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...only football game of the afternoon, Dunster defeated the Leverett eleven, 24 to 0, scoring four times on sustained downfield marches. Backed by a sophomore line, fullback Jim Clampton and halfback Rich Dindorf each scored in the second period, while ends Chuck Wolle and Art Donovan crossed the goal in the third and fourth quarters...
...amateurs were brilliant in the first quarter. Stanford's Quarterback John Brodie, already signed by the San Francisco Forty-Niners, made the most of a Giant fumble with the slippery ball, swiftly passed his collegians 55 yds. toward the pros' goal, sent Illinois' Abe Woodson scampering downfield and shot Wake Forest Fullback Billy Ray Barnes across to score. But when Notre Dame's Paul Hornung (Green Bay Packers) missed the extra point, the All-Stars had to settle for a 6-0 lead. The Giants settled for something more: crack performances by two of their oldest...
...pros are all experts at their jobs, and spend little time on fundamentals, practice on dozens of plays and work themselves into better condition than they ever knew in college. "When I was playing at U.S.C.," says Gifford, "a pass play might call for me to run ten yards downfield, then cut for the sideline. The pros are more subtle [if any 200-lb. giant moving at top speed is ever subtle]. Now I sprint until the defense man crosses his right foot over his left and turns his back on the sideline. Then...
...fourth place, Leverett will meet her sister college, Timothy Dwight. Using a T formation, Bunny halfback Ray Craven has been successful with a series of optional plays, including a reverse. Leverett has a 3-3-1 record. Charles Janning, running tackle, has done "some fine downfield blocking," according to athletic secretary Dave Nourse...
...heavy J.V. passing attack in the fourth quarter was badly set back by two penalties for illegal receiver downfield. One of the passes called back was complete, and would have put the team in scoring position...