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...Lions came into Saturday's game having lost their Ivy League opener to Princeton the week before. Although always a troublesome squad, Columbia was not expected to be too tough a challenge to Harvard's explosive team. In its last game, the Crimson convincingly defeated a Wesleyan team that had tied powerful Yale earlier in the season...
Fullback Bob Gray, who suffered a hard collision in Wednesday's game with Wesleyan, appears not to have sustained any serious head injury and has, according to coach Bruce Munro, "only a real bad headache." Gray will remain in Faulkner Hospital another day for observation before being moved to the Stillman Infirmary. He may be ready for action by next week...
Coach Bruce Munro's half-time lecture snapped the team's lethargy as the second half began. Captain Scott Robertson moved the ball along the left wing and passed it towards the goal through an opening in the Wesleyan defense. Racing in from his left inside position, Jaime Vargas headed the high pass past a startled Wesleyan goalie from about 10 yards out, at 2 minutes of the third quarter...
Crimson goalie Rich Locksley shut out Wesleyan for 3 quarters before being replaced by sophomore Jim Sawhill, who blanked Wesleyan till late in the last quarter when Gray's injury disheartened his teammates...
...offense continued to press the attack into the Wesleyan end of the field. Only a few minutes later, center forward Bogovich passed the ball through the defense towards the nets. Outrunning his defender, Robertson cut in towards the goal and connected with a short boot past the frozen Wesleyan net-minder...