Sere & Yellow Leaf

By the end of the first quarter, the Princeton-Dartmouth game was buried in snow. Yard-markers disappeared, officials blended with players, spectators shuddered over a dwindling supply of Scotch and began to beat a retreat from Palmer Stadium. But nothing seemed to bother a lanky Princeton halfback named Dan Sachs--neither wind nor snow nor wet ball, nor well-drilled Dartmouth line. He scored almost every way possible, passing for one touchdown, running back a kick for another, intercepting a pass for a third, schussing over from scrimmage for a fourth. Fans with antifreeze and the determination to last out the afternoon saw Princeton and Sophomore Sachs take the Ivy League title, 34-14.

But even before the game ended, it was all anticlimax. What was a "measly old Ivy title," wailed the Daily Princetonian, when up at New Haven a Yale team that had whipped Princeton and tied Dartmouth was playing Harvard for the Big Three championship? What, indeed? asked proper Elis, who were determined to prove they were best in the league. In the long, 82-year history of "The Game," no Yalemen ever had so satisfying an afternoon. And few Yale teams ever put on so polished a performance. Incredibly calm and casual, Eli Quarterback Dick Winterbauer stood up behind his fine line and lofted high-spin passes that led End Mike Cavallon and Halfback Herb Hallas to easy touchdowns. Harvard Tackle Bob Shaunessy raged behind the weak Crimson forwards, belting their padded sterns and begging them to fight. But it did no good. Even at angry fistfighting. Harvard came out second best.

There was no easy way to hold down the score. Yale Coach Jordan Olivar cleared his bench, but the subs, bent on letters (for one minute in the game), did as well as the varsity. The only Harvard boys who seemed able to outplay their opponents were in the fine Crimson band. And at the end, even they had to sit in sullen silence while Yale's musicmen blared away with Goodnight, Poor Harvard, and the big Bowl Scoreboard bragged about the biggest victory "The Game" has ever known: Yale 54, Harvard 0.

Elsewhere, other teams edged toward the end of an upset-ridden season: P: A last-period pass bounced off two Notre Dame defenders before Iowa End Don Norton finally caught it and beat the Irish, 21-13.

P:Warming up for a pleasant New Year in the Rose Bowl, Ohio State swarmed over Michigan, 31-14. <1 Oregon, also Rose Bowl-bound, made a detour along the way by losing to Oregon State, 10-7.

P: Oregon, also Rose Bowl-bound, made a detour along the way by losing to Oregon State, 10-7.

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