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Then came the play which may have ruined Harvard's chances for the Eastern football upset of the year. On fourth down and five yards to go John McCluskey pitched out to halfback Don Sadoski, who rolled to the right. Near the right sideline, Sadoski had five yards of unpopulated turf before him--and almost certainly could have run for the crucial first down. Instead, he overthrew a pass to Wally Grant far downfield; to make matters worse, Sadoski was past the line of scrimmage when he threw...
...began to show flashes of that brilliant running which was supposed to lead the Crimson to the Ivy championship. On nine straight running plays. Harvard moved 37 yards to the Tiger 30. And then--catastrophe. McCluskey made a bad pitchout to Leo, and the ball bounded past the junior halfback. Leo tried to pick it up, and it kept rolling. After a succession of bobbles by both teams, Princeton finally recovered the ball on the Crimson...
Captained by high-scoring halfback Vic Gatto, who reminds some fans of Joe Bellino, the Yardlings have annihilated Tufts 41-0, slipped by Dartmouth 10-7 and tied Boston College...
Princeton has trouble scoring. Anywhere but 15 yards from the opponents goal they play well, but that's not where it counts in the standings. The Tigers have a strong halfback trio of Robin Ross. Bill Reed and Frank MacMurray, Captain Walt Smedley and Jolyan Sprowles are good fullbacks...
...Crimson has not yet shown any ability to move the ball with consistency. Despite the defense's excellence. Harvard has suffered through three straight games without a victory. With star halfback Bobby Leo sidelined with a hamstring pull, the offensive woes will be aggravated today...