, noticeably the scrum, but the game was decided in the backfield...