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Kelly resolved on the long bomb, and sent Scott Creelman down the middle of the field. Creelman had the Harvard defender, Bill Grana, beat by a good step, and when Kelly let go with a near perfect strike, everyone in the Stadium thought Dartmouth had its second touchdown of the afternoon. Everyone except Grana, that is. The Crimson fullback, in a play that obviously will get better with each telling, and was great enough to begin with, made a leaping, one-handed interception, startling himself almost as much as everyone else...
Archie Roberts, whose mistake in the last minute obscured a brilliant quarter-backing job, said after the game that Harvard could have won if it had passed more often. Columbia was set for the Crimson ground game; Grant off-tackle, Grana up the middle, power sweep to the right, etc. When the varsity did open up--as when Tom Bilodeau threw his halfback pass to Frank Ulcickas--the Lions couldn't stop...
Harvard gets excellent blocking for its rushing plays. Grana is indispensable, and linemen like Tom Stephenson and Jeff Pochop hit their men with singular aggressiveness. Bassett, too is a fine blocker. But a long march which relies almost exclusively on fairly short-gaining runs can too easily be stopped: by a penalty, a fumble, a missed block...
...Grant has displayed an unusual combination of quickness and power in his runs, and could become one of Harvard's greatest football players. John Dockery, a less-publicized sophomore, runs the 100-yard dash in 9.9 seconds and performs the rather startling maneuver of catching passes thrown to him. Grana, solid as a blocker and defensive player, once in awhile runs with the irresistable character he manifested as a sophomore. Bassett has had too many passes dropped by his receivers to be a happy man, but he remains the coolest quarterback in the Temperate Zone...
...defensive backfield had its weak moments against Roberts' passes, but so does everybody else. Rick Beizer, Jerry Mechling. Tom Bilodeau, and Grana--the regular quartet--have made few mistakes (one of the grosser ones being the 78-yard Cornell touchdown) and many fine plays...