Soccer Varsity Bows to Penn, 3-2; Team Demonstrates Lack of Depth

Bruce Munro's agonizing reappraisal of the soccer team almost beat Penn Saturday, but lack of reserve strength finally cost the game as the Quakers rallied to score all their goals in the final period and win, 3 to 2.

The varsity seemed likely to pin the season's first league loss on the Ivy leaders. For the first ten minutes it pressed the Penn goalie relentlessly, demonstrating an unprecedented cordination of passing. The attack paid off when the shuffled front line produced a goal at 8:42, Jim Shue booting in a pass from Tom Bernheim.

The team let down briefly after that, but resumed control of the game early in the second period. The Crimson was not getting as much length to its kicks as the Red and Blue but compensated with more precise passing.

In the second half the Crimson let down, as a lack of depth among the halfbacks began to tell, but Penn did not break through until 5:10 of the final period.

Then captain Dick Tyrell broke through, with Don Beaver dogging him, and when goalie Elliot Finkelstein moved way out of his nets, Tyrell shoved the ball in. A minute later Jim Hill poked in a shot, after the fullbacks had repeatedly failed to clear, and the winning marker came at 11:40 on a shot by Gerry Mayall.

While the varsity lost, the freshman soccer team took Andover 4-3 in a closely-fought overtime match. Andover scored two goals in the first period, but Harvard came back in the second to score three times and once again in overtime play, after Andover tied the contest in the final period.