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...starting lineup for Yale are Captain and left tackle Mike Pyle, left end John Hutcherson, left guard Ben Balme, center Hardy Will, right tackle Jim King, and the entire backfield-quarterback Tom Singleton, left halfback Lou Muller, right halfback Ken Wolfe, and fullback Bob Blanchard. (The other two men in the starting lineup are right guard Bill Kay, a sophomore who is filling in for Paul Bursick, the victim of a knee injury against Princeton last week; and right end Jim Pappas, a junior...
...When Singleton took ever the reins so one was sure whether he would keep the attack inside, sweep to the outside, or pass...
With a third and five situation on the Princeton 48, when Blanchard off tackle would have been the most likely call, Singleton put the ball is Blanchard's gut as the fullback smashed over right tackle. Just when everybody--including the Princeton defenders -- thought "there goes Blanchard," Singleton pulled the ball out, stepped back, and threw to his right halfback Wolfe, who had had no trouble sneaking down the right side of the field behind Kornrumpf. The pass went 33 yards: Wolfe could have walked the last five. Singleton then passed to Muller for the extra points. Halftime score: Yale...
...opening series of plays in the third period, Singleton decided to try the same belly-pass play. After working up to the Princeton 43, with first and ten, Singleton bellied to Blanchard off right tackle and threw 23 yards to the lone Wolfe, who made up the distance untouched. Blanchard drove over for the extra points...
...Singleton wasn't through yet. On the next Yale series of plays he set up the Bulldogs' fifth touchdown by way of a thrilling roll-out run to the right which moved the ball from the Princeton 30 to the five. On that play he should have been tackled four times before he was finally brought down. He hadn't forgotten about the end run. Nor had he forgotten about Blanchard: Blanchard took the ball over from the 2, two plays later...