Word: halfback
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...good.GEORGE EKSTROM (48) starts on the 11-yard jaunt that gave Cornell its second touchdown of the afternoon. The Crimson's JIM NELSON (35) and BERT MESSENBAUGH try In vain to stop Ekstrom, a sprinter on the Big Red track team. No one laid a hand on the rapid halfback on his scoring burst. In all he gained 23 yards on just two rushes. The scoring sweep was the climax of a drive that covered 80 yards in 15 plays. Cornell's George Telesh carried the ball on eight of the 15 plays and also completed 12-yard pass during...
...saddest stories have been written in Cambridge and Ithaca. Cornell had based much of its hopes on halfback Marcy Tino (a converted quarterback) and quarterback Dave McKelvey, the nucleus of the legaue's best backfield. But Tino suffered a pre-season knee injury and will not play at all this year, and in the first quarter of the Big Red's opener against Colgate, McKelvey broke an ankle. He too is out for the season. As for Harvard, Charlie Ravenel, the man who has made the Crimson move for the past three years, sprained his right knee against UMass last...
...Left halfback Bill King is in one piece, but center half Peter Savage and right half Bill Driver are a bit below...
...football team is off to a promising start with a record of two victories and no losses to date. The Crimson swamped a lustreless UConn eleven 21-0 at the Stadium Monday afternoon. Halfback Hank Hatch and quarterbacks Ted Halaby and Jim Ullyot scored the Crimson's three touchdowns, all on short runs...
Both Crimson touchdowns came on thick, one-play breaks. The first came after Ravenel limped off the field, as Jerry Bartolet, sophomore quarterback, began a creditable performance despite weak protection. Bartolet sent Hobie Armstrong through right tackle on the first play without Ravenel. The sophomore halfback evaded several tacklers on his way down the right sidelines and tragged two defenders across the goal line with...