Varsity Soccer Team Overruns Elis, 3-0, as Yardlings Win in Overtime

After ten years of defeat, the Harvard varsity soccer team rolled to a decisive 3 to 0 shutout win over Yale yesterday afternoon at the Business School Field. It also took the Big Three title for 1948 and culminated the best Crimson soccer record in a decade--eight wins, two losses and one tie.

Captain Phil Potter and center halfback Don Louria, both playing the final games of their college careers, led the way as the Crimson outran and outpassed a game Yale team, which at no time was able to match the ball control of the varsity.

Potter, celebrating his birthday, kicked in the first score for Harvard on a slant from twenty yards out which barely eluded the leaping Yale goalie, Symington. After Potter's score in 13:40 of the first period, the Crimson missed several scoring chances while fullbacks Mike Scully and Rick Drake turned back an occasional Yale attack.

Shortly after the fourth period opened, Louria satisfied the dream of collegiate fullbacks by lefting in a goal on a penalty kick from 30 yards in front of the Blue goal. Three minutes later, Bill Dawson, the Crimson left inside, who is also a senior, blasted in a hard shot from the side.

Those who won Harvard letters were: Batchelder, Drake, Scully, Mudd, Seamans, Louria, Miller, Carswell, Saul, Heisler, Spivak, Gilgert, Weiss, Estin, Chen, Potter, Dawson, Johnson, Wallace, Wolf, Bell, Schoch, Ragle, and Harshman.

Freshman Game

While the varsity had but occasional trouble in subduing the Bulldogs, the freshman soccer team had to come from behind after being outplayed for most of their game to win 2 to 1 in the overtime. The win left the yardlings with a record of nine wins, one loss and one tie.

The freshman letter winners: Covici, Greenidge, Doermann, Leonard, Pantalcioni, Harding, Goldstein, Osborne, Drehmel, Chakkaphak, Lawson, McCallum, Eliot, Engstrom, Kauffmann, Claman, Berger, Henshaw, McLaughlin, and Harvey.