Word: horner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still want to assay the bulk of Letters--out of a sentimental attachment to Barth's brilliant earlier epic-length efforts, Giles Goat-Boy and The Sot-Weed Factor, or out of sheer quixotic nerve--you could take the advice of Jacob Horner, formerly the protagonist of The End of the Road and now a pawn wandering Barth's checkerboard...
...ineffective Cornell series and punt gave Harvard a first at its own 45. A Lahti-to-Horner pass and a Cornell facemask gave Harvard the ball at the Cornell 22. Working out of the shotgun, Lahti threw three incompletes and the Crimson faced a fourth and ten. Lahti responded with a bullet to Beatrice for a first on the 10 as the fullback curled in under the linebackers...
...third and five from the 26 worked well as Connors took it straight ahead for a first down at the 21. On the next play, Lahti took his time, stepped up and hit Horner on a turn-in at the 5 and the fleet-footed receiver waltzed into the endzone for the Crimson's first points. A Dave Cody kick finally gave Harvard 7, making the tally 34-7 at 5:29 in the fourth quarter...
Hollingsworth weaved for three, and Lahti kept for three more before the officials ruled his third-down pass for Horner was trapped and incomplete in the endzone. From the shotgun on fourth, Lahti hit Callinan in the gap for Harvard's second score. Cody kicked to make it 34-14 with 5:49 to play...
...late break as George Jackson intercepted the ball on Cornell's first play, combined with a Horner catch at the Cornell 40 put the Crimson in motion again. The final hopes then died, as Lahti's shotgun pass for Callinan fell into Cornell arms at the Big Red 22, setting up the last Cornell score...