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Watson has racked up 25 goals, 48 points in two seasons in Cambridge. He tailed off to 9-13-22 last year, but hopes to bounce back from sophomore jinx. "Michael will hopefully regain his scoring touch from his freshman year...
...more factor: the tigers may have developed a mini-jinx over the Crimson. Two years ago, at Palmer Stadium, Harvard's Ralph Polillio fumbled on the Princeton 2-yd. line in the final seconds to let the Tigers escape with a 24-24 tie. And dlast year a Harvard fumble at the Princeton 26 with three minutes remaining granted the visitors a 9-7 victory in Cambridge. With rain predicted for this afternoon, Crimson ballcarriers cannot allow the ghost of fumbles past to haunt them...
...Carril's Harvard jinx held; his victory was his 24th out of 25 contests in his 13 years at the Princeton helm...
...Harvard quarterbacks continued to fall victim to the injury plague like so many medieval Europeans. After a sputtery offensive quarter and a half, Mike Smerczynski scrambled back toward the line of scrimmage and went down hard. He limped off the field with a badly sprained ankle, and the jinx lives...
...hapless Bruins encountered the famous Montreal jinx, as the Canadiens seemingly invincible on their home ice, outskated the visitors from start to finish in a penalty-ridden contest...