Pass Thefts Foil Terriers

Boston University's Waterloo came at the Crimson's last line of defense--safeteymen Tom Wynne and John Tyson. Wynne foiled the Terriors' aerial blitz with three interceptions, tying a Harvard record. Tyson stalled the B.U. ground attack with a team-leading nine tackles and added a fourth interception of his own.

On Wynne's first play at safety, he stepped in front of Smith at the Harvard 7 to grab Tom Thornton's on-target pass and race back 20 yards. When second-stringer Danny Lucca tossed a third-and-10 flare pass to right end John Cambest on the next series, Wynne dove on it for his second steal. On B.U.'s final series of the half, Wynne snatched another Thornton pass to Smith on the Harvard 15 to sarve a certain touchdown.

John Tyson, like Chickenman, seems to be "everywhere, everywhere." When Rucker juggled a 17-yard pass on the Harvard 11 in the second quarter, Tyson snatched it away and scampered 15 yards. When Thornton seemed about to waltz into the Crimson end-zone on a six-yard roll out around left end early in the fourth quarter, Tyson came from out of nowhere to drop him on the one-yard line. Driven almost by instinct on a second-and-8 play in the same quarter, Tyson moved up from safety to stop Smith's slant off tackle for no gain.

"John is a deadly tackler," Harvard coach John Yovicsin said after the game. "We've never had anybody who played safety better than Tyson. He's all hustle."

Harvard fans must wonder if there isn't a better word than "hustle" for what Tyson takes onto the football field every Saturday. Straining for an interception in the second quarter, Tyson ran full steam over the Harvard bench and somersaulted in the first row of the stands. Before the crowd could react, he was back on the field. Next play he teamed up with cornerman Mike Ananis to stop Smith from scoring B.U.'s second touchdown.