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...word "peckerhead." I have my own definition of this word-will you kindly provide me with yours? PERRY W. PARKER Major, U.S.A.F. (ret.) Palmdale, Calif. ¶ According to Partridge's Dictionary oj Slang and TIME'S movie reviewer, peckerhead means a kind of beak-nosed eager beaver...
Fullback Don Beaver prevented a sure Bruin goal in the second period by falling to his knees and deflecting the ball with his chest. He played his customary fast, aggressive game until he retired in the fourth period after being kicked in the face...
...intact. But Munro is worried about the strength of his backfield, which so far this year has held down opposition scoring until the line could combine to tally. Tony Oberschall will fill in at halfback, should Denny Little, Stacy Holmes, or John Haddik tire. Captain Hugh Sargent and Don Beaver will start at fullback, although they both have injured legs and may not be able to go full tilt...
...explanation for the poor play of the usually steady Crimson defense lies in the fact that only one of the halfbacks and fullbacks, Stacey Holmes, was able to stay in all the way. Don Beaver, Hugh Sargent, John Hadik and Denny Little all started with injured legs, and not one of them could play the full 88 minutes...
Hadik will strengthen the defense by returning to right halfback and providing a possible substitute for fullbacks High Sargent and Don Beaver, neither of whom are in top shape. The other halfbacks will be Stacey Holmes at center, and Denny Little, playing despite a sprained ankle, at left...