Word: plays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prominent townspeople in Boss Brigante's pocket is the chief of police, Attilio, a fine figure of a man who has at one time or another seduced most of the prominent women in town in Brigante's apartment. Only Judge Alessandro, a scholarly humanist, refuses to play Brigante's way. But the judge has his own troubles. His Junoesque wife insists on sleeping alone and has just fallen in love with Brigante's son, a law student...
...Only the play of captain Bob Shaunessy and junior Pete Eliades in the line rivaled Ravenel's performance. Shaunessy, of course, always turns in such performances, but Eliades and Ravenel came into their own as varsity players in today's game as the Crimson battled in a losing cause...
...Crimson's defensive armor, found a huge one--the varsity's traditionally weak pass defense. With the ball on Cornell's 25, Skypeck pitched back to fullback Phil Taylor, who tossed 32 yards complete to end Norm Juvonen, the Big Red's pass catching specialist. Then, on the next play, Skypeck fired to Juvonen again for 12 yards to the Crimson...
...touchdown, Skypeck sent John Webster, usually a decoy halfback, deep into Crimson territory, and, after faking a handoff, completed a 26-yard pass play to Webster. On the next play, Skypeck, on a beautifully faked keep play, rushed over from the five-yard line. For all intents and purposes, however, the game ended when Taylor completed his pass to Juvonen. With this play, Cornell hit upon the varsity's main weakness and used it later in the game to rally their winning touchdown...
This final Big Red score came in the third quarter, when, with the ball on the Cornell 35, Skypeck threw to Juvonen for 45 yards down to the Harvard 20. Then, with the defense looking for another pass, Skypeck went to his left on the option play and just as he was about to be tackled pitched to left halfback Terry Wilson, who raced the remaining 20 yards to the end zone...