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Quarterback Dick Lalla, who had seen his first passing attempt turned into a Harvard touchdown, returned to the game to spark a drive which was climaxed by halfback Fred Totten, who piled through center a yard for the score totten kicked the extra point...
...included among them Karl Kluckhohn--have graduated. Only Gary Chandler, a junior who was second to Kluckhohn in the pass-receiving category last year, remains. In 1951, Chandler caught 33 passes for 481 yards and four touchdowns. But Lahar also has sophomore John Williams, a sophomore who was catching Lalla's aerials on his Cortland, N.Y., high school eleven...
Lahar and Lalla...
Lahar's greatest range of talent is in the backfield, which operates from the split-T. With Lalla clicking fairly effectively from the quarterback post, Colgate runners are set up with openings by a wide-spread defense. Lalla, a 165-pound sophomore, took over the role of starting quarterback late last season and displayed ability to run and punt, in addition to his pitching talent. In 1951, 43 completions out of 95 attempts netted 641 yards and a 45 percent average. As a runner, he averaged 3.7 yards per try and carried for one touchdown, while his passing collected eight...
...three contests, the Colgate attack has by no means been a driving one. It relies chiefly on Lalla's aerial effectiveness. If he fails to click, then the split-T might fail to split the defense open...