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...provincial touring unit. Opera it was; grand it definitely was not. Beverly soon was riding up to 300 miles between dates in a rickety bus, acquiring stiff joints, bags under the eyes?and a pot of poker winnings. "I once sang 63 consecutive Micaelas in one-night stands of Carmen," she recalls. "I will never sing Micaela again, for anyone, anywhere...
...face which has remained in the lineup all year is fullback Dick Jauron, an All-Ivy fullback last year as a sophomore. But even Jauron who has picked up 845 yards so far this year, has changed positions since the beginning of the campaign. Yale coach Carmen Cozza switched Jauron from his natural halfback position to fullback early in the year when Greg Mierzwinski failed to provide inside power...
Those yards often come the hard way. This season Marinaro has been hitting the line at a withering clip of 39 times a game. Asked why the other Cornell backs don't run the ball more often. Backfield Coach Carmen Piccone says: ''Why use a cap pistol when you've got a cannon?" Head Coach Jack Musick agrees. When Marinaro first came to Cornell from New Milford, N.J., Musick revamped his offense into a Power I formation to take advantage of the muscular tailback's bulling power and long, tackle-busting strides. Lining up directly...
...later that night, he hurried out of his apartment on Manhattan's upper West Side one recent midday and jumped into a worn 1966 Chevy. A morning full of conferences had left him just ten minutes to get to a dress rehearsal of a new production of Carmen at Lincoln Center, 20 blocks south. "If we take the proper turns, we'll make all the lights without stopping once," he explained. "The ride should take no more than four minutes...
Actually it took five, but promptly at one o'clock Rudel was at the podium raising his baton-or, rather, a thin white knitting needle-to start the Carmen overture. His instructions to the orchestra were brief and to the point: "Trumpets, didn't you notice I slowed down?" Politely but firmly he told an overeager tenor: "Please don't cut off the baritone in mid-phrase." He remained unperturbed when a voice from backstage implored: "Wait, Julius, wait. Don José's costume has just fallen apart." The singer finally appeared onstage clutching uncertainly...