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...Oklahoma's most cherished citizens this fall is big, blond Bud Wilkinson, 34, who learned his football as a guard and quarterback at Minnesota. After his first year as head coach at the University of Oklahoma two years ago (7 games won, 2 lost, 1 tied), he got offers from Yale and the Naval Academy. This season, to keep him from straying, Oklahoma boosted his salary to $15,000 (more than the president of the university was getting). Coach Wilkinson decided to stay awhile...
Harvard's second fall sport takes off at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon at Alumni Field in Medford when Coach Bruce Munro's second Crimson soccer team opens its season against Tufts...
...Little had to start all over again this year. All eleven starters from last fall were graduated, and the Columbia Coach has had to build his team around three fairly experienced men. Bob Russell is the quarterback in Columbia's winged T, and while he does not yet have Gene Resides passing ability or genius for calling plays, he runs and throws with competence and is a highly adequate field general...
...Crimson should rule as the favorite, but will by no means be an odds-on favorite. Coach Munro has plenty to complain about--only six returning lettermen were in Munro's original starting lineup, and of that lineup, three will sit out most of the game with injuries...
Neither team at this stage appears the decided favorite. Although the Crimson last year shut out Tufts, 5 to 0, Coach Munro has lost most of his best linemen through graduation. The defense, headed by captain-goalie Whoop Batchelder, will be Harvard's strongpoint...