Word: charleyism
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...obvious reasons, it doesn't look good for the Crimson, without the services of first-string quarterback Ted Halaby, who is sidelined for two weeks with a serious charley horse injury. One of the three remaining undefeated Ivy teams, along with Dartmouth and Princeton, Harvard will have to continue its habit of fooling the bookies, which it had acquired in the last three games, if it hopes to keep a clean slate...
Halaby, conspicuous by his long absence in Saturday's 15-0 loss to Colgate, re-injured his bothersome charley horse on the second play of action, and carried on for only two series of downs before he was relieved by Mike Bassett and Bill Humenuk. Subsequently, his injured muscle tightened up and became more severe than anybody--including Halaby--ever expected. Yesterday's announcement noted that only with extraordinary recovery could Halaby be ready for the Dartmouth game in two weeks...
Slick halfback Emmanuel Boye is limping badly from a charley horse suffered Wednesday. Halfback Tony Davies and right outside Ebenezer Klufio will start, but both will be slowed by the same problem. On the left wing Mike Kramer is nursing a painful ankle injury which makes him an uncertain starter...
...Harvard defense is somewhat of an unknown quantity since it was hardly pressed by Tufts. Fullbacks Louie Williams and Charley David and goalie John Adams all looked good Wednesday, but for that matter, who didn...
...Yankees are undoubtedly the strongest-hitting Yankee team since 1939 -when Joe DiMaggio, Charley Keller, Bill Dickey & Co. lowered the boom on hapless Cincinnati in the World Series, won in four straight games. Only three players hit over .300-Elston Howard (.353), Mickey Mantle (.317) and Johnny Blanchard (.305)-but Roger Maris slammed a record 61 home runs, Mantle hit 54, and no fewer than six Yankees hit 20 or more. So powerful was the Yanks' new Murderers' Row that First Baseman Bill Skowron (28 homers) found himself batting seventh in the lineup...