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Chances are reasonably good that one team will emerge with its first victory after five unsuccessful starts apiece. There has been just one tie since the series started--the only game in which both teams failed to score. Harvard has won the last three games in the series but the margin of victory was just one touchdown in each ease...
...Crimson held its customary token workout in the Stadium yesterday and when it was over Coach Art Valpey rated today's game clearly a toss-up. "It will depend on how far each team has come in its recovery," he said. The betting gentry has given the locals a six and one-half point edge, largely because of their superior physical condition...
Ticket sales for the Holy Cross game are the worst in years, the HAA reported last night. While freshmen were being handed tickets to the Princeton game high in the colonnade, choice duets for Holy Cross could be purchased without waiting or priority...
...drop in ticket demand was explained by Athletic Association director W. Henry Johnson, who said, "The Harvard-Holy Cross game, more than any other game on our schedule, depends on the previous records of the teams for audience appeal." Johnson's statement has been borne out by the lack of student and general public enthusiasm...
...Harvard attendance which has been estimated at close to 100,000 compares favorably to the 23,400 per-game average for 112 schools but is far from the midwestern universities. Michigan is the nation's leader with 291,707 gross for three games...