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Against Princeton, Harvard's offense managed to sustain several drives entirely on the ground, even though the Tigets knew exactly what was coming. The Crimson starting backfield of John McCluskey, Wally Grant, Bobby Leo, and Tom Choquette has recovered from early-in-the-week ailments and should be going at full strength today...
Then came the play which may have ruined Harvard's chances for the Eastern football upset of the year. On fourth down and five yards to go John McCluskey pitched out to halfback Don Sadoski, who rolled to the right. Near the right sideline, Sadoski had five yards of unpopulated turf before him--and almost certainly could have run for the crucial first down. Instead, he overthrew a pass to Wally Grant far downfield; to make matters worse, Sadoski was past the line of scrimmage when he threw...
...once again, Harvard's nonexistent passing attack was to blame for the offense's ineffectiveness. McCluskey's passing was dismal, and Harvard completed only two of 14 throws for a grand total of 16 yards. On those unavoidable third-and-five situations, which are crucial for any sustained drive, the offense couldn't move the ball. Princeton, with nothing to fear through the airways, could concentrate on stopping Harvard's ground game...
Three plays later Princeton had the ball again. On a third-and-six situation, McCluskey tried to pass to end Carter Lord, but the throw was picked off by Tiger back Doug James on the Harvard...
After the kickoff, Harvard began to show flashes of that brilliant running which was supposed to lead the Crimson to the Ivy championship. On nine straight running plays. Harvard moved 37 yards to the Tiger 30. And then--catastrophe. McCluskey made a bad pitchout to Leo, and the ball bounded past the junior halfback. Leo tried to pick it up, and it kept rolling. After a succession of bobbles by both teams, Princeton finally recovered the ball on the Crimson...