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Harvard's superb halfbacks, Vic Gatto and Ray Hornblower, rambled through the Columbia line for 237 yards Saturday to offset an otherwise undistinguished team performance and provide the margin for a 21-14 Ivy League victory...
...finest performance of his career, Gatto, the Harvard captain, gained 144 yards, scored one touchdown, had another called back by a penalty, and blocked like a tackle. Gatto's yardage moved him within 50 yards of the alltime Crimson rushing leader, Dick Clasby...
...ground game never was effective, so Harvard's front line kept a hard rush on all afternoon. Domres was forced to carry the ball 18 times, with only a very few rushes intentional. Late in the first half, after Gatto and new fullback Gus Crim had scored, Domres passed the Lions to a touchdown, climaxing a 45 yard drive with a pretty 28 yard completion to star end Bill Wasevich...
Harvard got the roll, all the way to Columbia's 15 where, for some other-worldly reason, Lion receiver Rick Rose briefly fondled the ball and then walked away. Harvard tackle Fritz Reed alertly fell on it, and two plays later Gatto followed good blocking around the left side for the first six points of the game. Tom Wynne followed with the first of three conversions...
Columbia's defensive success will depend on its ability to handle Harvard's multi-faceted offense. The first two opponents on the Crimson schedule have been unable to cope with the halfback option pass worked so well by both Hornblower and captain Vie Gatto...