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...right side of the Tiger 11--fullback Lasse Brautaset, John Bowen and Touraj Touran--troubled Harvard the most. Brautaset played like a halfback much of the time, sending short passes to Bowen or dribbling clear before sending long balls down the wings. With ten minutes gone, the highly skilled Bowen made a pretty, right-footed dab of a bouncing ball over Peter Sergienko's head before racing down the wing and centering. He and Touran repeatedly worked the ball towards the middle of the field near the Crimson penalty box. Their eforts, however, came to nought...
...next possession typified the Crimson day on offense. St. John had apparently loaded up his arm on the sidelines and from the Harvard 36 he faked the halfback option and threw over the middle to Al Altieri curling out of the backfield at the 45. Altieri bulled his way into Princeton territory at the 44 where the drive began to stall...
Beatrice recovered his own fumble for a four-yd. loss on a pitchout. A halfback option took Harvard four yards further from the goal line; and on third and 18, St. John was sacked to take Harvard back to the 41 and out of field goal range...
...teams were not as evenly matched as the score indicates, with the Q-World offense, paced by halfback Jim Rosenfeld and quarterback Lon Hatamiya, dominating play. A 40-yard pass play from Hatamiya to Art O'Keefe provided the game's winning touchdown...
Smerczynski, an agile scrambler, will run the attack, though Restic says he may use the strong-armed Lahti if Harvard needs more of a passing game. Keyte, having worked three weeks at the halfback spot, returned this week to his preseason position behind the center--at Restic's request...