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...seems unlikely that coach John Yovicsin will leave Crone at quarterback since classmate Rod Foster has assorted himself as the Crimson's number one signal caller. In the event of an injury to Foster. Crone could always return to quarterback and he is too talented to leave on the bench...
...hand-off in the backfield, hardly worth noting except that in other years it would have been called a broken play. Then a pass for a first down. And another pass-on first down! You look to the sidelines to see if Yovicsin has crawled out from under the bench, and there he is standing resolutely next to the phones as if he expected it. And another pass, and again. Four in a row. The last time a Harvard team passed four times straight was the 1965 intercollegiate bridge tournament...
Prices and Politics. The eventual settlement of the U.A.W. strike will be a bench mark. A settlement in line with G.M.'s offer would provide other companies with an example of successful resistance, discouraging future strikes. On the other hand, a large wage gain would give other unions a new goal to shoot at, and would doubtless be followed by another increase in the price of cars and trucks. Last week Ford, which is still producing cars, as are Chrysler and American Motors, raised prices on its 1971 autos by 4.8%, the biggest increase in 14 years. Ford executives...
...Saturday, November 23, 1957, first-year coach John Yovicsin walked along his team's bench and asked if by chance anyone had played quarterback in high school. Harvard was being shut out by Yale on regional television, and all three Crimson quarterbacks had left the game with injuries...
...good players were returning from the 1956 team, injuries and dissatisfaction had caused some squad members to quit the squad, and Yovicsin had a mere 33 men on his bench on opening day against Cornell. The biggest thrill of the season was a near-upset over Princeton...