Word: benham
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Anyone upset by the spectre of Columbia's Claude Benham throwing a pass should stay home today when Harvard plays DARTMOUTH and Bill Beagle at 2 p.m. in the Stadium...
...Benham is good, then Beagle may be better, and a basically weak Dartmouth team, with a spectacular passer rates a toss-up against Harvard's strong line and single wing offense...
Last week Lion quarterback Benham completed 16 of 31 passes while the Crimson's failure to pass allowed the Columbia defense to pack in and limit the Crimson running attack to a mere six first downs. Even if the Crimson can't stop the efficient Beagle, it must disguise it own single wing offense with enough passing to keep the Dartmouth defense honest...
...Crimson can expect trouble from the dual passing threat of last year's Columbia iron man, Dick Carr, and this year's leading ivy passer quarterback Benham. "He's a pretty fair passer," Little says, speaking of Benham, who ranks fifth in the nation in passing and ninth in total yardage. Carr, of course, was an all-Eastern selection last year, a 60 minute man in every Columbia game, the Ivy's top passer, and the East's leader in total yardage. Coach Little has kept both his stars in the line-up by moving the versatile Carr...
Operating his teams out of a winged-T. Lou Little has developed a reputation among coaches for getting the maximum out of limited material. Under Little, Benham has produced in three games as impressive a set of statistics as has ever been compiled by an Ivy sophomore. The showing of the other sophomores, especially Lacope, who played 60 minutes in his first varsity game, Art Wilson, and Roy Altman, has been impressive against tough opponents...