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...other offensive threats in the Princeton singlewing attack are genuine stars in their own right. Wingback Dan Terpack is the captain, and a fine runner and pass receiver. Fullback Bill Merlini provides the power. The fourth member of the backfield, quaterback John Henrich, is considered by many the outstanding blocker in the league...
Suddenly, however, the Tigers got a break, and the lead changed hands. Tallback Ibbeken passed to John Henrich who accidently deflected the ball to teammate, Rockenbach who barely managed to maintain his balance as he eluded numerous Harvard players and scored. After the extra point was kicked, Princeton...
...Some who have tried: Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich, Dizzy Trout, Waite Hoyt, Gus Mancuso, Jack Graney, Harry Heilman, Gabby Street, Pie Traynor, Bump Hadley, Mickey Heath, Dizzy ("He slud into second") Dean, Buddy Blattner, Frankie Frisch...
...easy. "Those fellas," says he, "they want to beat us. They never have. But I don't think their pitching is any better than ours. We beat their big fella [Don Newcombe] twice in the 1949 series. The first game it was 1-0 and Tommy Henrich hits one out of the park in the ninth inning. But that's what you need and I had DiMaggio and Keller and where do you find outfielders like that now? But we beat the fella [Newcombe], and we beat the other one [Carl Erskine] although he's a good...
Despite the failure of Joe DiMaggio and the retirement of Tommy Henrich, the Yanks still have outfielders of the calibre of Bauer, Mapes, and Woodling, in addition to the even younger Jensen and Mantle. But Reynolds and Shea leave much to be desired this year as third and fourth starters behind Lopat and Raschi. And the collapse of Joe Page has left the club without a reliable relief hurler...