Word: lalich
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Holy Cross beat Yale in the opener last fall. Yale won the Ivy title and didn't lose another game the whole season. Harvard has suffered injury after injury. If the offensive line can hold off the Crusaders long enough for George Lalich to pick out Pete Varney, Harvard has a shot. Otherwise Holy Cross passer Phil O'Neil may get enough help from the Crimson's inexperienced secondary to carry the day. This is a real pick 'em and, as my father's son. I pick Harvard...
Senior George Lalich will fill the gap at quarterback left by Ric Zimmerman's graduation. Rounding out the backfield wil be Hornblower and captain Gatto in the halfback slots and Ken O'Connell at fullback...
...score came on the first team's second series of plays after Lalich had run the teams through fifteen minutes of playing time without crossing the goal line. Moving almost exclusively through the air, relying on sure hands, good speed, and brute force of a potentially great split and sophomore Pete Varney, Lalich brought the team from deep in his own territory to the defense's 40. Then he pitched to sparingly used Captain Vic Gatto for what looked like a Gatto special around the left...
...will probably start Lalich over Champi against Holy Cross Saturday, but he's sure to be second-guessed from the stands...
...Neither offensive line (first or second unit) was overpowering. Lalich, Champi and Smith spent most of their time dodging tacklers. With this in mind, Yovicsin is making liberal use of an old favorite: an inside handoff to a halfback who then gives it back to the quarter-back, keeping the defense honest and giving receivers time to get downfield...