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Losing no time in starting their quest, the Crusaders almost captured the game in the first three minutes. Jim Gravel ran the opening kick-off back to the Holy Cross 40 from the 15. McCarthy was in an excellent position for attacking. He did immediately, but his first pass failed. Undaunted, he continued with his pass action style of football, and only three plays later the ball was laid on the Harvard 18. Switching to orthodox, short run plays, McCarthy then had his fellow backs assault the interior line until he had achieved the one yard line. Harvard's forward...
Hennessey, who will play today, grabbed the bouncing kick-off on his own 15 yard line and sped untouched down the center of the gridiron for the Crusader's only tally...
Hank Hatch took the kick-off on his own six, dashed magnificently up the sidelines, skillfully evaded numerous tacklers, picked up timely blocking, spun his way to the Lehigh 35, and fumbled the ball. Inspired by this performance, Hobie Armstrong fumbled a punt a few plays later. Before the first quarter was half over Mike Bassett also had managed to fumble, and it began to look as if the Crimson was once again preparing to give Lehigh a victory...
Harvard got nowhere after the kick-off, and King soon had his Engineers marching again. Halfback slashes at the line and two successful passes brought the visitors to the Harvard nine. Then Clark spun around right end to the seven, where Bill Grana was waiting with a hard tackle. Clark dropped the ball and Dick Diehl fell on it eagerly...
Lehigh failed to get a first down after the third quarter kick-off, and Bassett was soon back in operation. This time he plotted a 70 yard trip through Lehigh's crumbling defenses, using simple hand-offs and a pass to get to the Lehigh 15. Here the drive was temporarily stalled until Bassett rolled out on fourth down and hit Dave Hudepohl at the five with a perfect pass. Hudepohl ran the rest of the way and Harvard...