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Quarterback Dave Smith called an extremely intelligent game last week, and the team seemed to gell efficiently under his leadership. With end Peter Varney and tackle Fritz Reed returning to the starting lineup, the Crimson will have the left side of its offensive line intact once again, and Smith can run the power sweep to either side without worrying about its reduced effectiveness...
Harvard could not generate any offensive punch, and two fine defensive plays resulted in the Yardlings only points Safety Bruce Johnson stole a Pandolfo pass with 2:07 remaining in the first half and returned it 75 yards to the B. C. five. From there it took the Crimson four plays to score. Quarterback Rod Foster swept right end with five seconds left to narrow the Eagle lead to 9-6. Terry Kasbeer converted to make the half-time score...
Buoyed by a 31-0 trouncing of Wesleyan last Saturday, when the Crimson finally got its backfield together and moving, Harvard's rebounding rugby team will at tempt to even its season's record this afternoon when it visits tough Cornell at Ithaca...
...shut out the Crimson last fall, 11-0, employing a brutal scrum and a backfield of equal ferocity. Ferocity might have been effective three weeks ago against Harvard, when the squad was in poor shape and badly disorganized, but it should not be today...
...Wesleyan match showed that Harvard has put it all together, and that the Crimson won't be easily thrown off its game. But Cornell is formidable and can back up its brutishness with a fairly solid technique and a measure of precision in the backfield...