Freshmen, B.C. Battle To Wild 14-14 Deadlock

The Harvard freshman football team traded touchdowns with Boston College in a hair-raising final three minutes before settling for a 14-14 tie with the powerful Eagles yesterday in the Stadium.

With the score tied 8-8 and 2:56 remaining, the Crimson's Will Stargel wrestled a B.C. pass away from its intended receiver at the Eagle 25 and raced down the left sideline to score. A fake kick and pass for the extra points falled, but it didn't seem to matter.

It did. After the kickoff, B.C.'s Tim Graham, who had been volleying long passes into the Harvard secondary all afternoon, faded back and hit end John Eagan for a 66-yard touchdown play. B.C.'s Dave Bennett cut down Stargel with a beautiful block to clear the way. But the kick for the P.A.T. missed, and the game ended in a tie.

Stargel also scored the first Harvard touchdown. In the second quarter, after an aggressive defense had shoved the Eagles into an incredible third and 46 situation at their own 5, a wobbly B.C. punt rolled out of bounds on the 20.

On the first play, Stargel rolled out to the right, danced past tackler after tackler, and covered all 20 yards to score. On the extra point, holder Lew Bohannon picked the ball up and lateralled it to Vic Gatto, who was set to kick. The 5-6, 180-pound halfback barrelled into the end zone for two points.

B.C. Ties Score

B.C. tied the score in the third period when Bonnett took a punt near midfield, cut sharply to his left and dashed to the one, where punter Joe McKinney stopped him.

On the next play, Jim Grace dove into the end zone, and Graham passed to Eagan for two points.

Harvard halfback John Tyson, a hard-running 190-pounder, carried the Harvard attack for much of the game. He was the mainstay of a fourth quarter drive that the B.C. defense stopped on the one-yard line just before Stargel's interception.