Pennsylvania at Harvard

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  Evening star, October 4, 1942, page 37

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  Penn Veterans Seize Breaks 10 Trounce Green Harvard Convert Three Errors Into Touehdowns for Victory by 19 to J CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. g. Pennsylvania powerful veterans took full advantage of three early miscues to clinch 1877 victory over their inexperienced Harvard rivals before being penalized for a total of 110 yards today before a crowd of $4,000. The first Penn touchdown was set up when Dick Martin, its blocking back, recovered Don Richards fum- BILE on Harvard’s 7-yard line on the 10th play after the Quakers received the opening kickoff. They had to take four slams at the Grim son line before scoring. and Capt. Bernie Kuczynski converted his only extra point out of three tries. Bert Stiff Scores Again. Two plays after the resulting kick off, which Richards caught on his goal line and carried out Is yards, Fullback Wayne johnson made q bobble that Kuczynski smothered on Harvard’s %. Smashing S yards at a clip, Bert Stiff carried four times for first down and then broke through for his second touchdown Before Coach Dick Harlow’s unseasoned youngsters had time to recover from those Furnishing blows, Lee Pletz, who alternated with Tailback Bob Odell, brother of Yale’s new head coach, at tailback, set the stage for the third Penn scoring jaunt by snagging a Bill Wilson pass in midfield and return ing it to Harvard’s 32 Stiff then made 8 yards. passed to the Quaker captain to wipe out IA more and then had Miller finish the rest OF the trip by rushing twicee from the l0-vard line. The Harvards managed to run and pass to Penn’s Is and Is yard lines in the final period before Comeford tossed Georgia Boston, a freshman end replacement, touchdown pass from Penns 25-yard stripe during the last minute of play. After Bill Barnes place-kicked Harvards sew enth point Jerry Mccarthy, in for | Martin. ended the game by racing 80 yards with Barnes kickoff.

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Harvard leads 47–⁠25–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.