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There have been some bad streaks for DeMars too. The worst times he remembers were spent sitting on the bench at the beginning of sophomore year. He still had to practice every day, but he never knew when he'd get the chance to make the Saturday game. When he finally did, he'd still always worry that he'd rush too soon or miss a play. But three years of college football produced an attitude that DeMars's backfield coach, Bob Horan, describes as "unbeatable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ted DeMars: First in Line for Harvard Football | 11/7/1972 | See Source »

...Robinson had to fall down to avoid a Derringer fast ball. Then Robinson got up and hit a single. Next time up Robinson again had to hit the dirt. Then he leaped up and hit a Derringer curve into left center for a triple. Turning toward the Montreal bench, Derringer hollered: "He'll do, Clay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Hard Out | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...else edict to put down a proposed boycott of the Dodgers by a group of St. Louis Cardinals. On the field, though, race-baiting continued unabated, most stridently and offensively by the Philadelphia Phillies and their manager Ben Chapman. Once, when Robinson seemed ready to storm the Philadelphia bench, Dodger Shortstop Pee Wee Reese, Jackie's closest friend on the team, silenced Chapman by challenging him to "take on somebody who can fight back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Hard Out | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...flow of any outside play hoping either to nail the sweep of overwhelm the option passer before he can get rid of the ball. Thus calls for a good short passer reading quickly and throwing into the flat which means that Crone may finally he relegated to the bench. Restic quarterback during the week but he has been saving You're going to see mute of Jimmy Stockel a little more emphatically this week...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Football Team Favored Over Pennsylvania Today | 11/4/1972 | See Source »

Will you be sitting on the bench...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: The Ballad of Endzone Crone | 11/4/1972 | See Source »

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