Then, with less than four minutes remaining, Cornell moved desperately through the air as it tried to score. With the ball at midfield after a good kickoff return, DeGraaf started to throw. Art Boland dropped his first one, and then a pitchout to Dick Jackson was good to the 45. Do Graaf then dropped back and fired the ball a long pass to the 23. Three men--two Harvard defenders and Cornell end John Morris went up for the ball, and when they came dowm Sam Fyock and Morris were still wrestling for the ball. The Cornell stands let out a deafening roar when the officials after separating the two men awarded the ball to the offensive team on the 23. The clock showed two and a half minutes and Harvard showed signs of fatigue.
Cornell Penalized
On a pitchout play off right end a Harvard lineman broke through and seemed about to stop, if not slow up the play, when he suddenly jerked back and the Cornell runner broke into the clear to the 10. But officials ruled illegal use of the hands and marched the Big Red back to the 28.
De Graaf took over then and fired both a succession of incomplete passes and the imagination of every wildly cheering Harvard fan. The Crimson took over the ball and ran out the clock. With fourth down and one to go on his own 45, Marsh elected to run and Jimmy Joslin picked up the first down. It was the right way to run off the clock, just as the 77' yard drive was the right Way to win.
The Crimson controlled the first quarter, scoring one touchdown and just missing another as it allowed Cornell exactly five plays from scrimmage. Botsford eluded two Cornell defenders to score at 9:30 and Frate kicked the all important point. Another Crimson first quarter thrust was stopped when, with fourth and one on the Big Red 11, Bostford was thrown for a three yard loss.
Cornell Scores
Cornell safety man Jackson picked off a Crimson pass near the start of the third quarter and joining a host of blockers returned it 32 yards to the Crimson 18. On the first play from scrimmage Tom Rooney took a perfect De Graaf pass in the far corner of the end zone. De Graaf's try for the point was wide.
The Crimson got stuck deep inside its own territory when, on ensuing kickoff, both Gianelly and Cowles went for the ball, the latter catching it, but stumbling in his tracks on the seven. Botsford punted from a kick formation on their third down, one of the mysteries of the game, and Cornell took over on the Harvard 39.
After two short gains and a penalty against Harvard, De Graaf found halfback Dick Meade with a pass right down the middle and Meade went over to put the Big Red ahead, 12 to 7.
Lefty James' Cornell team spent all but 14 plays this afternoon attempting to run through the middle. For all their troubles, they all gained exactly ten yards.
Credit the Harvard backs with a fine game, for this was a single backfield with each man playing his position to the limit, and give substitute backs Dick Oehmler and Joslin plaudits too, but this game was basically won in the line. Jordan went through 16 men in the line today, with litle drop off in play. But the heartening play of the five juniors who started, and Bob Morrison, tackles Orville Tice and John Mather, guard Bill Meigs, and center Jan Mayer bodies well for the coming 15 games