Greenies Reveal Injuries

Dartmouth is shedding tears again, but don't be fooled.

Boston radio stations and newspapers carried elaborate stories yesterday describing the Hanover plight. Two senior stars, it seems, will miss Saturday's game against Harvard because of injuries. End Bill Calhoun, the team captain, suffered a hip-point injury against Brown last week, and halfback Paul Klungess has a charlie horse.

"I've been told by the doctor not to count on either boy," reported Coach Bob Blackman.

Sure, Bob.

Blackman sighed, "Earlier today I was thinking back to the two good games Klungess has had against Harvard; he scored two touchdowns against Harvard as a sophomore and had a touchdown last year."

"As it is," he continued, "we're already thin in the backfield."

Sure, Bob.

The Dartmouth backfield consists of Klungess and Mike Beard, Pete Walton and Gene Ryzewicz. All were starters on the undefeated 1965 team.

Before the Princeton game two weeks ago, Blackman complained that he had lost 10 halfbacks. A bit of research revealed that four of those 10 graduated, two were never even prominent junior varsity prospects, two were reserves, one had dropped football plans last spring, and the 10th was Klungess--who started and gained 67 yards on the ground.

During Blackman's 11 years at Dartmouth, moans have become part of the regular preparation before tough games. Blackman, you understand, never loses. Of course, Holy Cross may win a miserable contest in the rain, or Harvard may win against a crippled Indian team, but Dartmouth under ideal conditions never loses.

In earlier games Dartmouth did lose both its starting defensive ends for the season, but that's old hat now. The tragedy, however, is revived from time to time.

Harvard coach John Yovicsin, in contrast, stated that he expects his team at full strength Saturday. Halfback Bobby Leo, knocked out cold against Cornell, is fine. Safetyman John Tyson will be wearing a brace for his neck, but X-rays show that he did not suffer a pinched nerve, as feared.

Defensive tackle Skip Sviokla is back after sitting out the Cornell game with a sprained ankle, and fellow tackle Dave Davis will play again this Saturday with a cracked vertebra. Bruised fullback Tom Choquette should be almost at full strength by the end of the week.