Freshman Gridders Defeat Princeton Before A Standing-Room Only Crowd

Playing before a crowd of more than 300, the Harvard freshman football team defeated a fired-up Princeton squad, 13-6, last Saturday in spite of a chilling wind and sloppy playing conditions.

Surprisingly it was the passing game--totalling more than 180 yards--that kept the freshman gridders in front all afternoon, accounting for one touchdown and setting up the other.

Starting quarterback Ronald Kind, a 6-ft. 1-in., 180-pounder from LaCross, Wisconsin, opened the scoring at 10:36 of the first quarter with a 23-yard strike to halfback Mark Vignali on Harvard's second possession of the game.

Kind--who was anything but kind to the Tigers, finishing five-for-six for more than 100 yards on the day--found the versatile Vignali open in the flat agin with 2:10 left in the third quarter. The Uniontown, Penn., native rambled 64 yards down to the three-yard line to set up the Crimson's second score of the game, a quarterback option from substitute Dennis Vechi.

Princeton's only score came with 6:32 left in the first half, when Tiger defensive back Bill Carpenter picked off an errant pass from Harvard's Gregory Kouvelas and raced 36 yards for the touchdown. Princeton's offense was held by the charged Crimson defense and the unfavorable playing conditions to just 33 yards in the air and less than 100 on the ground.

The Yardling's most successful running play in a game marred by fumbles was a misdirection to running back Gregory Dunn that clicked for gains of 18, 21 and eight yards on three tries. Harvard fumbled seven times and lost the ball on three occasions, while Princeton turned the ball over twice on the ground.