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...their hands on the ball. Not Bradley. He does everything well-dribbles, rebounds, decoys and sets up plays. If anything, he upsets his coach by passing off to a teammate too often. But when he does shoot-swish! Rare is the pro who hits on 50% of his field-goal attempts. As a college sophomore last year, Bradley banged in 48%, is up to 52% this year, and he once sank 58 consecutive free throws-something that no pro has ever done. Basketball buffs rave about his "great eye" and "touch." But Bradley snorts at the cliches. "You just have...
...leave of absence, and his spectacles are as thick as the bottoms of shot glasses. But he has not mellowed a whit. Teeth clenched, hands thrust deep into his overcoat pockets, he follows the ball up and down the field bellowing at his players, badgering officials, blatantly coaching from the sideline. Trying to lend moral assistance to a Bear field-goal attempt, he once booted a 240-lb. guard right off the bench. Another time, he curtly ordered a rookie:"Taylor, we've run out of time outs. Go in and get hurt." Even tougher with a buck, Halas...
...Patriots also have a field-goal kicker named Gino Capeletti who could make any team in the NFL. He demonstrated his ability today with 43 and 47 yard field goals which ultimately provided the margin of victory...
...first half, the Northeastern offensive pressed too hard, making only 16 out of 32 field-goal attempts and ending the second quarter behind...
...unusual ability to catch a pass in a crowd. But he's not real big, and size will work against him." Colorado's Jerry Hillebrand, 21, is plenty big enough (6 ft. 4 in., 241 Ibs.), may wind up doing double duty as an offensive flanker and field-goal kicker. The pros are thinking about making offensive ends out of two star Southwest Conference halfbacks because of their broken-field running ability: Texas' crazy-legged Jimmy Saxton, 21 (5 ft. 11 in., 164 Ibs.) and Arkansas' fleet-footed Lance Alworth, 21 (6 ft., 178 Ibs.). Says...