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...four years at Harvard right-hander Bob Kalinoski has sustained a broken collarbone, two torn cartilages, a broken finger, water on the knee, and phlebitis of the calf. "This may sound funny, but I have a strong arm," Kalinoski said...
...calf was really bad news, but here was a right turn. I could tell that I had run 100 yards and then turn left for the final 100. So I poured it on and my calf got all better. No one was around me so I coudn't make any attempts to pass to thrill the bigger crowd. Nor could I be passed...
Then a problem. I started getting a sharp pain in my left calf every few steps. At last, I thought, I'm doomed. But the pain was bearable. At about that time the first Harvard runner was crossing the finish line--John Heyburn, 101st...
SOON I was clearly in Boston, the calf getting worse and my grimaces thrilling bystanders. Then some guy finally said, "Last mile." It was a lie, of course, but the race was undeniably nearing completion. The Prudential came closer and closer. Estimates by the crowd of distance remaining was all contradictory and more a handicap than a help. But they meant well...
...first puppet show consisted of a Federal meat inspector (who looked suspiciously like a drill sergeant) convincing a young calf (who loked suspiciously liek a draftee) that, since he had been graded "A-1 Prime" it was his duty to serve, unless, of course he could demonstrate a belief in some "Sacred...