Fast Backs Aid Springfield In 26-14 Win Over Jayvees

The jayvee football team went down to its third successive defeat Saturday, 26 to 14, at the hands of the Springfield College junior varsity. The score, however, does not indicate the closeness of the contest; the Crimson led at the half, 14 to 13.

Both lines were helplessly mired on the rain-soaked gridiron for most of the contest. The edge lay in the backfield, where the Maroon and White had two very fast halfbacks in Bob Emerson and Mickey Howe, as well as fleet and long-passing quarterback Ernie Degutis.

Degutis passed for two touchdowns, one play covering 35 yards, the other 25, and both times his ends were just a few steps beyond a drawn-in Harvard secondary.

Tsavaris, Kierstead Effective

Against this array of speed, the Crimson had only swift tailback Lou Tsavaris, plus the short, hard passing of Bill Kierstead.

After an early Springfield touchdown, the score changed hands three times in the second period. Tsavaris broke through a wide hole at guard for a 31-yard scoring romp and Bob Kendall rushed the point. After Degutis first touchdown, throw, Kierstead took the ball to the 20 on a bootleg, and Kendall ran it over, with Tsavaris carrying for the point. Degutis got away his other long heave in the third quarter, and Howe clinched it in the final period with two long runs and a short rush, all through the line.