Yale at Harvard

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1956, page 1

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  .AlI-IW Team Features Three Yale Standouts NEW YORK. Nov. 81 (R).- Dennis McGill, Al Ward and Pau Lopata-three decisive reasons why Yale won the first officis Ichampionship-are on the AS. ISOLATED Press All-Ivy League football team announced today. In compiling it’s best overall record since 1914. Yale was powered by the halfback two some of Ward and McGill Lopata, an exceptional end was another key to the Eli sweep through a seven-game Ivy schedule. Claude Benham, Columbia s postmaster and one-man Of Tense, and John Sapoch of Prince ton. the man who makes the Tiger single-wing go as blocking back, round out the backf1eld. Center Bob Adelizzi of Dart mouth. along with Ward and Benham. made the team for the second straight year. End Charles Gill of Pennsylvania, tackles Gil Robertshaw OF Brown and Wayne Kakela OF Dartmouth and Guards Mike Bowman Of Princeton and Red Metropolis of Harvard COM plete the squad. Sapoch and Robertshaw are the only juniors in an otherwise senior lineup McGill, a versatile speedster from North Bergen. N. j., and Ward, a driving runner from Glencoe. Ill.,, were consistently outstanding as the Ellis fash Toned an 81 season, their pest since they won seven and tied one in “A. In Saturdays 42–⁠14 climax game with Harvard, McGill scored twice on a short plunge and 78-yard sideline dash tc run his scoring total to 54 points. Ward reached AZ with a 77-yard kickoff return. When Yale knocked Princeton from the unbeaten ranks. 1920 the week before, McGill scored twice on passes and threw fol a third touchdown with his first varsity aerial effort. Despite injuries and defenseS geared solely to stop him, Ben ham had 10 touchdown tosseS in 1856 while accounting fol more than 300 yards via the air Several weeks Benham was sc battered he couldn’t practice hut he always managed to show up on Saturday to make the Lions click. Sapoch, who can’t amass the statistics as the signal-caller blocker and inspirational leader at Princeton. is considcred one of the finest backs II the East. Yale Coach Jordan Oiivar be. lieves Lopata, his 6–⁠1 wingmar from East VANDERBILT. Pa. makes the fewest mistakes o, any player he has had in New Haven. Gill is a strong defcn. sive performer and shared the | punting duties for the Quakers

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Officially, Yale leads 72–⁠61–⁠8; as played, 62–⁠50–⁠8 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 141 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.