Princeton at Harvard

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  Evening star, November 9, 1947, page 39

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  CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. B. Princeton’s hungry Tigers, denied a football win over Harvard since 1899, ripped and slashed at the crippled Crimson for q 33–⁠7 victory in their 40th Big Three clash today before rained-on $4,000 crowd Generating terrific power with their single wingback attack, the Tigers rolled over the countless defenses set up against them for two touchdowns in the opening session, a third in the third quarter and an other pair ir>the final. And while running up that one sided score, Coach Charley Caldwell Is eleven was forced to punt only twice while totaling % first downs for $50 rushing yards and III additional overhead. Defensively the Tigers limited Dick Harlow’s now four times-beaten forces to three first downs and total of four yards on the ground. While the Harvard line was taking a terrific beating. John Weber, one of Princeton’s quartet of pile ing fullbacks, scored twice. The other slams over the Harvard goal line were made by George FRANKIE George Sella and Carl Leibert. The first Princeton scoring success early in the initial quarter, resulted from 74-yard drive that ended with

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Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.