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Crimson Soccer Team Beats Quakers, 2-1; Chang Scores in Last 3 Minutes of Game

Al Chang, used by the varsity soccer Team when one quick goal is needed, through with a score in the last minutes of play to give the Crimson victory over Pennsylvania Saturday. Chang's shot broke a 57-minute padlock in which both teams' fullbacks and halfbacks continually foiled intensive attacks--with a valuable from the 20 m.p.h. north wind.

As both teams traded near misses most of the fourth quarter, Crimson coach Bruce Munro called from the bench his short center forward, reliable scorer in last-minute . Chang played in close, waiting for an opening, but Penn goalie Burg allowed no rebounds as saved successive shots at the goal the varsity's Ted Wendell, Tony , and Mike Kramer.

The forward line, continuing the first intended threat of the game, worked ball over to Wendell on the far . He dribbled past two Quaker and hammered a hard shot across to center goal. As Burg lunged by the ball, Chang, centered in front of the goal, lifted his foot waist-high and deflected the ball into the nets.

Chang then left the game, and the defense tightened for the remaining and a half minutes, and the Crimson had its fourth win in five Ivy League contests. The exciting victory kept alive the teams' new-found hopes for its second consecutive Ivy championship.

After changing sides at the 22-minute mark, Monro's team evened the game at 5:35. The tying goal came on the same play that scored the second. Wendell took possession of the ball at the spot where he set up Chang's clincher. The Crimson junior faked out two Penn defenders, as he did later, and kept driving in on the far left. He let go a high shot for which Burg leaped, but the ball caught in the nets.

What made the difference in the encounter was the varsity's dogged ability to hold Penn scoreless in the third period when the Crimson faced the wind. Then, in the all-important final quarter, the Quakers were troubled by the wind. The Crimson waited for an opportunity, and it came at 19:52 with Chang's shot in close.

The Red and Blue goal was the result of a needless hands violation by the Crimson. The free kick landed in a maze of Harvard and Pennsylvania players about 20 yards directly in front of the Crimson goal. Out of the melee came a shot by Norm Bierman fired past goalie Bob Forbush, who was caught on the wrong side of the cage.

Across the Business School field from the varsity contest, freshman captain Chris O'Hiri was overpowering Penn with a total of eight goals. The Yardlings, ahead 7 to 0 late in the second quarter, went on to an 11-3 romp over the Quakers.

O'Hiri, a Nigerian Olympic soccer team member, attracted the attention of the varsity crowd with his amazing bullet shots. As soon as the crowd left the varsity game at half-time to watch the freshmen, O'Hiri entered the game and delighted the gathering with a fancy goal.

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