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...wasn't great defense that kept the first-half score down to nothing: it was mostly sloppy backfield play and dropped or poorly-thrown passes by both sides...
They began with running and weight-lifting, just as they did as backfield mates at Montclair (N.J.) High School two years ago. Soon, they were out on the high school field for an hour and a half before dark every weeknight. Tyson would start backpedaling, and Burton would fire the ball a few feet to one side of him or the other. Over and over again...
Harvard will open with an all-sophomore backfield. At quarterback, George Lalich replaces junior Pete Berg, who cracked his collarbone against Tufts and will be sidelined for at least another week...
Lalich suffered from mononucleosis during the freshman season last year and is still of unknown caliber. But varsity backfield coach Pat Stark was impressed with his performance last week against Columbia, as he scored one touchdown and threw another to sophomore halfback Kenny O'Connell. O'Connell caught three straight passes in the last minutes of the first half to hand Harvard its victory...
...familiar Dartmouth backfield, which eluded everybody last year, was at full strength against Princeton for the first time this season. Quarterback Mickey Beard completed eight of 15 passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns, although he sat out virtually the entire second half. And next to teammate Paul Klungness, who was supposed to be a doubtful starter because of a shoulder dislocation, Beard was the game's leading ground gainer with 67 yards...