Booters Wallop Yale, 4-1; Hammond, Robertson Star

Harvard goalie Richie Hammond leaped high in the air to share Yale's last long pass, manager Bob Gould shot the final gun, and the jubilant Crimson soccer squad capped a crushing 4-1 win over the Elis by carrying coach Bruce Munro on a short jaunt around Cumnock Field.

Sophomore Scott Robertson picked up two beautiful goals, high-scoring junior Lutz Hoeppner tallied once, and the magnificent Andy Kydes marked his final game for Harvard with his first goal of the year. Yale was sloppy, thoroughly outplayed, and never much in the ball game after Robertson's first goal.

Tony Marks used his skills and cunning, Dave Wright his speed and hustle, and Joe Gould his standard best-game-ever performance to throttle the Elis' vaunted fast breaks. Yale didn't score its goal until the third quarter, when Harvard held a 3-0 lead.

There wasn't a cheap goal in the contest, and the Crimson's first, after only three minutes of play, set the quality standard.

Sophomore inside Jaime Vargas dribbled leisurely into the penalty area on the left side and slid a perfect pass to classmate Robertson, who had cut behind Vargas from the left wing. Robertson connected with his right foot and drove his first goal in a month inside the near post.

Five and a half minutes into the second period, Jim Saltonstall lofted a corner kick to the outside edge of the penalty area. There Kydes calmly waited, then went into a sidesaddle cartwheel. His right foot met the ball in mid-air and slammed it on a bounce into the goal, to the spectators' immense delight.

Hoeppner, who had scored, against every Ivy opponent except Brown this year, raised the margin to 3-0 eight mintes into the second half. He dribbled around a fullback and lined a 20-yard shot into the lower left corner of the goal.

Mike Mueller scored Yale's only goal seven minutes later on a fast break set up by wing Tim Oppenheimer.

Robertson restored the margin just before the third period ended. He took a short pass from Saltonstall, dribbled to his right across the penalty area, and let loose a perpendicular shot when goalie Roger Skrobat came out of the nets.

The fourth quarter was slow and scoreless, with hustling inside Peter Millock providing the only life. Hammond made several good saves and wound up with 17 for the day.

The win assured Harvard of second place in the Ivy League, with an excellent 6-1 record. If Columbia, presently in third at 4-2, can pull the upset of the year against Brown today, the Crimson will tie for the title. It's a faint hope, but if you've a free minute today, say a little prayer for the Lions.