Bulldog Freshmen Contain Gatto And Breeze Past Crimson, 45-20

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 19--Yale's undefeated freshman football team bottled up Vic Gatto and clobbered the Harvard freshmen 45 to 20 today.

Even the score doesn't tell what a massacre this game was. The Eli scored almost every time they got their hands on the ball in the first half, and left the field with a 31 to 6 lead. All Harvard's touchdowns came against the Eli's second string defense.

Lord high executioner for the Bullpups was quarterback Brian Dowling. The Ohioan passed for 158 yards and three touchdowns, ran for 72 yards mere, and even caught a pass for one score. He also kicked three extra points and would have punted if Yale had over needed to.

Dowling opened fire after a fourth down gamble that failed and gave Yale the ball on the Harvard 31. On the first play Dowling rolled out to his left and headed down the sideline picking his way through tacklers a la Gene Ryzewicz. They finally caught him at the ten; two plays later he passed four yards to Jim McQueen for the first score.

Moments later Dowling led the Eli on a 93-yard march, culminating in a 19 yard touchdown pitch to 240-pound end Bruce Weinstein. The big guy caught it on the 15-yard line and literally ran through three 170-pound offensive backs on his way to the goal line.

Two minutes into the second quarter an interception gave Yale the ball at the Harvard 62. The Eli took just four plays to score with fullback Calvin Hill rambling nine yards for the touchdown. Hill was brilliant on the offense and defense all day; his spectacular pass protection blocking must have had Yale's varsity quarterbacks drooling.

With the second string in charge Yale added a fourth touchdown on Bob Sokolowski's one-yard plunge. Dowling's conversion made it 20 to 0, and Harvard hadn't even made a first down. Quarterback Will Stargel rubbed the Yardling's back into it with a fined isplay of roll-out running and passing on a 74-yard march. As interference penalty in the end zone set up Stargel's four-yard touchdown run.

But Dowling took the wind out of Harvard's sails immediately. He retreated to his 25-yard line on the first play after the kick-off and fired a pass that Bernie Madden caught on the run at the Harvard 30. The tail end zipped past two defensive backs for a 68 yard touchdown and the game was all but over.

Stargal a 67 yard march after the second half kickoff and scored on a one yard sneak. Two long runs by Gatto kept the drive moving. The little halfback was used sparingly against Yale's strong right side led by Weinstein. He wound up with 28 yards and seven carries.