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Besides the Crimson's three most recent captains, the brothers Ken and Cleo O'Donnell and Vince Moravoc, three other captain the other three victims were Don Forte, Joe Gardolla, and Torbie Macdonald. The last three all were Crimson colors before 1943, the year Harvard placed formal football in mothballs for the duration of the war. Only Franny Lee in 1941 escaped jinx...
Harvard's second score came as a result of one of its two good aerials of the day, a Harding to Macdonald heave which carried to the enemy 17. Gardella got eight, Harding eight and eleven inches, and Gardolla the pay-off finale...
Individually Austie Harding and Joe Gardolla stood out, and both probably annexed starting berths against Yale by their work. While disappointing with his passes, tailback Harding nevertheless did the hardest running on the field and three times advanced the spheroid to within inches of scoring on fine runs. Gardella continued to outshine all the Crimson pass defenders, which was a none too difficult feat Saturday, and also had the honor of making the first two first downs...
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