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This weekend's game against Penn is a case in point. Penn clearly had more talent man for man than Harvard. They had explosive offensive potential with caliber players like Santiago Formosa and John Borozzi. They possessed a talented midfield anchored by Tom Bartolino, again outclassing the Crimson in terms of settling, dribbling and passing the ball...
...margin did not stand up for long against the swarming Ephmen. Williams forward Henry Osborn gained control of the ball near midfield and led a three-man attack against two Crimson defenders. Osborn gave a slight fake and then knifed through the Harvard fullbacks. His shot eluded a sprawling Ben Bryan at 32:09, and the game was deadlocked, 1-1, at halftime...
...second half, however, was a different story. After Harvard received the kickoff and got nowhere, McInally booted a 42-yard punt that the Green's Feasel hauled in at his own ten. He scampered 29 yards to midfield, where McInally made a touchdown-saving tackle...
...point advantage with only 1:22 to go. Harvard recovered the onside kick, but couldn't get a first down. McInally punted to the five-yard line, and Dartmouth had 11 seconds to move 95 yards. A first pass attempt failed. Then Brait lofted a beautiful pass to midfield, where Dartmouth's fleet Tom Fleming sped out of nowhere. It seemed as though he would take the ball and go all the way, when cornerback Joe Sciolla leaped at the ball, and deflected it with a finger...
...score came with 5:30 remaining in the first half after continuous Crimson pressure. Captain Steve Mead, who was switched to halfback from fullback, made a pass from the midfield to junior halfback Steve Hines, who passed it in a picture give-and-go play to Dave Acorn. Acorn, playing at the top of the penalty area, passed to Hines who sped past Columbia defenders...