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Hornblower, who was the only one to win Harvard's Offensive Player of the Week Award twice last year despite the presence of Vic Gatto, is the only member of the original backfield who is starting after the first six games. Frank Champi quit, Steve Harrison displaced John Ballantyne and Gus Crim is injured, as are Scotty Guild and John Lakaska...
...became apparent that Yale would roll to an undefeated season. After Harvard beat Dartmouth, it realistically had only to dump Penn and outlast Princeton to set up a battle that sportswriters had waited almost a century to glorify. Harvard and Yale, both undefeated, headed by the gods, Dowling and Gatto, Yale's unstoppable offense against Harvard's unmovable defense, with the Ivy title at stake, and Dowling's deification on the line...
Twenty-four lettermen, including eight defensive starters, are gone: Vic Gatto, one of the greatest halfbacks in Harvard History, is gone. So are regular quarterback George Lalich and three-quarters of the Crimson's talented defensive backfield. But the Crimson's high-scoring offense of last year has indirectly produced what may be this year's strength--experienced reserves who can step into staring positions. Harvard's explosiveness early in its games last fall often produced sizeable half-time leads, and Yovicsin took advantage of them to give second and third team players prolonged and valuable game-time. The reserves...
Running backs have been talented and plentiful in recent years, but this fall Yovicsin will be able to employ two different backfields of first-string quality. Senior Ray Hornblower, Gatto's shifty running mate last year, may team with sophomore Steve Harrison, a hard-running halfback who scored 48 points for the freshmen last fall, to form one of the most dangerous pairs in the East. Senior lettermen John Ballantyne and Jim Reynolds, who confirmed their quality with fine second-half performances as juniors, are definitely capable of strong backup support, and juniors Richie Szaro, Scotty Guild, Skip Vaccarello...
October 19: There was a light spot in the Harvard sports day as Vic Gatto set a new career rushing record and led the Crimson football team to a 10-0 win over Cornell. But in Mexico City, a tired Harvard crew came in last in the Olympic rowing finals. After watching West Germany win the race and Australia come in second, Harvard coach Harry Parker said "the other crews were just faster and better...