Word: mid-season
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...nation's big concrete stadiums, the news at the mid-season mark was that the top football teams seemed unbeatable. Perhaps it was the unlimited-substitutions rule that favored the big teams. Lesser teams might talk about how they held back the giant for a quarter or two, as many of them did, but by the final gun the team with superior reserves of talented specialists (either offensive or defensive) won. In the Midwest, there seemed no end to the invincibility of Notre Dame and Michigan, both unbeaten since 1946. Only slightly less impressive were North Carolina and Army...
...backfield men have also seen backer-up service in the weeks of practice. Mel Freedman, who moved up from the Jayvees in mid-season last year, has proved durable in the position; and Phil Isenburg, a scrappy lightweight, has also worked out behind the line. Both Freedman and Isenburg are quarterbacks...
...Pirates' real treasure is 25-year-old Left Fielder Ralph Kiner, and so far this year he has not sparkled. Two years ago, trying to win a place in the big league, Rookie Kiner had clouted 14 homers in spring training, but had fallen apart in mid-season (though his 23 home runs led the league). Last year Kiner took it easy in spring training, hit an infinitesimal .090. Then he banged 51 homers, to tie with the Giants' Johnny Mize for the home-run crown...
Walt McCurdy regained a flash of his mid-season mastery to help knot Saturday's photofinish tilt, and Bill Prior and John Rockwell looked better than ever. They'll need to be. After tonight it will be all work, all Ivy League. Probably Starting Lineups HARVARD SPRINGFIELD Hauptfuhrer lf Hazon Rockwell rf Burke Prior c Kubachka Brady lg Barker Gannon rg Sullivan
...Mid-Season Resume...