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...Holt was also hitting his receivers against the porous Princeton secondary, with a 31-yard toss to All-American wide receiver Pat McInally, a key play in the drive...
Harvard rose to the challenge of one-upsmanship, and when it got the ball, Holt and company went right to work. Milt hit McInally with a 15-yard pass, to get the Crimson ball rolling. Alternating runs and passes, Harvard bulldozed its way to the Princeton ten. There, a beautiful Holt-Pete Curtin combination made it 13-7 at the end of the first period...
...Holt, again demonstrating the aggressive confidence he's developed over the course of the season, hit sophomore receiver Bill Curry with two lightning-quick slant-in passes in succession that moved the ball all the way down to the Princeton three. Milt tried a keeper that failed, and then was sacked for a seven-yard loss. With the clock running and Harvard having two time-outs, Holt, in a quick formation play, hit McInally with a nine-yarder for the touchdown, with just 14 seconds left in the half. The point after was wide again, but Harvard walked...
...just as at Dartmouth, a cool Holt refused to let the tide change. Holt directed Harvard 67 yards for a touch-down, hitting tight end Curtin with a pass in the endzone. That made the score 26-17 Harvard, but with the way Princeton was moving, it looked as though the Crimson would need a lot more than that to ensure the victory...
Harvard halfback Steve Dart went around right end for seven. Then Holt, after an offside against Harvard, went in on a keeper from the six. Milt got the two-point conversion and school was out for the Tigers and their charged-up followers. Ivy League Standings W L T Harvard 5 0 0 Yale 5 0 0 Penn 2 2 1 Princeton 2 3 0 Brown 2 3 0 Dartmouth 2 3 0 Columbia...