Injury Hampering Foster; Crone Gets ECAC Award

Injured quarterback Rod Foster suited up in sweat clothes yesterday and for the first time since he suffered a pulled hamstring muscle in the Princeton game a week and a half ago, was able to run at half-speed in preparation for Saturday's Yale game.

Meanwhile, a healthy Eric Crone, the Crimson's signal caller in last week's game with Brown, was named one of the Backs of the Week by the ECAC for his performance against the Bruins.

Foster tried to work out last week prior to the Brown contest, but as he confessed, "I couldn't even trot; I couldn't do anything." He went out to practice yesterday with orders from doctors to refrain from sprints, fast starts or sudden jerks of any kind.

Worried About Game

But Foster, sensing that time was running out and that the Elis would soon be in Cambridge, appeared to be less concerned with the doctors' advice and more worried about Saturday's passing game. "I've got to be able to throw today," he said before leaving the training room for practice.

The ECAC didn't seem to think Crone had much trouble passing against Brown. In voting him one of five Backs of the Week, the ECAC was impressed with his completion of 14 out of 18 passes for 196 yards. Crone, a sophomore, also ran for two Crimson touchdowns.

Bulldogs

Whoever is quarterbacking for the Crimson Saturday will run up against another ECAC player of the week. Yale's defensive end Jim Gallagher was named to the ECAC's squad for his solid rushing defense and strong pass rush against Princeton last week.

"If I'm able to run, I'll do all right," said Foster, who found a definite tightness in his upper thigh when he jogged over a mile during yesterday's practice.

'You'll Run'

"I don't think it'll be that bad. You know, if you got two guys chasing you, you'll run," he added.

After Foster went out to jog, a trainer at Dillon Fieldhouse commented, "If he can't play, he'll play anyway. That's the way he was when he was a freshman. The main thing is he wants to play."