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...offensive flanker and field-goal kicker. The pros are thinking about making offensive ends out of two star Southwest Conference halfbacks because of their broken-field running ability: Texas' crazy-legged Jimmy Saxton, 21 (5 ft. 11 in., 164 Ibs.) and Arkansas' fleet-footed Lance Alworth, 21 (6 ft., 178 Ibs.). Says one scout: "Alworth didn't catch many at Arkansas. But he has tremendous speed-he runs the 100-yd. dash in 9.6 seconds-and his performance as a breakaway running back shows that once he gets the ball, he can go the distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: 1961 All-America | 12/1/1961 | See Source »

...Texas' scrawny (5 ft. 11 in., 160 Ibs.) Jimmy Saxton, a crazy-legged halfback who takes off in all directions, prompted one opposing defense man to counsel: "If you miss Saxton, just wait a minute. He's liable to be back." > Arkansas' light-footed Lance Alworth (6 ft., 175 Ibs.) is the key man in the Razorback's fast-breaking backfield. Says Arkansas Coach Broyles: "He's what we call an even and leavin' man. When he's even with you, he's leavin'." >Texas Christian's Guy ("Sonny") Gibbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Home on the Range | 10/13/1961 | See Source »

...trust, set up in 1949 at the death of the shy Quaker attorney and amateur bird watcher whose fortune began when land he accepted as a legal fee later turned out to hold rich iron-ore deposits. ¶Businessman (real estate, mining, investments) Marshall W. Alworth's $1,000,000 memorial to his parents, limited to students majoring in mathematics, engineering, the physical sciences, and medicine, which has aided a total of 270 students in twelve years, including some whose grants saw them through eight years of schooling. ¶The John C. Dwan Educational Foundation, founded this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Natural Resources | 7/14/1961 | See Source »

Design for Living. When young, recently widowed June Halverson Alworth (now Mrs. Robert J. Starkey) first walked into Marcel Breuer's office more than two years ago, she knew only that she wanted a house large enough for herself and her three children that would make the best possible use of her rocky hillside site with its sweeping view of Lake Superior. The site problems were made to order for Breuer, who feels the hillside house can ideally combine both the snug, down-to-earth feeling, where the building is anchored to the upper slope, with a soaring, cantilevered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Floating Box | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...Clarkson 2. Sacrifice hit--H. Kernan. Double plays--Stephenson to Coburn to Matthews, Coolidge to Matthews to Randall. Bases on balls--by Coburn: Baker 2, Schildmiller 2, Cox, R. W. Brown; by Stillman: Clough; by Brown: Coolidge, Matthews. Struck out--by Coburn: R. C. Brown 2, Clough, Baker, Cox, Alworth; by Stillman: R. W. Brown; by Brown: H. Kernan, Randall 2, R. Kernan, Coburn, Carr, Clarkson. Wild pitch--Stillman. Time of game--2h. 30m. Umpire--A. Clarkson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD, 9; ANDOVER, 0. | 5/12/1903 | See Source »

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