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McCluskey's status is more questionable. The speedy junior must have all his speed to be the Crimson's number-one quarterback. Yovicsin gave him a rest against Penn, thinking that he hadn't recovered from a hamstring pull suffered five weeks ago against UMass.
McCluskey pulled a hamstring muscle five weeks ago against Massachusetts. In that game he had turned in an 32-yard run and had been easily the most exciting player on the field.
Then this summer Harry's athletic career seemed to be over for good. A motorcycle accident left him with a deep gash that went almost through his left leg and required 30 stitches. Miraculously, it missed both hamstring muscles, but Van Oudenallen suffered a severed nerve and three broken fingers...
More serious is the problem at quarterback; Bilodeau had difficulty even kneeling to hold the ball for practice place kicks Saturday. Yovicsin feels that John McCluskey has still not recovered the top running form he showed against Massachusetts (he pulled a hamstring muscle in that game).
Poe isn't Harvard's only casualty. End Ken Boyda (shoulder) and tackle Neil Curtin (knee) will almost certainly miss the game. But here Harvard may be fortunate: Columbia is the only other Ivy team with an injury list as long as Harvard's. End Jerry Hug, top pass catcher...