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PALMER SATUDIUM Nov. 6--Hustling out of the press box and jostling my way through the mammoth, milling mob at this 47th annual gridiron classic, I cornered Tiger mentor Charlie Caldwell under the stands during half-time...
Perhaps the most noticeable--and welcome--phase of the game to the spectators huddled under raincoats and programs was the performance of fullback Tony Gianelly, a sophomore, and until Saturday little more than that. He showed the effects of a tough week of practicing gridiron fundamentals, setting up and scoring the last Crimson touchdown...
...Crimson football fan, however, no longer regards an upset victory over his team as a calamity. Reassured regularly by such anonymous teams as the University of Massachusetts (13 to 7 in '54) and Tufts (7 to 0 in '45), Harvard's gridiron followers now realize that the Crimson does not win them all, even against the little teams...
...when signal-stealing first made a team huddle necessary before each play, the littlest college in Harvard's football history contributed the Crimson fan's most awakening gridiron experience. That was the first year a Harvard varsity football team lost its opening game. And what's more, it was defeated by a squad of 24 players from Geneva College in Beaver Falls...
...University of Massachusetts played Harvard is football three times before 1916 and failed to score a touchdown. In the 38 years since then, the UMass Redmen have not met any Ivy League college on the gridiron. When they enter Harvard Stadium this afternoon, however, Coach Charlie O'Rourke's eleven will be shooting not for just a touchdown or an impressive showing, but for a major upset and their second straight win of the year...