A 46-yard touchdown dash by Bobby Leo broke up a close ball game and gave Harvard a victory over Yale at the Stadium today. The score was 18-14.

With Yale leading 14-12 late in the fourth period, the sophomore halfback took a handoff from John McCluskey and sped around right end. McCluskey gave him one block. Pete Hall eliminated Yale's corner man, and Leo outran three defenders, scoring untouched.

The score climaxed a 60-yard drive for Harvard, with Leo getting most of the yardage. Just before the scoring dash Leo had picked up a first down on a third-down play.

The victory gave Harvard second place in the Ivy League.

Yale's top rusher, fullback Chuck Mercein, dressed for the game but limped noticeably coming onto the field and did not start. Neither did Greg Weiss, a guard.

For Harvard, right tackle Joe Jurek and right guard Gene Skowronski did not start but both got into the game later. The Crimson's starting backfield was shuffled too, with Wally Grant moving to right half, Bobby Leo playing left half, and Stan Yastrzemski starting at fullback. Leo played with both the first and second teams on offense, while Dave Poe played almost exclusively on defense.

Lost Opportunity

Harvard lost a scoring opportunity early in the first quarter after Hiram Carey's punt traveled only to the Crimson 45.

A pass from John McCluskey to Paul Barringer, who leaped high to take it on the left sideline, put Harvard on the Yale 40. Two plays later, halfback Bobby Leo got behind Jim Groninger and was open at the five-yard line, but McCluskey threw short and Groninger intercepted for Yale.

The Crimson got on the scoreboard early in the second quarter after a 72-yard drive. Yastrzemski ate up 36 of them on bucks over the middle as John O'Brien, Dick Berdik, and Chuck Reischel cleared out the Yale line. A penalty set the Crimson back to the Yale 19 after Grant had picked up a crucial first down. But McCluskey fired a flare pass to Frank Ulcickas, who carried to the Yale six.

On the first play McCluskey sent Grant off left-tackle and the speedy halfback gained only a yard. Then McCluskey pitched out to Grant; the Crimson's right halfback moved outside left end, got key blocks from McCluskey and Ulcickas, and dived into the corner of the end zone. Maury Dullea's kick was wide and it was Harvard 6, Yale 0.

71-Yard Drive

The Elis came back to take the lead away, marching 71 yards as Ed McCarthy's passing ripped Harvard's defense apart. McCarthy started by throwing to Bill Henderson for a 24-yard gain to the Harvard 40. Two running plays later, McCarthy went to the air again and found his split end, Bunky Carter, wide open at the Harvard 15.

Henderson took it to the five in two carries for a first down. From there, Pete Cummings bowled over the middle to the three, and Dick Niglie burst through a huge hole at left tackle for the score that tied it.

Yale called on Bill Vance, a JV who had never place-kicked in varsity competition, to try the extra point. He made it and put Yale ahead, 7 to 6.