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West Point's Coach Earl ("Red") Blaik as yet has no reasonable facsimile of famed Glenn ("Mr. Outside") Davis, though he has a promising star in 22-year-old Bobby Stuart. Says Blaik: "Davis had a long stride and five or six different speeds. Stuart has a short stride and only two or three speeds." But Army, unbeaten in three years, began its fourth season by beating beefy Villanova...
Junior Davis was easily the best collegiate athlete since Jim Thorpe, the Carlisle Indian-and possibly the greatest of them all. Said Army's Coach Earl ("Red") Blaik last week: "You take Thorpe . . . I'll take Davis...
...camps, a deceptive defense had now become almost as important as a tricky offense. Said Notre Dame's Frank Leahy: "Defense has always bored me ... it's not stimulating. But I'm stressing it this season." In six games this year, Army's Coach Earl Blaik swore that his opponents had not used the same defense two plays in a row. The trick was to keep the offense off balance, mix up their blocking assignments. Michigan's defensive quarterback sometimes called for a four-man line with five backers-up. Some defense-happy coaches even...
...Blaik, the Army coach, was one of them. Before the Notre Dame game, Blaik told TIME'S Sport Editor: "Frankly, the thing I'm really worried about is the TIME cover jinx...
...Blaik was referring to the fact that some sports figures have had a disturbing tendency to lose their form promptly after their appearance on TIME'S cover. They got there because they were champions, or near champions, and because they were just about to compete in some big event. Some won, as they were expected to, and there was very little hullabaloo about it. But those who lost made big news - and helped nourish the legend of the TIME "jinx." Some examples...