Springfield at Harvard

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  Evening star, October 3, 1937, page 33

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  HARVARD SMOOTH RUNN|NCUP SCORE Springfield Is $40 Victim as Crimson Counts Twice in Each Period. AMBRIDGE, Mass, October 2. “A well-drilled Harvard foot ball team opened what prom lses to be its best season in many years today by crushing Spring. nelds young and inexperienced forces. $40, before $4,000 crowd at the stadium. Inc Crimson, using about a half dozen plays, every one of which had more than enough deception to battle Its hapless opposition, scored twice In every period while keeping the gymnasts deep in their own territory throughout. Three Of the eight touchdowns resuited from forward passes that ranged from 25 to 33 yards two more were provided by pile driving thrusts through the enemy’s flabby line and the other three were the rewards for skillfully executed plays that shook ball-carriers loose for scoring runs of from IS to 33 yards. Struck Strikes Twice. Vernon Struck. acting captain in the absence of Russ Allen, scored twice for the Harvards, as did Art Oakes and Bob Burnett, second-string right halfback. The other tallies climaxed long passes that Oakes hurled to Don Daughters and Frank Foley. The second Burnett touchdown also came through the air. with Francis Harding, sub left halfback, on the throwing end Iine-IInS and Summary

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 4, 1937, page 4 (results column)

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  SCORES OF GRID GAMES The following are final scores O principal football games played las Saturday afternoon: Oregon State 6; California 24 Washington T: Southern Califor. mia O. Stanford 6; Oregon T. Idaho 0: Washington State 13. Texas IA; Manhattan ‘. Pittsburgh 20; West Virginia 0. Yale p; Maine 0. Georgia 13 South Carolina T. Michigan State 19; Michigan A. Northwestern 33; Iowa State 0. Illinois o; DePaul 0, tie. Colorado IA; Missouri State 6. Minnesota g; Nebraska IA. Springfield 0; Harvard 54 Amherst T; Dartmouth 31. Purdue o; Ohio State 13. Maryland 21; Pennsylvania 28. Drake 0; Notre Dame 21 Virginia O; Princeton r3. Colgate ‘; Cornell 20 SUNDAY GAME Gonzaga 0; St Mary’s O. tie.

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Harvard leads 14–⁠0 in 14 meetings, counting the two since this game.