Six Cornell Goals in 3rd Period End Crimson's Comeback Hopes

ITHACA, N.Y.--Cornell's varsity sextet picked up nine goals and 16 assists tonight to soundly defeat a faltering Crimson squad, 9-2.

The game's one consolation is that Harvard got a multitude of mistakes out of its system. Passing slowly and sloppily, the team played defensive hockey.

It was not a mismatch from the start, however. Trailing 3-0 at the end of the first period, Harvard began to dominate play. Ed Zellner assisted Pete Waldinger at 4:37 for a Crimson score. Gordon Price, assisted by Zellner and Waldinger, quickly followed with a goal at 5:08. This made it 3-2, but not for long.

The third period was a disaster. Within the first five minutes Cornell had scored four goals, and the game was virtually over. The Redmen pressed harder, and added two more scores before the contest ended.

Bill Fitzsimmons, with a total of 30 saves, played well for Harvard. Cornell's goalie, Errol McKibbon, had to make only 13 saves the whole game, and seven of them came in the second period when Harvard scored its two goals.

Another bright spot for Harvard was sophomore Waldinger. Going into the game as the team's leading scorer with seven goals and six assists, Waldinger added a goal and an assist to increase his scoring total to 15 points.

For Cornell, it was the Ferguson boys again. Dave Ferguson scored twice and added four assists; his brother Doug tallied for two goals and three assists. Another brother Bob picked up one assists, giving the family 12 of Cornell's 25 points.

At 1:33 left in the game, a gigantic fight broke out among the Harvard and Cornell players. Twice it was stopped, and twice it was restarted. Finally with the aid of referees, coaches, trainers and managers, play was resumed.

When the brawl finally ended, Harvard had lost Price and Captain John Daly. Four Cornell players were also thrown out of the game.