Freshman Backs to Romp In Princeton Game Today

A Harvard football team may beat Princeton today but you'll have to get up early to see it. At 10:30 on Soldiers' Field, the Yardlings should extend their seven-game unbeaten streak against the erratic Tiger Cubs.

Captained by high-scoring halfback Vic Gatto, who reminds some fans of Joe Bellino, the Yardlings have annihilated Tufts 41-0, slipped by Dartmouth 10-7 and tied Boston College 14-14.

The Baby Tigers rebounded from consecutive losses to Cornell and Rutgers to vanquish weak Columbia and strong Penn. The opening 19-11 loss to Cornell was particularly demoralizing since Princeton's single-wing offense lost the ball four times on fumbles within the Big Red's five line.

To halt the Baby Tiger's strong running attack. Harvard's defense will have to pierce a Princeton offensive line averaging 219 pounds. Three behemoth tackles. Fulvio Gentili, Bob Panoff, and injury-plagued 6-5, 260 pound Steve Kuziel anchor the Harvard defensive line. The secondary, led by Gatto and quarterbacks Ken O'Connell and Will Stargel, should stymie Princeton's undistinguished passing attack.

Yardling coach Henry Lamar's balanced, straight T offense is capable of finding plenty of holes in Princeton's porous defense. Steve Ranere and Lionel Kaplan are rangy, adept receivers for the accurate short passes of Stargel and George Lalich, Gatto, John Tyson, and punter Joe McKinney pace a powerful inside running attack, with Gatto always a breakaway threat.