Lacrosse Team Beats Yale to Win First Place

As he began to undress in the locker room, varsity creaseman and New England scoring leader, Dave Bohn, commented, "Its nice to beat Yale, but better to beat the hell out of them." With Bohn leading the charge, the varsity lacrosse team rolled up 18 goals compared to 12 for the Yalies to clinch first place in the New England Intercollegiate race, and second berth in the Ivy League, behind Princeton.

Held together with tape and hope, the varsity was back at "full strength" for the first time in two weeks. Captain Tadhg Bweeney, ankle tightly taped, joined Bohn, Grady Watts and Gil Bamford, on the overflowing "partly recovered" list. To the amasement of doctors and coaches, Sweeney and company ran like deer as the varsity rolled over Yale.

The Crimson led all the way, and at times by as much as seven goals. Paced by its brilliant attack of Bohn, Watts, and Woody Spruance, the varsity closed the first quarter with a comfortable if not reassuring 8-2 lead. Of the eight tallies, Bohn notched three, Sprununce two, and Watts one.

In the opening frame, Harvard's strong defense, aided by Yale's ineffectual clearing and passing, saved Crimson goalie Gil Leaf the bother of blocking many shots. But in the second period, the Eli defense contained the Crimson attack as the Bulldogs scored three quick goals, two of which were gift packages, to put 'he score at 8-5.

Two Quick Goals Scored

The varsity called time out, decided what was wrong, and returned to the field to score two goals in as many minutes. First, Watts brought the ball in from offside, flipped to Spruance, who drilled it past the Ell goalie. Then Spruance flipped to Watts who scored number ten for the Crimson. But before the close of the half, the Elis tallied twice, bouncing back into a 10-7 ballgame.

In the third period, Harvard shattered the Yalies with a barrage of five tallies, while allowing the Bulldogs to score only once. Watts was all but invincible in setting up four of the five Crimson goals. On one occasion, shortly after midfielder Pete Steglaff had been belted from behind when attempting a shot, Watts fed Sieglaff, who stormed the Eli goal. After the tally, Watts nodded at Sieglaff; they'd shown them. Before the close of the game, Sieglaff had notched one more, giving him a total of 44 for the season, second in New England, behind teammate Bohn.

Sprunace opened the fourth frame by converting a pass from Watts at 1:43, pushing the score up to 16-8. Then Yale picked up two fast tallies, but it really didn't matter; sloppy Yale play seemed to indicate that the Bulldog was nearly dead.

Crowd Gives Standing Ovation

With twelve minutes remaining when play resumed, the Crimson eased up, acoring only twice, and allowing the Bulldogs four tallies. The crowd rose in a standing ovation when, in the closing minutes, coach Bruce Munro replaced Sieglaff and his tremendous attack. Bohn had notched six, Spruance four, Sieglaff three, and Watts two. Watts, in his finest playmaking effort of the season, led the team with eight assists.

Back in the locker room after the contest, Munro was heard saying, "You were doing things today that I thought you'd forgotten weeks ago. You looked like All-Americans." Most of the players felt that the way Munro ran his unit, using three midfields and altering strategy according to the capabilities of his taped-up team, classified him as an All-American coach.

Two Quick Goals Scored

The varsity called time out, decided what was wrong, and returned to the field to score two goals in as many minutes. First, Watts brought the ball in from offside, flipped to Spruance, who drilled it past the Ell goalie. Then Spruance flipped to Watts who scored number ten for the Crimson. But before the close of the half, the Elis tallied twice, bouncing back into a 10-7 ballgame.

In the third period, Harvard shattered the Yalies with a barrage of five tallies, while allowing the Bulldogs to score only once. Watts was all but invincible in setting up four of the five Crimson goals. On one occasion, shortly after midfielder Pete Steglaff had been belted from behind when attempting a shot, Watts fed Sieglaff, who stormed the Eli goal. After the tally, Watts nodded at Sieglaff; they'd shown them. Before the close of the game, Sieglaff had notched one more, giving him a total of 44 for the season, second in New England, behind teammate Bohn.

Sprunace opened the fourth frame by converting a pass from Watts at 1:43, pushing the score up to 16-8. Then Yale picked up two fast tallies, but it really didn't matter; sloppy Yale play seemed to indicate that the Bulldog was nearly dead.

Crowd Gives Standing Ovation

With twelve minutes remaining when play resumed, the Crimson eased up, acoring only twice, and allowing the Bulldogs four tallies. The crowd rose in a standing ovation when, in the closing minutes, coach Bruce Munro replaced Sieglaff and his tremendous attack. Bohn had notched six, Spruance four, Sieglaff three, and Watts two. Watts, in his finest playmaking effort of the season, led the team with eight assists.

Back in the locker room after the contest, Munro was heard saying, "You were doing things today that I thought you'd forgotten weeks ago. You looked like All-Americans." Most of the players felt that the way Munro ran his unit, using three midfields and altering strategy according to the capabilities of his taped-up team, classified him as an All-American coach.