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Quarterback Jim Plunkett of the New England Patriots has been traded to the San Francisco 49ers for quarterback Tom Owen and draft choices, the Patriots' front office said yesterday...
...year's twenty-fifth reunion class shows that tennis is the most popular of all games among the old Crimson grads. Of 592 members of the Harvard Class of 1949 who responded to a questionaire, 237 said they play tennis. Skiing was the second most popular sport among the '49ers, with sailing copping a close third. None of the respondents reported that they play stickball with any regularity...
Protesters will hear speeches by striking members of the Graphic Arts International Union (GAIU) until noon, when they will accompany the alumni to the steps of Widener Library where the '49ers will pose for their class picture...
Going into the fourth Sunday of the season, the Atlanta Falcons had lost two consecutive games without scoring a single touchdown. They seemed to be on the brink of disintegration. The San Francisco 49ers were winning 10-0, and now a disgruntled home-town crowd had to watch the embarrassing spectacle of two Falcons-Fullback Art Malone and Tight End Jim Mitchell-angrily slapping each other around after a muffed play. The fight symbolized the Falcons' frustration better than any statistics of futility on offense or defense...
When Shiner was hurt in the 49ers contest, Lee was the man Van Brocklin turned to, and he promptly moved the team downfield for two quick field goals. Though the Falcons lost once more (13-9), Lee somehow seemed to have turned them into a team. The next week, with Lee still calling signals, Atlanta buried the Chicago Bears 46-6. The Falcons have been soaring ever since. Going into last weekend, they had won seven in a row and were challenging the Los Angeles Rams for first place in the Western Division of the National Football Conference...