Amherst at Harvard

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  Evening star, October 6, 1940, page 35

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  0utp|ayed for Nearly ) Periods, Harvard Downs Amherst Crimson Forwards Lote Delivering Punch in l3-to-0 Struggle FE inc hSsOClhleO FIcos’ CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. S. After being outplayed for almost three periods, Harvard’s supposedly strong line settled down and provided its ball-carriers with support for 1870 victory over a stubborn Amherst team today before a $1,000 opening game crowd. Although the Crimson piled up II first downs to one for the Lord Jef1s, who were outrushed 1877 yards to 81, only one of its counters was made overland. Late in the third pc riod Don McNicol. Haryard’s sophomore passing star. clicked twice to Don Forte, his classmate, and his second heave, a 22-yarder, went for a touchdown. The Crimson resumed its ragged play until late in the final, when Sheldon Dietz. the snapperback. set the stage for the second touchdown by intercepting a pass that Am herst’s gambling Frank Sweeney at tempted from the Jeff l5-yard line. Dietz was smothered in his tracks on the Is but the Amherst forwards were unable to check Franny Lee, Capt. Joe Gardella and Charley Spreyer, who put together six off, tackle smashes to place the ball on the 1-yard line. where the latter plunged successfully.

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Harvard leads 24–⁠1 in 25 meetings.