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Line rushing and pass defense were emphasized in Tuesday's practice session, as the Crimson prepares to stop Claude Benham, the Lions' T-formation quarterback, rated at least as good a passer and play-caller as Cornell's Bill DeGraaf...
There have been many good quarterbacks performing in Soldiers Field in the past few seasons. There were Brown's Pete Kohut, Columbia's Claude Benham and Dartmouth's Bill Beagle, but Cornell's star was the best. His sleight of hand fooled oven the most experienced observers in the press box, and his pitch outs and forward passes were extremely accurate. He scored all three Cornell touchdowns, and kicked two extra points, besides playing the entire game on defense...
...weather will not necessarily harm the teams' passing--it did not stop Claude Benham in the Columbia game here--but it may increase the fumble totals, which are usually high in the tense Harvard-Yale games, especially when so many sophomores are in the lineups...
Harvard's two Ivy League defeats this year have been caused mainly by a pair of talented passers Claude Benham of Columbia and Bill Beagle of Dartmouth--but in both defeats the Crimson line easily stopped the opposition's week ground attack. Today, however, the Crimson faces a team which has an excellent passing attack, and an even stronger ground force...
...Benham is ninth in the nation in total offense with 599 yards gained, and fifth in pass completions, having...