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Domintaing play in the scrum, Harvard dumped last year's Eastern Rugby Union champions, as Van-Schalkwyk and Freeman--both forwards--scored the Crimson's two tries. The win marked Harvard's third straight triumph in four starts. (OK to a slow start, the Crimson dropped its first game to the New York Rugby Club, but came back and scored impressive victories over Villanova and M.I.T. previous to Saturday's contest...
From early indications, personnel is extremely promising. The men to watch, if one must pick and choose at this early date, are van-Schalkwyk, Buzz Miller, Dick Shulman, Dave McGugan, and Charlie Whitman in the scrum, and behind them, backs Dick Baker, Bill Mares, Ian Pasley-Tyler, and Al Rutan...
Closer play in the scrum and better work on the loose enabled the College boys to hold the Harvards to one try in the second half. At no time were the Collegiate All-Stars in scoring position...
...first half the Harvard scrum completely dominated the play. The team of Barrow, Backus, and Goldstein over-whelmed the efforts of the College All-Stars, getting handily to the backs...
...third scrum a smooth-flowing series of passes resulted in the first tally for the Crimson. The demoralized collegians played a strictly defensive game until just before the end of the first half, when an intercepted pass brought the College All-Stars their first try of the series...