Word: halfback
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...these days, New York Governor Hugh Carey, 61, ditched his statehouse grays for an appearance in the second annual Pumpkin Bowl. The touch-football game pitted the Governor and his staff against reporters for the Albany Times-Union. As back-up quarterback, Carey warmed the bench. But substituting at halfback, he did manage a down or two of wobbly catch and carry. Cheering him on and tucking in his jersey from time to time was his second wife of seven months, Evangeline Gouletas-Carey, 45. Last year the statehousers lost, but this time they scored a 24-6 win. Said...
Opening the game in a new formation that moved All-Ivy winger Mauro Keller-Sarmiento to center halfback, the Crimson controlled the flow of play throughout the first half, creating several near misses on combinations between Keller-Sarmiento and forwards Mike Mogollon and Leo Lanzillo...
...skeleton. Co-captain DANA WARREN and striker SARAH CHUBB squeezed into the same pair of pants and feigned siamese twins, while midfielder MERRY ANN MOORE padded an over-sized pair of jeans and went as "Big Buns." Sweeper DEB FIELD donned some fatigues for the "G.I.Deb" look, while halfback LAURA MAYER combined red socks, a red turtle-neck, and green hospital pants to instill some holiday spirit as a Christmas Tree. Not outdone by his charges, head coach BOB SCALISE painted his face white...
...sits on the field, his legs spread out straight before him, his head hung halfway between anger and disgust. No one notices, least of all the referee, who has just blown another opportunity to penalize an Army defender for a late hit. Jim Acheson, number 31 and senior halfback for the Crimson, plucks for a moment a tuft of grass, then rises slowly, shaking his head, and jogs back to the huddle...
With senior fullback Ellen Jakovic nursing a groin pull (suffered against Brown Saturday) on the bench, talented junior halfback Laura Mayer returned to the back row where she started as a freshman and shadowed Murphy throughout the game...