The inevitable happened on the last play of the period, but incongruously enough Columbia scored all three of her touchdowns on .the breaks of the game rather than by straight football although there was no doubt as to who had the better team.
Sammy Fishman had been sent in to replace the tired Morton, and Sammy called for a reverse play on his own twenty-five yard line. The ball went to Frigard and he was tackled by Matal so hard that the ball popped right out of his hands and rolled crazily toward the Dartmouth goal. Manuel Rivero recovered on the fifteen yard line and Jay Hodupp crashed for ten yards.
Clifford Montgomery, subbing for Hewitt, was over on the next play and his grin from ear to ear was apparent as he clutched the ball in his hands while lying prone in the end zone.
Starting the third period, Al Matal, a great end, blocked another one of Will Morton's punts and recovered for the touchdown. Ralph Hewitt kicked the goal from the twenty-eight yard line, a record feat under the new rules, as the Lions were penalized fifteen yards for holding on the try.
Not until the score was 13-0 against them did the Green wake up. Aarne Frigard, who has always impressed as a potentially good player, caught the ensuing kickoff and raced forty-one yards up the field with a galloping stride that was hard to stop. But the attack stopped there.