Meanwhile, the Harvard offense battled to get the necessary goals. After nine minutes of furious defensive lacrosse, Billy MacKenzie took a pass from Tennis in front, dodged past half the Brown team, and beat Aburn to pull the Crimson within one, 10-9.

Finally, with only two minutes left on the clock, the two teams were scrambling for a ground ball at midfield. MacKenzie cut in to scoop up the ball, flipping it to McCall as he galloped past, headed for the goal.

McCall fed the ball to Tennis, and the big attackman came through again, notching the last tally of his hat trick to knot the score, 10-10.

Crimson Miss White

Crimson faceoff specialist Sandy White was injured in the first half, and he was missed. After winning nine of 13 confrontations in the first 30 minutes, Harvard lost 10 of 12 in the late going. It was the first time all year, even against top-ranked Cornell, that the Crimson had not out-faced its opponent.

Perhaps the most important face off came after Tennis's tying tally, and Brown won the right to the ball for the final minutes of regulation. Harvard's defense rose to the challenge, but when the Crimson finally got the ball back, McCall carrying it into the offensive end, less than a minute was left on the clock.

In those hectic seconds, Billy Forbush's long shot from up top went wide, and Aburn made a save on Bobby Mellen, and the game went into overtime.

Harvard got the ball to start the overtime. Aburn made one save, lost the ball while he was out of the crease, but blocked the Crimson shot attempt on a crucial play.

That really was the last gasp for the Crimson. In the rest of the overtime, Brown took complete control. Bensley, Bill Ohlson, John Meister, and Chris Gibson fired goals past Michelson for the 14-10 triumph.