Word: kneeing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last winter Arturo Toscanini, the white-maned little titan, was beginning to look and move like a man nearing 84. Because of his ailing left knee, he was forced to cancel eight of his NBC concerts. When he flew off to Italy last spring, few of his musicians expected to have the privilege of trembling under one of his tirades again. Moreover, in midsummer came more bad news: the death of his wife Carla, 73, who had been his caretaker and counselor for 54 years. His friends feared he was through. They misjudged their man. Last week the old Arturo...
During a rough & tumble first half in Berkeley, Calif., the University of Southern California laid for California's star fullback Johnny Olszewski (pronounced O'Shevsky), sent him to the sidelines with a wrenched knee. After an even rougher game between Marquette and Tulsa, Marquette Coach Lisle Blackbourn complained that Tulsa players were guilty of "flagrantly illegal tactics." Tulsa Coach Buddy Brothers denied the charges, called them "unfair, unsportsmanlike, and onesided." The name-calling finally stopped when the two schools found one answer to the question of dirty football: they canceled the 1952 game...
...Indian Ross Ellis, fading back to his own 25, got off a 50-yard punt that sailed over Crimson halfback Charlie Arena's head, landing on the Harvard 10 and rolling into the end zone. Arena grabbed the ball in the end zone, slipped and went down on one knee. Although he recovered and ran the ball back to the 15, the referees called it a safety...
...Blaik is knee-deep in good ends. Lowell Sisson and Ron Lincoln occasionally go both ways, although the coach, largely out of desperation, uses two platoons in order to train his inexperienced charges to be adopt in at least one aspect of the game. Defensively, however, Lincoln is turned out of a play far more easily than is Krobock...
...these, right half Larry Leonard is all taped up after injuring his ankle in the Williams game, and reserve center forward Ed Seaga has a charley horse. Both should see limited action. Florin has an infected toe, Beer the remains of a stomach disorder, and Berger a twisted knee...