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After 17 minutes Bob Auritt, who played for ten minutes in the second half, kicked a corner kick and in the ensuing scramble the booters pressured the Tiger goal. Princeton fullback Steve Tobolski cleared the ball to midfield, where forward Chip Caine dribbled it downfield pursued by Fearnett and Wulsin. Fearnett caught up with him and blocked his shot. The ball was rolling smoothly toward the goal when all of a sudden Princeton forward Jim Hansen, who was trailing, appeared on the scene to chip the ball with the outside of his foot...
...only Harvard booter who performed well on the marshy field was Rob Finley, who gleefully drenched coaches, players and bystanders on his sweeps downfield. With the Brown players as reluctant as the Crimson to battle for a loose ball kicked into a flooded area of the field, Finley had little trouble turning the tide his way. Unfortunately, Finley's command of the waterways wasn't enough to overcome the inconsistent play of the rest of the team...
...attributed to an increased level of competition on the teams Harvard is scheduled to play. He said that the varsity squads Harvard plays have worked together longer than his men and have a greater momentum and ease. He said his team's approach and movement of the ball downfield was good, but added, "our finish lacks fire. The desire-blind passion needed to score goals is lacking...
Columbia's first bad break came when they lost the coin toss. The Lions kicked off to the Crimson and Stoeckel marched the Crimson downfield on the first of five sustained scoring drives. Junior halfbacks Alky Tsitsos and Ed Cronin ate up big chunks of yardage and Stoeckel capped the 14-play, 75-yard series with a one-yard sneak into the Columbia end zone. Kicker Bruce Tetirick added the first extra point...
Pineapple Milt Holt took the helm on the Crimson's next series. The junior southpaw drove the team 69 yards downfield in six plays and handed off to junior halfback Doug Quimby, who went in from four yards out. Tetirick kicked the extra point with just 27 seconds left in the half...