Gridders Add to Lions' Agony, 41-7

The Harvard football team opened the market Saturday at The Stadium against the Columbia Lions. And business boomed.

With an active day of football for the Crimson, Harvard stock soared to 41 points, while shares of Columbia lingered at seven.

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If Saturday's windfall is an indication of what type of year it's going to be for the defending Ivy League champions, then Harvard means business.

But such results should come as no surprise. Just listen to Coach Joe Restic, Harvard's top broker, who subscribes to the theory that practice makes the best businessman every Saturday afternoon.

"The way you approach practice is the way you play," Restic said. "We're very business-like in practice. We just make sure we get everything covered. We're not over there patting each other on the back and high-fiving and doing all those things. That doesn't win for you on Saturday."

Against the Lions, it was business as usual for the Crimson. Harvard scored early. Quarterback Tom Yohe scrambled, threw touchdowns and broke records. Tony Hinz, with the help of his associates on the offensive line, ran like he was at the Yale Bowl again.

The defensive line once again held an opponent to less than 100 total yards on the ground and sacked Columbia's quarterbacks eight times.

The secondary picked off four passes. The receivers, led by Neil Phillips and Don Gajewski, made Yohe quickly forget about alumni receivers Brain Barringer and Kent Lucas.

"Harvard went in and played a mature, confident and relaxed football game, and Columbia did not," Columbia Coach Larry McElreavy said.

Wear a tie, bring a briefcase and punch the clock, Harvard's doing business again.

"After winning the title last year the one thing we want to avoid is complacency," Captain Don Peterson said.

Not many complacent businessmen have ever struck it rich on Wall Street. The Stadium is on different. Complacency took the last seat on the Columbia bus to New York.

Restic also took care of business on the bench, making sure to let his substitutes play. Switch the quarterbacks, change the defense, sub for the backs.

The win over the Lions proved that Harvard is still the team to beat in the Ivy League. The Crimson won a game it was expected to win by a margin that sent signals to all Ivy contenders. Restic and Co. won't be offering their Ivy League trophy for sale.

After taking a day off yesterday, the Crimson finds itself eager to do business on the practice field today. Early season projections indicate not much has changed at The Stadium. No one is about to go out of business.

Crimson 41, Columbia 7 The Stadium Team  1  2  3  4  F Columbia  0  7  0  0  7 Harvard  17  7  7  10  41

First Quarter

H--Gajewski 19 yd. pass from Yohe (Hall PAT), 4:38.

H--Hinz 1 yd. run (Hall PAT), 7:43.

H--Hall 28 yd. FG, 13:09.

Second Quarter

C--Less 4 yd. pass from Seidewand (M. Pollard PAT), 2:47.

H--Phillips 1 yd. pass from Yohe (Hall PAT), 14:24.

Third Quarter

H--Hinz 8 yd. run (Hall PAT), 6:33.

Forth Quarter

H--Hall 22 yd. FG, 1:43.

H--Reidy 28 yd. run (Hall PAT), 6:29.

Passing: C, Seidewand 3-9-2-34, Mayhew 3-5-1-39, Lorentz 2-6-1 5. H, Yohe 11-20-0-184, MacLeod 2-4-0-57.

Rushing: C, Jonhson 10-90, Konovalchik 7-20, Abbruzzese 7-2, Seidewand 4-22. H, Hill 13-96, Konovalchik 6-17, Yohe 5-14, Haller 5-13, Reidy 1-28.

Racsiving: C, Byerly 2-22, Kolyon 1-17, Brown 1-15, Less 2-19, Johnson 1-(-5), Paul 1-10. H, Phillips 3-51, Gajewski 3-56, Hinz 3-42, Perry 1-43, DiBiase 1-40.

All: 9000.