Harvard `A' Rugby Falls to Bulldogs; `B' Team Triumphs

Harvard's A team ruggers got mired down in the New Haven muck Saturday, but the B team found the goo to be just the stuff to dump their Eli rivals in.

The A team just couldn't put the ball over Yale's goal line, as time and again they pounded on the door, only to be shut out, 3-0.

"We're a fast team, and any time we have to play on a field like that it hurts us, since we rely on our speed," Harvard wing Richie Sherman said of the wet and muddy field, which the day before had served as the battleground for several Harvard-Yale intramural clashes.

Three You're Out

Yale's margin of victory came from a first half penalty kick on the third of three successive penalties. The first infraction resulted in a Yale field goal attempt from 45 yards out. The kick was blocked by Harvard wing forward Sal D'Agostino, but Yale was awarded a second kick when the referee ruled that before the kick Harvard had dropped back only 9 of the requisite 10 yards on the unmarked field.

The second kick attempt, from 35 yards, also missed the mark, but Yale was given a third attempt when the referee ruled that the Harvard players had raised their arms before the kick, and obstructed the kicker's view.

The Bulldogs' third attempt, a 25-yard chip shot, cleared the uprights and gave Yale the lone score of the game.

Drive Fails

Late in the second half, the ruggers mounted a final drive deep into Bulldog territory. Awarded a scrum on Yale's five-yard line, the Harvard forwards drove over the ball, getting it out to the backs, who passed quickly down the line, out to the wing, but just as the ball was carried over the goal line, the referee ruled that the ball had been illegally passed forward and whistled the play dead.

In the B contest, the Harvard squad had little trouble, as the Crimson forwards consistently drove their opponents off the ball and into the mud, defeating them 14-0.

Jimmy Feldman scored the first try for the B's in the first half putting the B's ahead 4-0. Barkey Jones added a try in the middle of the second half, to make the score 8-0, and Scott Butler danced across the line just before the gun. Bill Ferguson booted the conversion for the B's final two points.