Ivy Roundup: Brown on top

The last of the undefeated Ivy elevents fell and pre-season favorite Yale continued its dismal slide Saturday, once again juggling the standings as the Ivy League football season crossed the halfway mark.

A second-half aerial assault launched by senior Bruin quarterback Mark Whipple propelled Brown over previously unbeaten Cornell, 21-13, and into the top spot in the Ivies.

Trailling 13-7 at the half, Whipple took Brown 78 yards on its first possession of the second half, capping the drive with a three-yd. TD pass to tight end Scott Kidger.

Early in the fourth quarter, Whipple hooked up with Marty Defrancessco for a 29-yd, scoring toss that gave Brown its margin of comfort. Cornell's Joe Holland, who entered the gamne as the nation's leading rusher with 777 yards so far this season, racked up 164 more against Brown; but he fumbled twice in key situations.

Tie One On

When Ron Taussig's 45-yd. field goal attempt fell short with seven seconds remaining in the game at the Yale Bowl, Columbia's bid for an upset of the slumping Elis rolled away, and the teams settled in a 3-3 deadlock.

The contest was short-circuited by six Yale turnovers; however, Columbia continually failed to capitalize on the breaks. The costilest of the Yale mistakes included a fumble in the end zone near the end of the first half.

After losing a 14-0 halftime bulge, Lafayette rallied with a 52-yd. touchdown pass from tailback Ed Rogusky to tight end Rich Smith, pushing the Leopards to a 20-19 win over Penn.

The Quakers fought to a 14-14 tie mid-way through the third quarter and then went ahead, 17-14, on a 45-yd. John Dwyer field goal. But the Rogusky-Smith connection ended Penn's comeback, Lafayette punter Dave Page intentionally taking a safety to wind out the clock.

Hapless Princeton rode tailback Cris Crissy's 136-yd. rushing performance to their first win of the season, a 13-12 victory over Colgate.

After Crissy went 28 yards for the score that gave the tigers a 13-6 lead, Colgate charged 80 yards in 11 players for a touchdown that closed the gap to one point. But Tiger Russ Moyer piked off Colgate's two-point conversion try to seal the win with 52 ticks remaining. IVY STANDINGS   Conf.  All   W-L-T  W-L-T Brown   3-1-0  3-2-0 Dartmouth   2-1-0  2-3-0 Columbia   2-1-1  2-2- Cornell   1-1-1  3-1-1 Yale   1-1-1  2-2-1 Penn   1-2-0  3-2-0 Harvard  1-2-0  3-2-0 Princeton   1-2-0  1-3-1