Word: punt
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Indeed he was. The kind of guy who would run from punt formation on fourth down and 26-and make 35 yds. Who would average 24 points a game for the Yale basketball team. Who would turn out for tennis, win his first two matches, and quit because his game was "not too good." Who would then suit up for baseball and drive in the winning run in his first game. In other words, Frank Merriwell was a kind of fictional Brian Dowling...
...Bulldogs are looking invincible after three straight routs; Princeton is rolling high after clobbering Harvard 45-6. Princeton has one advantage in playing at home; Yale has the revenge motive of six straight losses to Princeton, including a galling 13-7 blocked punt defeat last season...
Gatto returned the following kickoff to the Harvard 31, but the Crimson failed to get a first down. Then Paul Saba lofted his first punt and Mlakar ran it back to the Green 45. Dartmouth in turn was forced to put, and Harvard took over back...
Once again, Zimmerman couldn't move the team and Saba lined a punt to midfield. Ryzewicz then threw to Randy Wallick at the Harvard 35, and the Indians were on the warpath again. Sophomore Bill Koenig suddenly moved in at quarterback and threw to Wallick at the 17. Coach Bob Blackman immediately shuttled Ryzewicz back in again. On fourth and 2 from the Harvard 8, Mlakar picked up the first down by ramming to the 5-yard stripe. Two more tries by Mlakar left the ball with its nose on the goal line, but Dartmouth's fourth illegal procedure...
Only seconds into the final period, with the Indians leading 7-6, Harvard's Neil Hurley grabbed an Indian punt on the Harvard 20-yard line and scampered 80 yards to score. Minutes later, burly Mike Georges exploded through the Dartmouth line, leaving five Green defenders, in his wake and galloped in from the Dartmouth 37 for the insurance tally...