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...solid favorite. The Lions rolled up 26 first downs, a record for the school, and 480 yards gained, but this was not enough. Harvard scored four of the first six times it had the ball, on a 60-yard run, a 16-yard pass after a running play had covered 54 yards, an 18-yard rush after a backfield fumble, and a 36-yard touchdown throw. The score at the half was Harvard 27, Columbia 10. The explosive Lion offense roared back in the second half, but could not overcome the varsity's early lead...
This fall marks only the second season of Columbia soccer in the past 44 years. The Lions met half of the Ivy League soccer squads last fall, and will play the other teams this year, with possible admission to the League set for 1960. In 1958, its first season of varsity status since 1915, Columbia posted a 1-6-2 record. Earlier in the present campaign, the Lions bowed to C.C.N.Y., the best team in the New York area, 5 to 2, and lost to Pratt, perennially in the middle of the Metropolitan League standings, by a 3-1 margin...
Even more encouraging for Yovicsin has been the improved play of his second team. Composed mostly of sophomores, the experience it gained in the opening contests makes it eligible for heavy duty this afternoon. This is doubly important against Columbia whose own second team gave up much yardage to Princeton and Yale...
While the Lions captain will be playing only for small periods at best, the Crimson "has not been in as good physical shape since the opening day of fall practice," Yovicsin said. Defensive back Jim Nelson, recovering from a bout with mononucleosis, is the only man not counted on to play...