Word: princeton
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...Princeton has plenty of speed with which to run the ends, too, even without Dan Sachs, its starting tailback at the beginning of the season...
...possible weak point in the Princeton offense is passing. The Tigers have thrown only infrequently this year, and even then without a great deal of success. Their tailbacks have been quite unspectacular here, completing an aggregate of only 13 out of 44 attempts...
Actually, Princeton's best passing has come from blocking-back Mike Ippolito, out of the buck-lateral series, and Coach Yovicsin definitely expects to see at least a few Tiger aerials develop from this pattern in today's game...
Harvard compares most favorably with Princeton along the line of scrimmage, and there is some reason to hope that the varsity may be able to muster a fairly effective attack against the middle of the Princeton line. In addition, the Tigers have not seemed strong on pass defense (Brown's Frank Finney completed 15 out of 23 against them last week), and it's quite likely that Crimson quarterbacks Ravenel and Johanson will attempt to exploit this weakness...
Offensively, then, the varsity figures to do all right. But first it will have to get the ball away from Princeton. And this will likely prove a very difficult job.Varsity tackles BOB SHAUNESSY and PETE BRIGGS...