Northeastern Vanquishes Sextet, 8-7; Crimson Tames Tiger Quintet, 47-45

They finally did it. The upset that just eluded the Crimson against Columbia and Holy Cross finally arrived last night. And the 47 to 45 win arrived in about the most exciting manner conceivable, as George Hauptfuhrer leaped up to intercept a Princeton pass in Harvard territory, dribbled to the foul line, and dropped in a perfect set shot to break a 45 to 45 tie with just 35 seconds to go.

Hauptfuhrer was responsible for creating the tie immediately before his brilliant clinching shot. With Princeton ahead by two points, and the four-sided Gardon clock fast running out of minutes. Chip Gannon stole the ball in Crimson territory and moved down under the Tiger basket, where three of four assorted men batted, it futilely against the backboard before George tapped his.

It was a sensational ending to a contest that had at one time threatened to rock the three-quarters capacity crowd to sleep.

The Barclaymen began the game in sparkling fashion, quickly rolling up a lead over a Princeton team whose passing was ragged and whose shots were all wide.

Midway through, the first period the Orange and Black began to get organized and evened matters up. With only three minutes left to play in the half, the Crimson still held a one-point edge at 20 to 19, but then things began to happen.

Princeton's passes and Crimson passes all were grabbed by the Tigers, who dropped in five fast baskets and built up a 31 to 22 halftime margin that seemed enough for a victory.

For the first half of the second period both teams looked, to be brief, very weak. Ball-handling was sloppy, passes and shots wild, scoring at a minimum.

Then, slowly at first but ever faster, Harvard began to look like a basketball team. With four minutes to go the margin was only four points; with two minutes left, two points.

High scorer for the Crimson was John Rockwell, for the second game in a row, with set shots and lay-ups worth 19 points. Princeton starts George Sella and George Lawry tallied 14 and 12 points respectively, but together they scored only five in the entire second half.

In the first portion of the evening's

double-bill, Holy Cross bowled over Georgetown, 70 to 51, to no one's surprise.The Harvard Summary:HARVARD (47)

  G  F  PHauptfuhrer, lf  7  0  14Henry  0  0  0Rockwell, rf  9  1  19Prior, c  2  0  4Brady, lg  2  1  5Davis  0  0  0Crosby, rg  0  4  4McCurdy  0  0  0Gannon  0  1  1Total  20  7  4