Assured of its best season in seven years, the varsity football team will probably go behind closed doors this week to try and work out a system to beat Yale.

It must be noted, however, that any assurance probably came to Coach Lloyd Jordan about 17 minutes too early against Brown Saturday. The varsity then led the Bruins 27 to 7. Fifteen minutes later, after heavy substitutions and some charity kicks, Jordan would have traded a good portion of the quick kicks in Harvard history for possession of the ball. Brown had roared back to make the score 27 to 20 and had a first down on the varsity's six yard line.

Lest anyone get the wrong impression about the final outcome, one of the finest goal line stands in recent years prevented the Bruins from scoring and saved Jordan from a great deal of discomfiture and angry telegrams. There are still those who will question, whether Ev Pearson carried over on the last down. But they are the people who sat on the Brown side of the field.

Fight Breaks Out

This was an odd football game, one which started with a overpowering display of Harvard running power, but which saw Brown falter when hindered by a bad call on a kick, fight back in the second half, and then almost tie up the game.

A fight, probably the most vicious outburst since the early days of "sock-it-to-'em," broke out among the players after the game. The fight encompassed most of the Brown line plus Bill Meigs. Bernie O'Brien, and John Culver. The last glimpses had Culver with a Bruin in each paw as the coaches and police broke things up.

With Dick Clasby in the starting lineup, and Bob Cowles back at wingback, the varsity put on one of its strongest running displays of the season. It netted 269 yards on the ground, and it might have gained more. However, this game in the recent tradition, also had costly setbacks. Junior quarterback Joe Conzelman, who had filled in well for Bob Hardy with his pass receiving, blocking and line backing, injured his knee and will be out for the rest of the season, that being Saturday's game with Yale.

Touchdown in First Quarter

The Crimson moved 61 yards for its first touchdown midway though the first quarter. Clasby, unable to throw, but running very well, carried on seven of the 11 attempts, starting the drive with a 14 yard run off right end, and setting up the score with a flashy end sweep for 15 yards. With the Brown right side of the line seemingly weak, Conzelman called a reverse, and Clasby handed off to Cowles, who drove off his own left end into the end zone at 9:12. Joe Ross kick was good.

In the second quarter, the Crimson scored its second touchdown, behind Carroll Lowenstein. With the ball on the Brown 45, Dexter Lewis took a hand-off from Lowenstein and gained nine. On fourth down, with less than a yard to go, the Crimson went into a T formation, and Conzelman called a quarterback sneak, going five yards for a first down on the Bruin 31. Lowenstein completed a pass to Conzelman on the 22 and then Clasby came in for Lowenstein. Clasby was stopped, but Culver took a Clasby pitchout six yards. On the next play Culver pitched out to Clasby, who drove wide for eight yards to the 11. After two plays gained little, Lowenstein came back in for Clasby and fired a ten yard perfect pass to Conzelman on the goal line. Lowenstein kicked the point to make the score 14 to 0.

Bruins Move 56 Yards for Touchdown

Right after the kickoff in the third quarter the Bruins moved 56 quick yards for a touchdown, with Gerry Haverty and Tommy Thompson alternating rushes. Quarterback Pete Kohut bucked over from the one for the score and Haverty kicked the point.

When Harvard was forced to kick on the next series, Brown came back and threatened to tie the score. But with fourth down and four to go and the ball on the Crimson 32, Brown kicked. This was the crucial decision, a bad one because there was little to be gained by a kick and the ball rolled into the end zone for a net gain of 12 yards.

Kelley Takes Blame

After the game Bruin Coach Alva Kelley took complete blame for the call. But since Kelley is both a very fine gentleman and an honors graduate of Cornell, one tends to doubt his responsibility.

At any rate, the varsity took over, and moved 80 yards in what Kelley called two "perfectly executed single wing plays." On the first, the team went into a wing to the left, and wingback Clasby came around on a reverse through right tackle, took a hand-off from Culver and stepped off 31 fancy yards while a good part of the Brown secondary stepped on itself. On the next play the varsity reverted to a wing to the right, and Cowles took Clasby's hand-off and broke into the clear for 49 yards, not stopping until he practically left the Stadium. Ross kicked the point.

Culver Scores

The next time that Harvard got the ball in the third period, Clasby, heading off right tackle, pitched way out to Culver, who sprinted 42 yards for the score. The kick was wide.

Brown scored its second touchdown after a long Kohut to Thompson pass brought the ball in close and then Kohut sneaked over, They added another, five minutes later, on a 62 yard march, spear-headed by a two yard Kohut to Pearson flat pass. Kohut's pass over center to Pete Bartuska was good for the touchdown. Then, with the clock running out, a Clasby punt was blocked, the Bruins took over, but the varsity line held