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Except for an occasional spark of brilliance by Penn's sophomore tallback John Owens, the game was like this all afternoon. Penn had fewer than half as many first downs as the Crimson, gained than half as many yards rushing, was doubled in both passes completed and total passing yardage...
Penn, in its second year of single wing, almost collapsed last Wednesday when tallback Porter Shreve contracted an injury which will sideline him for the season. Losing him is like Harvard losing Ravenel last year...
Eikenberry is out with pulled leg tendons, and while Simeurian, a star of Saturday's rout, dressed for practice Jordan decided to rest him and play Cheek in his place. Also missing from action was sophomore tallback Walt Stahura, who has a bruised back. However, Jordan said after practice that barring injuries this week, his team would be at full strength for the Big Red invasion...
...Elis picked up the safety in the first quarter when tallback Matt Botsford, with his back to the line of scrimmage, intercepted a Bob Brink pass on the Harvard two and was carried by his own momentum into the end zone where the intended receiver Byron Campbell tackled...
...Senior tallback Sammy Fyock also scrimmaged with the first backfield...