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...Crimson has had less injuries, but there are still a few question marks. Chief of these is injured halfback Jim Joslin, who will probably start in the backfield along with Matt Botsford, Walt Stahura, and Tony Gianelly. Another is center Marv Lebovitz, who played the Columbia game with a painful shoulder injury. If Lebovitz is recovered, as late reports seem to indicate, the middle of the Crimson line will be considerably strengthened...
...varsity worked on offense against the jayvees yesterday in preparation for tomorrow's game against Dartmouth. John Simourian, Ron Eikenberry, Jim Bell, and Walt Stahura played in one backfield combination, while Matt Botsford, Jim Joslin, Tony Gianelly, and Marsh Levin made up the other...
Most of yesterday's practice was spent on offense, with John Simourian and Matt Botsford alternating as usual in running the team out of the A-formation. The freshman squad provided the defense, and also ran several trick kicks of the sort that the Crimson expects Dartmouth...
Thus reprieved, Benham faded back again on the next play and threw deep to halfback Ed Spraker. The toss was a bit short, and safety man Matt Botsford reached up for it on the Harvard 33 but only tipped the ball up toward Spraker, who gathered it in on the 25 and loped across for the winning score at 12:02. It appeared that if the ball had not been tipped up, Spraker would still have caught it but would have had to wait for it and could not have scored...
...remainder of the Crimson backfield that started against Cornell will be intact. Walt Stahura, who enjoyed the best game of his career, will be at left half, Tony Gianelly, who plunged for the third touchdown against the Big Red, will be at fullback, and Matt Botsford will once again direct the attack at quarterback...