Penn Booters Smash Tigers, 5-1; Crimson Maintains Slim Ivy Lead

Penn, playing its best game of the season, trounced Princeton, 5-1, last Saturday to set the stage for an Ivy League showdown this weekend between Harvard and the Quakers.

After frustrating ties with Brown and Cornell, Penn organized a coordinated attack against the Tigers and scored three times in the first period. Forward Bob Watkins scored three goals and assisted on a fourth as the Quakers outshot Princeton 38-15, Penn's goalie Alex Spector had a perfect afternoon except for a second period penalty shot by Lazlo Adams.

The victory left the Quakers just two points out of first place. Harvard maintained its Ivy League lead with a lopsided 3-0 triumph over Dartmouth. Penn and the Crimson are the only undefeated teams in the well-balanced league.

In the only other league contest last week, Cornell came from behind to beat Yale 2-1 on a muddy New Haven field. The Bulldogs' Frank Noyes scored first, but Cornell won the game in the second period on goals by Clark Mycoff and Tom McCarthy.

Columbia and Brown had the weekend off, and both teams are within striking distance of the Ivy leaders. Columbia has only lost to Harvard, while Borwn still has a shot at the Crimson in two weeks.

Besides the big match between Penn and Harvard on Saturday, Princeton is at Brown, Cornell at Columbia, and Yale at Dartmouth. Brown and the Lions are heavily favored in their respective games and victories would keep these teams right with the winner of the Penn-Harvard game. The Bulldog-Indian game will be a battle for seventh place in the standings.

Gomez Leads Svoring

Solomon Gomez, who won the Ivy League scoring title last year, leads the league in scoring with five points, two goals and three assists.

Gomez's closest competition comes from teammate Charlie Thomas, who scored twice against Dartmouth. Thomas has four points and leads the league, along with Penn's Watkins, with three goals in three games.

On defense, goalie Bill Meyers leads the Ivy netminders with a 0:67 goals against average. In three games, Meyers has allowed only two scores. Second to Myers is Penn's Spector, who has limited the opposition to two scores in two games.

The Crimson's Shep Messing has not allowed a goal in Ivy competition, but he has only played three quarters and therefore does not qualify for the official standings.

Harvard and Penn also lead the Ivy League in team statistics. Penn has outshot Harvard 84-79 in three games, but both teams have a league-leading eight goals.

On defense, the Crimson has yielded the fewest goals, only two.

In another interesting statistical analysis, Penn seems to be a much faster starting team. The Quakers scored seven of their eight goals in the first and third periods. In contrast, Harvard has scored only one goal in the first period this year, but the Crimson has tallied five times in the second and fourth quarters.

Against their only common opponent, Penn played to a 2-2 tie against Cornell, while Harvard beat Cornell, 2-1, with a score in the final minute of play.

Ivy Standings

Team W L T P

Harvard 3 0 0 6

Penn 1 0 2 4

Columbia 2 1 0 4

Brown 1 1 1 3

Cornell 1 1 1 3

Princeton 1 2 0 2

Dartmouth 1 2 0 2

Yale 0 3 0 0