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...third and five from the 26 worked well as Connors took it straight ahead for a first down at the 21. On the next play, Lahti took his time, stepped up and hit Horner on a turn-in at the 5 and the fleet-footed receiver waltzed into the endzone for the Crimson's first points. A Dave Cody kick finally gave Harvard 7, making the tally 34-7 at 5:29 in the fourth quarter...
...Lahti kept for three more before the officials ruled his third-down pass for Horner was trapped and incomplete in the endzone. From the shotgun on fourth, Lahti hit Callinan in the gap for Harvard's second score. Cody kicked to make it 34-14 with 5:49 to play...
...late break as George Jackson intercepted the ball on Cornell's first play, combined with a Horner catch at the Cornell 40 put the Crimson in motion again. The final hopes then died, as Lahti's shotgun pass for Callinan fell into Cornell arms at the Big Red 22, setting up the last Cornell score...
After dominating play for most of the contest, the Crimson got two bad breaks in a row that cost it the game. A penalty set up a free kick by the Big Red from just outside the penalty area. Harvard goalie Ed Weinfurter reached up to fist the ball just as Cornell forward Sam Fisher lept for a header. From there the events were unclear...
ITHACA, N.Y.--Two quarterbacks and four Joe Restic ulcers later, Harvard returns to Ivy League play this weekend against the Big Red of Cornell, here at Schoellkopf Field...