Bartolet Comes Off Bench to Spark Stalled Offense With Passing Attack

PRINCETON--Terry Bartolet, once the Crimson's forgotten man, has now gone from football rags to riches twice in the same season. Given another chance Saturday when the varsity's offense stalled under the direction of Ted Halaby, Bartolet reponded with a dazzling aerial show.

Thus Bartolet emerged from his long, John Yovicsin-imposed exile with the kind of performance many people always knew he could give. After completing seven out of 15 passes for 109 ards against Cornell, Bartolet was two or five for 21 yards in the Columbia game but threw a key interception that moved Yovicsin to call on Halaby.

Late in the first half of the Dartmouth encounter, Bartolet tossed the interception that led to the Big Green's only touchdown, and the stature he temporarily held after the Cornell game was gone. He throw only one pass against Penn, and it fell incomplete.

But Saturday, after a first-half scoring pass to Tom Boone, Bartolet engineered a long Crimson march in the third period. He made several brainy calls, including two fake punt formations in a row and a draw play with Larry Repsher carrying.

And his last-ditch drive in the game's closing minutes provided Crimson football with its most exciting moments of the year. Two Bartolet passes covered 85 yards, and when Bert Messenbaugh hauled in Bartolet's second touchdown pitch of the day, even the writers in the press box, who rarely get excited about anything, were on their feet.

Armstrong Stars in First Half

Hobie Armstrong started out as though he had finally learned where to run, but soon dispelled that notion. On the Princeton six in the second quarter, Armstrong ignored daylight all around and ran smack into his interference and Tiger Ron Goldman. The resulting fumble hurt.

Things might have been different if Dave Gouldin hadn't thought fast on the second Tiger extra point. Holder Hugh Scott couldn't find the handle on the ball, but Gouldin booted it right out of his hands and over the crossbar.

Jarring tackles by Jim Nelson and Glenn Haughie were bright spots in the Crimson defense. On offense, Repsher reeled off several good gains despite a painful chest injury that would have kept most players inactive.