DARTMOUTH 34, YALE 13
For the second year in succession, Dartmouth had a delightful afternoon in the Bowl. After a rugged first half, in which it looked as if the famed stable of backs at Yale's disposal were about to swing into permanent action, the Green took over in the second half and practically blew the Yales out of the park. During this highly satisfactory second stanza, the troops of Coach McLaughry scored four touchdowns, two in each of the last two quarters. Only in the waning seconds (4 seconds to go, to be exact) did Yale connect with a pass in the end zone to score their second TD and make the final score a little less one-sided.
John Clayton again led the attack for the Green, with an unprecedented percentage of pass completions of 9 for 11. Bob McCraney, his substitute, did even better percentage-wise, with 3 for 3, one of them for a touchdown. In addition to this aerial supremacy, Dartmouth was exceptionally alert in capitalizing upon Yale misplays, recovering no fewer than four of the latter's fumbles and intercepting two of their passes. In short, Dartmouth delighted its many followers among the 50,000 clients in the Bowl by playing the way Yale used to play against us under similar conditions. That is, the Green pounced on loose balls, intercepted passes, kicked outside on the one-yard line, and generally acted the way the Yales used to bedevil the Dartmouths in the old days. It was all very pleasant for the partisans of the Green.
By way of varying the script, Yale scored first, on a series of running plays climaxed by a spurt down the tniddle by their bulky and speedy fullback, Jim Fuchs. The running attack of the Elis, in fact, looked better than that of the Green all afternoon, with 254 yards gained by rushing for Yale, as compared with 175 for Dartmouth. Shortly after the second period score of Yale, Clayton pitched one to Dave Beeman in the end zone from seven yards out to tie the score. The half ended with the count at 7-7 and the contest looked like a traditionally close and grueling affair.
With the start of the second half, however, the roof fell in on Yale. The home team fumbled on the first play of the half and the ball was recovered by the übiquitous Bill Dey on the enemy 43. From there it was only a matter of four plays to a TD, with the most spectacular item in the sequence being a pass play from Clayton to Fitkin, in which the Blond Bomber scampered to the Blue 2. On the next play, Fitkin rocketed across for the score. Shortly thereafter, another Yale fumble was recovered by the heads-up Green, this time with Herb Carey taking over on the Yale 15. A pass from Clayton to Beeman was good for 8 yards, after which a couple more running plays culminated with Bill Dey catapulting across the line for the third Dartmouth touchdown. Dey converted for the third straight time, making the score 21-7.
The massacre continued into the fourth quarter. A Clayton-to-Beeman pass, then two long runs by Bill Roberts, and a leaping catch by Jerry Sarno o£ Clayton's pass in the end zone accounted for the fourth touchdown. At this point, Clayton withdrew and Bob McCraney took over. The latter celebrated, as noted, by completing three passes for three, the first for 7 yards to Vin Marriott, the second for 26 to John McDonald, and the third a truly prodigious heave to Isbey in the end zone. The latter caught the pass after a successful wrestle with the Yale safety man on the goal line, thus contributing perhaps the most spectacular single play of the game. The pass itself, propelled by the strong right arm of the 200-pound McCraney (who is no mean operative in his own right, although obscured by the incomparable Clayton), went some 35 yards in the air before Isbey gathered it in. By that time, the score was 34-7 and Coach McLaughry began to empty the bench.
In the last few seconds, as noted, the Boys in Blue managed to put across another TD, aided and abetted by the ineptitude of the fourth-string Green defensive personnel. I mention the timing of this final score only to stress the fact that the game was considerably more onesided than the score would indicate, after the Green got rolling in the second half. In contrast to some of the previous encounters, the officials were sparing in their criticism, with Dartmouth not losing a single yard from penalties in the entire second half and losing only 15 yards by this means during the entire game. In fact, with the exception of the momentary defensive lapse in the final seconds, it seemed as though Dartmouth couldn't do anything wrong in the second half. Everything went according to the book. Those of our readers who have agonized through past afternoons in the Bowl know howunusual this is. And how gratifying.
FIELD DAY IN THE YALE BOWL: Top, Dave Beeman snares a pass from John Clayton late in the second quarter for Dartmouth's first score against the E!is. The play started on the six-yard line. Bottom, Jerry Sarno makes a spectacular catch of another Clayton pass for the fourth Indian touchdown. The play covered 15 yards from the scrimmage line. After a slow start, Dartmouth whipped Yale, 34-14.
