Word: quarterback
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...Ithacans look better each game they play, and so does their unheralded quarterback Bill Robertson. The 6-1. 205-lb. junior from Oregon completed 16 of 20 passes for 221 yards in his Ivy League debut. Three of his tosses went 17. 27, and 33 yards for touchdowns to senior end Bill Murphy, who lettered as a defensive back the last two years...
Donelli said after the game that he was "somewhat perturbed to see Domres (Lion quarterback Marty) run so much in the first quarter. I would much rather have seen him throw more." Luckily for the Crimson, he started throwing in earnest only when the game was already decided...
...tightest game should be at Ithaca, N.Y., where undefeated Cornell and undefeated Princeton will battle for the Ivy League lead. The Big Red has hidden in upstate New York all fall and remains somewhat an unknown quantity, with a rookie quarterback pacing victories over Bucknell and Colgate. After wins over Rutgers and Columbia the Tigers are a known title pretender, but from this far out on the limb I see a surprise 23-21 decision for Cornell...
Dartmouth has the easiest task of the three co-defending champions--a home game against Penn. Bill Creeden, the Quakers' overrated quarterback, was sporadic against the second-echelon defenses of Lehigh and Brown and should go down to his first defeat of the fall against the Green. Dartmouth, in one of only three Hanover appearances this year, should please the home crowd...
Meanwhile, back in the Staduim, Harvard will find its hands full with Columbia's Marty Domres, the League's top quarterback. But the Lions, disappointed last week by Princeton, will find themselves on the short end again...